…versus Hayek. I like them both, actually, but obviously for different reasons.
Category Archives: Economics
Commercial, One For One
Government, Oh For Two:
A half-Russian, half-Korean rocket likely exploded a few minutes after liftoff Thursday, dealing a second blow the South Korea’s $400 million program to develop its own satellite launcher.
They spent almost as much on this as SpaceX has in their entire company history, to develop two rockets and a capsule, not to mention manufacturing and test facilities, and launch infrastructure.
There’s an idiot commenter (well, there are a lot, actually) over at Space Politics who keeps repeating the mantra, “There is no cheap.” Well, maybe not, but there does seem to be inexpensive and affordable, as long as a government isn’t intimately involved.
Stop The Power Grab
…at the EPA. Especially if you live in Virginia.
[Update a few minutes later]
Yes, that’s exactly what it’s like:
Senator Boxer lost any credibility she might have had left when she said that the Murkowski Resolution would be like Congress “saying the Earth is flat.”
I’ve got two idiots for senators in California, but only one of them is blithering.
[mid-afternoon update]
The amendment failed:
I don’t want to hear a liberal bemoan executive supremacy ever again. This is Congress abdicating its own authority because the Democrats know they can’t get the votes to pass cap-and-trade.
Yup.
Eight Reasons
…that the college tuition bubble is about to burst.
No scam can survive indefinitely. Unless, of course, the government continues to support it, at our expense.
Why Aren’t Banks Lending?
You’ll be as shocked as I am to learn that they are being discouraged from doing so by government policies.
“This Is America”
The New Frontier
Orphans Of Apollo had its official LA premier down in San Pedro Friday night, and Rick Tumlinson gave an impromptu talk.
We Have To Pass The Bill
…in order to find out what’s in it:
“It’s not top-notch coverage by any stretch, but it is better than no coverage,” said Neil Trautwein, a health care lobbyist at the National Retail Federation. “There’s slight irony, given the president’s repeated assertion that if you enjoy your coverage you can keep it, that this would take the coverage away from part-time employees until 2014.”
And these idiots think that health care is going to be a winning issue for them this fall?
Democrat?
…or Communist? Take the quiz. You know, when we spread the wealth around, it’s better for everybody…
Prepare To Be Shocked
The “stimulus” failed. Obviously, they didn’t wastespend enough money. Or pay off enough Democrat interest groups.