Showing posts with label socialized medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socialized medicine. Show all posts
March 17, 2020
How Italy's socialized medicine deals with overload: Let the old folks die
fromDailyMail: A crisis management unit in Turin suggested that victims will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged over 80 or in poor health.
End the FISA
fromTownhall: An unconstitutional mess that weakens national security and threatens civil liberties.
How national security surveillance nabs more than spies
fromAPNews: Broad searches for foreign intelligence information flips the Fourth Amendment on its head when the government repurposes those searches for domestic criminal prosecutions
This crackdown on a jury nullification activist violates the First Amendment
fromReason: What’s at stake in Michigan v. Wood
VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Those Evil Robber Barons
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: A crisis management unit in Turin suggested that victims will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged over 80 or in poor health.
Things have changed..."at least in wartime, the bars stay open"
fromZeroHedge: "Even those of us who signed up for this trip - that is, who expected a long emergency - may be a little bit in cosmic awe at just how much shit is flying into the ol’ fan."
February 24, 2020
Why it's so hard to escape America's "anti-poverty" programs
Rand Paul: End the Afghanistan war and bring our soldiers home
fromNewsweek: Just as government cannot provide absolute safety at home, it cannot guarantee perpetual stability abroad. Nation-building only endangers our troops.
Defense Versus The War Machine
fromNewsweek: Just as government cannot provide absolute safety at home, it cannot guarantee perpetual stability abroad. Nation-building only endangers our troops.
Defense Versus The War Machine
Defense Versus The War Machine
Death by socialized medicine
fromDailyMail: Laura Hillier, 18, died after waiting for a bone marrow transplant during a hospital bed shortage in Canada, despite having willing donors available.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus the Free Market
fromDailyMail: Laura Hillier, 18, died after waiting for a bone marrow transplant during a hospital bed shortage in Canada, despite having willing donors available.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus the Free Market
Economic Policy: Statism Versus the Free Market
VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Racism is the Lowest Form of Collectivism
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Ayn Rand identifies the true nature of racism and the steps that can be taken against it.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Ayn Rand identifies the true nature of racism and the steps that can be taken against it.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
California bill would require occupational licenses for porn actors, strippers, cam girls
This is what happens when you take 550 doses of LSD at once
fromVice: A mindblower. You don't know what you think you know.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
fromVice: A mindblower. You don't know what you think you know.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
November 11, 2019
Why raw butter producers are suing the FDA
fromReason: Raw butter advocates are understandably salty about a prohibition on interstate commerce.
Regulation Nation
Another drug-war massacre
fromFFF: Drug warriors are scratching their heads over what to do about the latest drug-war massacre in Mexico. They are considering three options -- but only one can succeed.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
Elizabeth Warren wants to raise taxes by $26 trillion
fromReason: What she and Bernie Sanders are proposing is nothing short of a wholesale transformation of the size and scope of government.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus the Free Market
Snowden autobiography makes a plea for the Fourth Amendment, the right to privacy, and encryption
fromReason: America's most famous whistleblower calls for restricting the power of government.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make
VIDEO: Ayn Rand - A New Rebellion for Freedom
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Rand explains the governing philosophy of modern day society and advocates the path toward freedom.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
Japan wants to go cashless, but elderly aren't so keen
fromReuters: Only a totalitarian should be keen on a cashless society.September 10, 2019
Why cats pay a lower price for CAT scans in Canada
fromEconomicPolicyJournal: In Canada, with socialized medicine, pets get an immediate MRI; human beings can wait months. The reason: pets are paying customers; humans are not.Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
VIDEO: Tucker Carlson - The Student Debt Crisis
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: From Tucker Carlson Tonight, the inconvenient truth about student loan debt.Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
Trump Admin is considering using Amazon Echo to determine if citizens should own a gun
fromDailyCaller: Being considered: a proposal that would use Google, Amazon and Apple to collect data on users who exhibit characteristics of mental illness that could lead to violent behavior.2nd Amendment Assaults Government is Watching Every Move You Make
A man spent 82 says in jail on meth charges. The "meth' was actually honey.
fromReason: Government incompetence made an innocent man spend months in jail and lose both of his jobs.The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Race and Economics
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: In excerpts from Tony Brown’s Journal (1984), Dr. Sowell shares timeless insights from his research on the economics of race and culture.Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
Democrats propose mandatory free speech buyback for dangerous ideas
fromBabylonBee: What the Babylon Bee says today, the Democratic Party will say tomorrow.Indoctrination and Censorship
fromDailyWire: British single-payer system forced to ration care for tens of thousands.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market Regulation Nation
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Law professor and columnist Eugene Volokh looks at troubling trends against academic freedom at American college and universities.
Indoctrination and Censorship
fromWired: Cops can determine a suspect’s precise location, outgoing
and incoming calls, and even listen-in on a call or see the content of a text message using a device called Stingray.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make
fromInvestors: Any voters outside the Clinton bubble who negotiated their way around the "who cares?" media in 2016 could clearly see that the Clintons have filled a 50-car train with scandal baggage over the decades.
Media Bias on Parade
fromPatriotRising: Sessions’ usurpation of state marijuana laws is the type of federal intrusion into state issues usually opposed by conservatives. Sadly, too many conservatives are willing to sacrifice individual liberties for the war on drugs.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange The Government is Not Us
fromTheIntercept: With major NSA surveillance authorities set to expire later this month, House Republicans are rushing to pass a bill that would reauthorize existing powers and codify into law some practices that critics have called unconstitutional.
fromReason: Do we need a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to drive?
Regulation Nation
Regulation Nation
fromCreators: A 2016 report from the AAA Foundation noted that THC blood levels do not predict performance on roadside sobriety tests. It said "there is no evidence...that any objective threshold exists that established impairment."
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange Regulation Nation
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange Regulation Nation
fromHuffingtonPost: It didn’t just legalize weed, the state also enacted one of the most progressive criminal justice reforms in the country.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
fromYahoo: The joys of socialized medicine. Take a number.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Neil Cavuto opines on the laughable political deception of instituting spending cut resolutions, then reneging each and every time.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromFreeThoughtProject: Mike Tyson looks to revolutionize the marijuana industry as he breaks ground on a mega-resort for cannabis in Southern California.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
December 21, 2017
VIDEO: Fox News Reports - Corruption@FBI 4
from LibertyPen/YouTube: James Rosen, Bret Baier, Greg Jarrett, Tucker Carlson and others report on the conflicts of interests and double standards in play within the FBI and how the credibility of their investigation is effected.Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption The Government is Not Us
‘Drugs are too expensive for the NHS – and people are paying with their lives’
from TheGuardian: The high cost of "free" socialized medicine in the UK.Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
Martial law in America: Cook County commissioner asks the U.N. to send troops to Chicago
from ActivistPost: Liberal leaders in Chicago are now openly planning to declare martial law, complete with UN shock troops on the streets to police the American population.Police State America
Trump and the GOP take a crucial bite out of the death tax
from WashingtonExaminer: Family-owned business across the country have extra reason to celebrate this Christmas season. President Trump will soon sign the GOP tax bill, which doubles the estate, gift and generation-skipping tax exemptions.Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
Net neutrality vs. Internet freedom
from CapitalismMagazine: The Internet is not a collectivist commune; it is a free, voluntary, and private association of individuals and corporations harmoniously pursuing their individual goals.Regulation Nation
Because Cali legalized weed, 500,000 ‘convicts’ get a second chance at freedom
from FreeThoughtProject: Nearly half a million people who have been labeled as felons for possessing a plant, could see their cannabis convictions cleared in California.The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
Chris Johncox: Sweden Is Upgrading to Private Healthcare
Sweden’s trademark universal healthcare on its deathbed. When leftists fantasize about Northern Europe, the first thing they
think of is the region’s enormous public spending and its overly
generous welfare state. However, as with all dreams, the time is coming
to wake up. Along with several other social services, Sweden’s iconic
“free” ... MORERick Manning; Donald Trump's Health Care Dance
Do issues still matter to Republican voters, or are they so mad at the failed GOP establishment that they have forgotten what made them mad in the first place? Donald Trump’s past flirtation with a nationalized government run health care system brings this question starkly into play. In his book, “The America We Deserve,” published in 2000, ... MORETrump on 60 Minutes: “We Need Socialized Medicine”
by Emily Zanotti. This weekend, I got my third health insurance cancellation notice in three years. First, they cancelled the wonderful individual plan we bought for ourselves before the Obamacare law kicked in, after threatening to raise the price on it by over 50%. Then, they cancelled the plan we selected from the then-nonworking ... MORE2/3 Of Obamacare Enrollees Unsatisfied With Coverage
by Tom Howell Jr. Discovering the pig in the poke. Obamacare
has offered insurance to millions of people, but they’re unhappy with
the coverage they’re getting and are particularly upset about the costs,
according to a survey released Monday that suggests the health care law
continues to struggle to win over Americans. Just 30 percent of ... MOREBritain May Be Forced To Abandon Free Healthcare
by Bill Gardner. Britain’s most senior doctor has said the under-pressure NHS may be forced to abandon the concept of free healthcare for all. Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of the NHS in England, said there were doubts over whether the taxpayer-funded model was “sustainable in the longer term”. He added that huge changes ... MOREWalter E Williams: Will The Left Defend Itself?
Multiculturalism and Sharia Law. Leftists and progressives believe that the U.S. should become more like Europe. They praise Europe's massive welfare state, socialized medicine and stifling economic regulation and accept its unwillingness to defend itself against barbarism. I wonder whether America's leftists and progressives want to ... MOREThomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene
Exquisite observations from a national treasure. Will the Veterans Administration scandal wake up those people who have been blithely saying that what we need is a "single payer" system for medical care? Delays in getting to see a doctor have been a common denominator in government-run medical systems in England, Canada and ... MORESorry, Liberals: Obamacare Won’t Lead to Single Payer
by Peter Suderman. If you spend any significant amount of time talking to conservative activists who oppose Obamacare, you’ll eventually hear some variant on the theory that Obamacare was never meant to work. Instead, it was meant to destroy the existing health care system, and in the process pave the way for liberals to step in with the ... MORE
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