The Daily Rations: February 28, 2009
Posted Under: Daily Rations
Because even websites experience reduced production during a recession, these are your Daily Rations for February 28, 2009.
Recent Articles from the pages of Rational Liberty:
Obama’s First Address to Congress Unimpressive
Lack of Credibility on Fiscal Responsibility
News & Opinions:
Pentagon spending to rise 4% (Financial Times) - Apparently Obama and Congress don’t want to cut defense spending. They’re budgeting over $600 billion for this year alone.
U.S. Boycotts Conference, Citing Israel (The Wall Street Journal) - The Obama administration has decided to boycott the United Nation’s “Durban II” conference against racism. That’s great news. Now if we can only get them to boycott the entire U.N. we’d be much better off.
Stimulating Big Brother in a flash (The Washington Times) - In the guise of “stimulating the economy,” it appears that some of the money in the recent “stimulus” sham will be used to track and fine motorists during our contracting economy. Not only is the ticketing a problem, but so is the government’s increasing ability to watch our every move.
Carbon Regulation: One Scientist’s Unscientific Dream? (American Thinker) - Marc Sheppard weighed in on carbon “pollution” and cap-and-trade policies, which are based on fraudulent “science.” If you control carbon, you control life.
Arms control’s dangerous allure (The Washington Times) - Former U.N. representative, John Bolton, offers his perspective on arms control agreements with Russia – and the backward approach of it by today’s leaders in Washington.
All Roads Lead to Damascus (The Wall Street Journal) - It may be in our best interest to try to improve relations with Syria. It could lead to a more promising conclusion with our efforts in the Middle East. But is it plausible given the history between Western powers and Syria’s ties with Iran?
The usurpers (The Washington Times) - How do you convince an ignorant population to go along with a purely statist agenda? Call what is something that it is not.
The Politics of Fear (Townhall) - It appears that Jonah Goldberg and I are on the exact same page: We both see the fearmongering coming from the left side of the aisle.
Research & Analysis:
The Obama Health Care Budget: Hopeful Savings and Costly Change (The Heritage Foundation) - What’s the real cost of Obama’s health care agenda and what kind of program can we expect? The answers: Perhaps over a trillion dollars in ten years and another inefficient government bureaucracy that doesn’t reduce costs – it just transfers the burden.
Wage and Price Controls in the Ancient World (Ludwig von Mises Institute) - So, you think government regulation of the markets is a product of modern society? Think again. Ancient rulers as far back as 4,000 years ago tried the exact same policies – and ultimately failed, just like today. What’s that saying about those who fail to learn from history?
____________________________________________________________________
