by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Health Care, Uncategorized
During the Cold War era, there was something known as the Brezhnev Doctrine, which was the notion that once a nation was taken over by communists, there was no going back. A similiar principle takes place in the battle between statism and freedom in America. The left...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 12, 2010 | Blogs, Competition, Free Market, Health Care
As usual, Tom Sowell uses basic economics to explain a confusing topic. His core insight is that government has undermined market forces, which is leading to rising costs. Obama and the other statists somehow think more government will make things better:...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 7, 2010 | Blogs, Competition, Free Market
For those of you who saw this segment of Wednesday’s show on CNBC, my co-host got quite agitated when I said I did not want America to have a substandard government-dictated healthcare system. Simon expressed doubt about my assertions, so it’s rather...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2010 | Blogs, Free Market
The Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (akin to a state governor in the U.S.) defended his decision to get surgery in America with the statement that it was “my heart, my choice, and my health.” This is an admirably libertarian statement, and the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Even though the American people don’t want government-run healthcare, and even though Democrats are very nervous after losing a supposedly-safe Senate seat in Massachusetts, Obamacare is not dead. The Democrats still have huge majorities in the House and Senate...
