13 April 2017 - Granite Grok

April 13, 2017

Why Vote For a Fake Conservative When You Can Get The Real Thing?

Even The Hard Left is Adopting “Taxpayer Friendly” Positions. Hot off the internet! April 12, 2017  Millions of Americans will be spending the weekend preparing their taxes to meet the federal tax filing deadline, which is next Tuesday, April 18th. Tax filing can be a complicated, expensive process. Americans spend more than 6 billion hours …

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Resuscitating the healthcare debate

A hundred years ago, our healthcare system was pretty simple.  There were no government regulations, and the few doctors there were, offered their services in exchange for whatever payment they could negotiate with their patients.  Like most of our economy, it was a free market system.  The term, “universal healthcare,” was non-existent. Since then, with …

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Peruvian Man in Kansas Prosecuted For Voter Fraud

Kansas just convicted a non-citizen of voter fraud, and liberals defend him. A green card holder was caught registering and voting illegally in Kansas in the above-mentioned article. The comments section of this article show the rapid pro-illegal voting response team in action. It is helpful to understand what they are up to in defending …

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Hanover, New Hampshire’s Energy Future, or Something.

Hanover, New Hampshire has a warrant article on their town ballot that fits nicely with the progressive worldview but strains the fabric of believability. [su_quote]A combination of national and local concerns inspired town officials and organizers for the Sierra Club Upper Valley Group to support an article on Hanover’s Town Meeting warrant that would declare the …

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Notable Quote – Don Lavoie

It is indicative of a peculiar view of society when the (voluntary) actions of millions of market participants are dismissed as inaction merely because active (coercive) involvement by the government is minimized. -Prof. Don Lavoie (Economics, National Economic Planning: What Is Left?🙂 (H/T: Cafe Hayek)