Capitalism

A Little Free Market Frivolity: Capitalism by Oingo Boingo

February 16, 2013

There’s nothing wrong with capitalism There’s nothing wrong with free enterprise Don’t try to make me feel guilty I’m so tired of hearing you cry There’s nothing wrong with making some profit If you ask, I’ll say it’s just fine There’s nothing wrong with wanting to live nice So tired of hearing you whine About [ Read more ]

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Another, more descriptive term for Capitalism?

December 25, 2012

Innovationism: Deirdre McCloskey says somewhere that a better name for capitalism is “innovationism” – innovationism unleashed only in societies in which private property rights are at least reasonably secure, freedom of contract is at least reasonably the norm, markets are at least reasonably free, and (importantly) the multitude of bourgeois merchants and accountants and actuaries [ Read more ]

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A joke at a crass unionista’s expense

December 5, 2012

A union shop foreman walks into a bar next door to the factory and is about to order a drink to celebrate Obama’s victory when he sees a guy close by wearing a Romney for President button and two beers in front of him. He doesn’t have to be an Einstein to know that this [ Read more ]

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Give a man a fish…

November 12, 2012

…and you feed him for a day.  Teach him how to fish and he feeds himself forever. Here’s a bit of a reality check for the expanded ObamaUSA welfareland that wants everyone to be equal in income and that you, Mr. / Mrs. / Ms Obama Voter decided to have over the alternative.  Enjoy that [ Read more ]

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Blue collar Reality shows – paragons of capitalism. Listen to them over our President.

April 2, 2012

Anti-Collective, Anti-”we’re better together”, Anti-”you succeed only when we all succeed”  (and all that other crapola) rant. So Bill ayers wakes up, wishes to blow up capitalism, fails, goes to bed and then does it again the next day. I guess I’m complicit in his scheme – at least in part. Like Bill here, I [ Read more ]

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Again,Elites are trying to get rid of Capitalism – but we can see it is not an economics system problem but a problem of morality

January 23, 2012

Every year, the Elites of the political, economic, and cultural worlds gather in Davos, Switzerland to talk about global ‘stuff’ – what’s trending, what’s wrong, and their global ways of fixing them what they believe is wrong – for the betterment of us all.  Hate to keep sounding like a broken record but even with [ Read more ]

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Union Leader Announces Subscriber Wall

November 14, 2011

Following in the footsteps of the other papers in New Hampshire the Union Leader is invoking the “hey it’s our news you should pay for it” clause. They will be erecting a subscriber wall sometime soon. (Merry Christmas!)

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SHORT BUS ECONOMICS

October 17, 2011

“Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don’t need to imagine it. It’s called the United States of America.”  —Thomas Sowell The collective voice of “Occupy Wall Street” has [ Read more ]

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Forget Multiculturalism: Restore The Anglo-Saxon Philosophy Of Liberty

September 30, 2011

How "liberty perishes underneath government’s persistent pursuit of power." "It has become evident Washington now embodies the gravest threat to liberty. We must restore the vision of the founders before it is too late."

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This is what the Democrat Party stands for today. Can you spot the evil, gaping faultline in their premise?

September 24, 2011

Listen to what she says: As various philosophers have taught us, when you are confronted with a tough argument, “always check the premises.” What follows is the unstated premise of Elizabeth Warren in the video above:

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The Post Office vs. Private Enterprise

September 23, 2011

This from my buddy Fred in Florida: The response of the post office to their financial crisis really displays the difference between "government-think" and private enterprise.  Faced with a financial crisis the government approach is this:

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A 63-YEAR OLD REMINDER OF FREEDOM

September 6, 2011

CROSS-POSTED

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The Class Warfare Of Blue Hampshire

July 4, 2011

Caitlin fails to do an effective case study on wealth and liberalism while she waves a finger at Bill O’Brien because if she looked hard enough around the Granite State she would see the utter rank hypocrisy of leftists and their verbal articulation of progressive policies, while pursuing within their own personal lives a hard-core capitalist modus operandi that would make even Milton Friedman blush.

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Making lemonade from somebody else’s lemons

February 27, 2011

Filed under Capitalism – but could as well be filed under Humor! We certainly have been watching the unfolding events in Wisconsin – especially as the Democrat "fleebaggers" went to Illinois.  Well, it looks like someone decided to capitalize on somebody else’s woes: Hey, capitalism is all about taking advantage of an opportunity – and [ Read more ]

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Stats that show life is really getting better over the last 200 years!

December 3, 2010

Just plain cool! Education should always be fun! (H/T: Cafe Hayek)

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This is what Democrats and other socialists fight against….

December 2, 2010

"The Upward Spiral of Capitalism." After watching the video below, we must ask ourselves: "Is the hatred of capitalism and freedom shown by statism and socialism a matter of blindness, ignorance, or malice?" WHY would anyone oppose such a humane and beneficial cultural and economic system? My guess is this: Capitalism empowers the masses with freedom while disempowering [ Read more ]

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What do Property Rights and Thanksgiving Have to Do with Each Other?

November 25, 2010

Consider this: We all STARVE without private property rights! Well DUH! (Already said once by Steve below. Worth saying again.)

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If you are a Christian and a conservative…

September 4, 2010

…and desire to understand the intersection of the truth at the core of both Christianity and Capitalism, this essay by George Gilder remains remarkably transcendent today: "The Soul of Silicon."  Recommended. But then….

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A simple practical example of the same service performed by the private sector vs the public sector

August 4, 2010

Coming home from San Diego, I ran into a very simple, but powerful example of the difference of how the same service was done by a private sector entity vs a public sector service: a bus. Avis: taking the bus to the Terminal after dropping off the rental car. Not a new one, but in [ Read more ]

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Don’t worry, Democrat Progressives will figure out a way to protest this too

August 3, 2010

A great letter from Dan Boudreaux (Cafe Hayek) about the Left’s "selective" outrage on inequality: Like Michael Smith, I don’t suffer from the “Progressive” itch for income equality (Letters, Aug. 3).  Not only does achievement of such “equality” require the state to treat people unequally, obsession with income equality also reflects a Scrooge-like fetish for [ Read more ]

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Ever wonder where this stuff comes from? Here’s the answer.

July 18, 2010

Have you ever seen the emails being passed around the Internet that seek to demean Wal-Mart and the people who shop there? The ones with the pictures of ugly people supposedly shopping at Wal-Mart? Here’s the start of one I just received from a friend: "Yes, it’s time for more Walmart Pictures…..brace yourselves!!!" Here’s the [ Read more ]

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So, one Jeep Dealer doesn’t think Obama’s economy is going in the right direction…

July 12, 2010

No commentary is needed, other than to say "Crony Capitalism?": And yes, this used to be a local establishment – you can see the "across the street" competion.  As a matter of fact, one of the family members there is running for office for NH State Senate – as a Democrat? Coincidence? With Obama? Naw! [ Read more ]

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Milton Friedman – on “male chauvinist pig”

May 3, 2010

From over NH Watchdog, one can tell who Grant’s favorite economist / political philosopher is: One of mine too!

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Well, it seems that the opposite of “Going Galt” may mean eating someone else’s lunch further down the food chain:

April 29, 2010

"Going Galt" – from the book Atlas Shrugs.  It means to not allow others, especially Greedy Politicians, take advantage of your talent, time, and work ethics simply to take from you to give to others.  The solution is to merely stop working – which has a REAL desultory effect on those that have grown accustomed [ Read more ]

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Final and Part 4 of the debunking of “The Story of Stuff”

April 29, 2010

Here is the final installment of the "fisking" of the video that has been brought into our school’s classrooms: The Story of Stuff: Lee Doran decided that this was not enough: he was going to challenge the creator of The Story of Stuff,  Annie Leonard.   And did so! Bring out the popcorn folks, this debate [ Read more ]

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