But ABC News kept telling us that the economy was recovering! And there were all those bailouts and all the TARP cash, and people said "Yes we can", and Ben Bernanke needs to be reinstated in his dirty throne, and...

Hmmm... Maybe there's a different way. It might have something to do with liberty and individual choice in competitive markets.

http://wbztv.com/national/home.sales.mortgages.2.1447096.html

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... And the article goes on to report that the police also plan on selling the data they get to private companies.

Nice.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/cctv-sky-police-plan-drones

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First, the fact that anyone in the federal gubment thinks that this is a valid thing for it to do is astounding. Second, the idea that people think the economic troubles are all the fault of "unscrupulous bankers and investors" is insane. A systemic promotion of risky loans, based on worthless money and bad gubment policy to "promote the ownership society" is what causes this kind of failure. The Austrian economists wrote abotu it decades ago and still the pop media and modern politicians don't grasp it.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100123/D9DD6LEG0.html

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Of course, free market promoters have been talking about these mistakes for years, but it takes the pop media a loooong time to discover it all.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6999051.ece

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If there's any more arrogant person who deserves to be taken away from this destructive entity with a monopoly on the issuance of bogus currency, we have yet to find him.

 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3831df1c-0780-11df-915f-00144feabdc0.html

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As we have predicted for almost a year, the promoters of medical fascism will "compromise" with "moderates" on the medical fascism bill. Now that Scott Brown has won the MA Senate seat, the lefties will need to "adjust" their bills in the House and Senate in order to get sufficient votes in favor. So what will they do? Yeah, you got it, they will keep as the centerpiece the requirement that insurance companies in the US MUST accept people with preexisting conditions. As we have said, this is the key to their attempt to destroy the private health insurance market. It will cause an upward price spiral that will get more and more Americans upset with what they will see as "rising health insurance costs", and get them blaming the private companies.

But... But... He was such an UPSTANDING guy!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/20/AR201001...

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As this video explains, the imposition of US minumum wage laws has devastated the Samoan job landscape. Employers are leaving to find workers elsewhere so that they can remain competitive for consumer business.

http://www.breitbart.tv/60-minutes-american-samoa-suffers-because-of-min...

A link to share with friends and political adversaries, especially those in political office.

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As we mentioned earlier, Brown's victory spells trouble for the medical fascism bills that are to be "reconciled" between the House and Senate in DC.

But remember, the Dems will do almost anything to get a bill passed, especially a bill that forces insurance companies to accept people with preexisting conditions -- which will drive up their expenses, charges, and drive customers to eventually call for more gubment intervention and give the Dems their victory. Scott Brown will be under a lot of pressure to "compromise", and he is not so pro-freedom that he will vow to leave markets alone. We shall see how much he stands up against the pressure. For now, it it simply very satisfying to see Martha Coakley and her despicable acolytes get what they deserve.

As Ian, Mark, and Gard discussed on Free Talk Live last night (www.freetalklive.com)! This story is another reminder of how unresponsive government is.

http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=11831863

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Take a look, and think about spreading the word to others. This kind of economic writing is important for more people to grasp! Great piece!

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/haiti-broken-window/?utm_source=The+Freeman&utm_campaign=126e06267b-In_brief_1_8_2010&utm_medium=email#

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They are worried that Republican Scott Brown might beat Democrat Marth Coakley for the MA Senate race tomorrow. That would give the republicans enough votes to block the movement of the final House-Senate medical fascism bill to a final vote.

So, of course, they want to change the rules to fit their needs.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100118/D9D9U7Q80.html

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No kidding.

Government spending cannot increase productivity, and cannot bring prices down to levels that more closely reflect value. Only the free market can do these things.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/14/news/companies/banks_quarter/index.htm?source=ft

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Is it POSSIBLE that the robots in the TSA can actually use their own judgment?

Jeez!

Check out our recent pod on air security and private markets for a wider perspective on the history of how the feds took over air travel routes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34855425/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/?GT1=43001

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But... But... We were told many times by the pop media that there was a "profit" coming from the bailouts!

As Zaphod Beeblebrox would say, "What gives, what gives, what gives, what gives, WHAT GIVES?!"

Take a look at this video. In a recent debate Coakley, who is running to fill the seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy, claimed that the Taliban was no longer in Afghanistan. Regardless of whether one thinks the US government should be involved there, the question the reporter asks her is a valid one. Rather than answer the question about if she still believes that, her people shove the reporter to the sidewalk. Cute. By the way, the dude who did the shoving is Congressman Marty Meehan's cousin, Mark. Markie is along-time Dem functionary.

This might be the event that sends her opponent, Scott Brown to Washington.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8CdfQGlgVw&feature=player_embedded

Nothing like saddling potential employers with more taxes, regulations and worries about the future. Yeah, that's a prescription for job growth and productivity.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/business/national/story/986106.html

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Isn't it nice to see the politicians being "honest"?

There's a line from Radio Birdman's most recent disc that fits this kind of corrupt mentality: "You just make it worse."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34830451/ns/business-stocks_and_economy

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Dig.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6962632/America-slides-deeper-into-depression-as-Wall-Street-revels.html

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A-member when ABC reported that "on the 11% of bailout money that's been paid back to the federal government, the treasury has made a 4% profit!"

A-member when we said such reporting was basically like laying down on the mud for the politicians and their cronies, because the FEDERAL GUBMENT HAD NOT BEEN PAID BACK 89%!

Now, ahh, now, we see our point being made, weeks later. Jeesh.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60A4XU20100111

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