Author: Stable Genius

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The Buffett Rule

President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure that they pay at least the same percentage of their earnings as middle-income taxpayers, according to administration officials. … Mr. Obama, in a bit of political salesmanship, will call his proposal the… Continue reading The Buffett Rule

Exciting new talking point: Jobs bill is “blue state bailout” – War Room – Salon.com

The Wall Street Journal today has a column by Hoover Institution fellow Paul E. Peterson reframing the concept of aid to cash-strapped states as a “blue-state bailout,” because “bailouts” are unpopular and it is more fun to imagine that Obama is rewarding his “most fervent supporters” with free money than it is to think that… Continue reading Exciting new talking point: Jobs bill is “blue state bailout” – War Room – Salon.com

When bitcoin collapses, it will prove Milton Friedman right once more

This kind of hoarding is made more likely by the way Bitcoin is set up. Whereas the supply of modern, “fiat” currencies is controlled by central banks, the supply of bitcoins is permanently limited; there will never be more than 21 million bitcoins in existence. (The total number of coins is a result of the… Continue reading When bitcoin collapses, it will prove Milton Friedman right once more

Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

“As it turns out, Paul was not speaking purely in hypotheticals. Back in 2008, Kent Snyder — Paul’s former campaign chairman — died of complications from pneumonia. Like the man in Blitzer’s example, the 49-year-old Snyder (pictured) was relatively young and seemingly healthy* when the illness struck. He was also uninsured. When he died on June 26, 2008, two weeks after Paul withdrew his first bid for the presidency, his hospital costs amounted to $400,000. The bill was handed to Snyder’s surviving mother (pictured, left), who was incapable of paying. Friends launched a website to solicit donations.”

Tea Party Audience Cheers Death :: Georgia Politico

Tea Party Audience Cheers Death :: Georgia Politico

Wolf Blitzer asked a question “If a 30 year old didn’t have health insurance, then needed to put in the hospital in a coma, who should pay?” He asked Ron Paul. Paul didn’t say he should just die bluntly, but his answer implied that it should happen.
Wolf followed up asking “should he just be left to die.”
At that point, the crowd cheered.