Richard Salsman
Scott Brown: A Mere Speed Bump on the Conservatives' Road to Serfdom
Richard Salsman | 20 January 2010
Despite Scott Brown's claim about being a "new breed" of Republican, he'll soon find himself perfectly at home among the current GOP compromisers in Washington. The road to socialized medicine in America will be paved still farther, with his help. We've already seen the GOP endorse the substance of socialized medicine, while merely quibbling about the process by which it's adopted.
Despite Scott Brown's claim about being a "new breed" of Republican, he'll soon find himself perfectly at home among the current GOP compromisers in Washington. The road to socialized medicine in America will be paved still farther, with his help. We've already seen the GOP endorse the substance of socialized medicine, while merely quibbling about the process by which it's adopted.
On The White House "Disinformation" Campaign
Richard Salsman | 16 August 2009The 'disinformation' I've found has actually come from the White House, its advisors and Congress, because each has been proposing a government takeover of the health-care sector, even though government has failed utterly -- in all other areas listed below -- where it tried to crowd-out or monopolize a valid product or service...
Altruism: The Moral Root of the Financial Crisis
Richard Salsman | 27 April 2009America's financial market is suffering not because of greed or freedom, but because of the widespread acceptance of altruism and the consequent government intervention in banking.
Obama's Plans Will 'Work' -- To Breed Servile Dependence
Richard Salsman | 13 March 2009The Obama-style Democrat wants to breed dependency; it provides them a sense of power and control over others, a level of control that they crave.
The GOP Betrayal of Capitalism, Alan Greenspan's Lies and The Scapegoat Phase of the Bear Market
Richard Salsman | 31 October 2008The left is absolutely gleeful to hear Greenspan's lies. No two sectors of the U.S. economy are more manipulated by government, via subsidies and regulations, than housing and banking. The main culprit in our economic-financial crises has been the faith-based government of the conservative socialists.
Alan Greenspan's Record as FED Chairman: Better Than Predecessors, Not As Good as Gold
Richard Salsman | 16 February 2006Alan Greenspan was Federal Reserve chairman for 18 and a half years -- longer than the reigns of nearly half the kings and queens of England. A few years ago he was 'knighted' by England's current monarch. For years he was deified by economists and Wall Street strategists. The so-called 'maestro' purportedly 'orchestrated' all the good that occurred and valiantly muted financial crises. This tall tale is utter nonsense. Greenspan's policies, in fact, caused many of those crises.
Another Nail in the Coffin for Property Rights
Richard Salsman | 1 July 2005The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that it's perfectly legitimate for a local government to seize private property, pay a below-market price and hand it over to another private citizen or company that claims it can do more with the property -- i.e., better develop it and pay more taxes to the local government.
Environmentalists Kill and Maim Dozens in Texas: How Environmental Regulations Reduce Safety and Productivity in the Energy Industry
Richard Salsman | 26 March 2005A steadily-declining number of refineries, coupled with an ever-growing demand for the products of refineries, means companies must push their plants to the limit; many today operate at 95% of capacity, well above the norm for industry in general. That leaves little time for the maintenance, repair or upgrade of existing plants. This necessarily leads, in turn, to less-safe equipment and less-safe operations. Obviously, more regulation and more fines cannot possibly solve this problem.
Dispelling Some Crude Myths About Oil's Real Impact
Richard Salsman | 10 August 2004Economists are beginning to panic about the recent run-up in the oil price and its likely future impact on stock prices, profits and output in the U.S. But there's no reason to panic. A fast-rising oil price is no necessary impediment to forthcoming growth.
Let's Retire Social Security on its 65th Birthday: A Moral Way to Abolish This Destructive Scheme
Richard Salsman | 14 September 2000It's high time that America "retires" Social Security itself -- cease its operation. Its administrators deserve not a gold watch, but scorn. Why? Because the system is a massive fraud, one that violates individual rights and breeds insecurity.
Mr. Salsman is president of InterMarket Forecasting, Inc., an investment forecasting and consulting firm in Durham, N.C. He is the author of numerous books, chapters and articles, including Breaking the Banks: Central Banking Problems and Free Banking Solutions (1990) and Gold and Liberty (1995), both of which were published by the American Institute for Economic Research.