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Is There a Right to Let Others Die?

Michael Hurd | 13 September 2011
So what's the proper answer to the question, "You mean you're just going to let this sick person die?"

Giving Back?

Dale B. Halling | 1 August 2011
Charity is like manners. It makes civil society more pleasant, when it is private charity. Government charity is not charity it is theft.

Capitalism Is Not a Voucher System

Michael Hurd | 2 June 2011
Americans are in complete denial about the unsustainability of their Medicare.

Capitalism is Not a Voucher System

Micahel Hurd | 1 June 2011
Capitalism does not consist of a third party giving billions of dollars to one group, and then telling that group to spend the money on a product or service with no moral hazard, and no rational accountability.

Why the Middle Class Entitlement State is Malevolent

Michael Hurd | 1 June 2011
When government itself becomes the thief, who's on your side then?

Liberty in Search of a Nation

Michael Hurd | 31 May 2011
Liberty requires a sincere belief that self-responsibly is a good thing.

The Era of Entitlement

Michael Hurd | 19 March 2011
A mere decade ago, when Bill Clinton left office, a fifth of the income of Americans came from government. Now more than a third of American income comes from the government. Is it any wonder the economy is not growing?

Pass a Law! Liberalism to Its Ultimate Conclusion

Michael Hurd | 22 February 2011
What kind of society makes its citizens -- especially its most needy ones -- pay for things? There ought to be a law outlawing costs, prices or anything not given away for free.

America's Entitlement Mentality?

Michael Hurd | 28 November 2010
There's nothing about economic prosperity that makes the entitlement mentality inevitable. But once the government establishes something as a "right," people tend not to question their entitlement to that "right" ever again.

The Elite's List of Priorities

Walter Williams | 3 December 2009
There is only one reason for the forcible transference of decision-making authority over important areas of our private lives to elite decision-makers in Congress and government bureaucracies. Doing so confers control, power, wealth and revenue to society's elite.
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