❝❝Governments make lousy banks. Politicos want re-election and technocrats are unaccountable. Both measure their success by spending taxpayer's money. There's no incentive to contain costs or make a profit. ❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ government ∙ bank ∙ politicos ∙ re-election ∙ technocrats ∙ success ∙ incentive ∙ profit

Headlines that don't merit their own entry

Tags: Wisconsin ∙ taxpayers ∙ Foxconn ∙ government ∙ politicos ∙ re-election ∙ technocrats ∙ prostitution ∙ cartel ∙ piece of the action ∙ women ∙ Maggie McNeill ∙ New York Times ∙ climate change ∙ Google memo ∙ Democrat corruption

Which raises the question why should care be publicly funded?

Tags: healthcare ∙ health insurance ∙ public funding ∙ politicos ∙ technocrats ∙ prices ∙ competition ∙ government ∙ free market ∙ libertarian ∙ Obamacare ∙ insurance ∙ private sector ∙ Milton Friedman ∙ direct primary care

“I want a government that is smaller than absolutely necessary.

I believe that people are perfectly capable of making their own choices and that society is the better if people do exactly that.”

Tags: Crux Files ∙ currency collapse ∙ Constitutional convention ∙ politicos ∙ technocrats ∙ national public referendum ∙ election ∙ none of the above ∙ RICO Act ∙ libertarian ∙ religion ∙ faith ∙ public schools ∙ Christians ∙ morality

People had their trust stolen and now they are almost ready to smash.

Tags: Donald Trump ∙ Tea Party ∙ conservative ∙ liberal lies ∙ institutions ∙ technocrats ∙ politicos ∙ elites ∙ election ∙ People. Are. Pissed. Off.

There are some ideas I have been playing with the last few years or so

Tags: American republic ∙ repeal ∙ amendment ∙ technocrats ∙ Constitution ∙ President ∙ amendment proposal ∙ referendum ∙ 16th Amendment ∙ income tax ∙ IRS ∙ 17th Amendment ∙ Senate ∙ none of the above ∙ alternative voting ∙ Congress ∙ more government ∙ Federal regulation ∙ default state ∙ sunset clause ∙ exempt ∙ automatic repeal ∙ commerce clause ∙ Republic ∙ classic ∙ favorites

Large companies shift power and responsibility away from local operations

Tags: cable service ∙ bank ∙ ISP ∙ cusomer service ∙ local ∙ government screw-up ∙ politicos ∙ technocrats

❝❝Actually there is very little difference between the "leaders" of either party. They don't object to stuff being done, they object to the other "guy" doing it and getting the credit.❞❞

Tags: Republican ∙ Democrats ∙ statist ∙ numbers game ∙ not your friend ∙ commenting ∙ technocrats ∙ politicos

And it was all based on a lie.

Tags: connections ∙ trade-offs ∙ dropping water tables ∙ Philip Lloyd ∙ waste disposal ∙ technocrats ∙ politicos ∙ pollution ∙ alternate energy ∙ environmental crusade ∙ wildfires ∙ capitalism ∙ anthropogenic climate change ∙ free market ∙ wildlife management