First amendment? What first amendment? That's so yesterday.

[thegreekdog]

, H.R. 347 was approved unanimously by the Senate, the House by 388-3 — only Ron Paul and two other Republicans objected — and signed into law Thursday by President Barack Obama.

QFT... a thousand times QFT.

That's because the whole idea of there being "sides" is an illusion. A handful of wedge issues are played up to the extreme while both parties push forward roughly the same agenda while they are in power. Laws like the current one are passed with massive bipartisan support because it helps keep the current system of two parties with one platform rolling.

QFT... a thousand times QFT.

"Hey, let's make this election about abortion, which will never be illegal in the United States... ever..."

"Okay, good idea."

[BigBallinStalin]

How correct are the public choice economists? I think very much so.

Many politicians simply pander to the median voter, and especially the voter's preferences. People aren't really voting on policy; they're voting on the expectation of having their moral views imposed on others. That's what Santorum, Obama, Romney, etc. offer, and it works.

People just don't realize this, so they'll keep voting accordingly.

It's a great racket for the mainstream politicians, but it's not so great for the Americans in the long-run. (continued deficit spending, war expenditures, expansionary monetary policy, etc.).

[Symmetry]

How correct are the public choice economists? I think very much so.

Many politicians simply pander to the median voter, and especially the voter's preferences. People aren't really voting on policy; they're voting on the expectation of having their moral views imposed on others. That's what Santorum, Obama, Romney, etc. offer, and it works.

People just don't realize this, so they'll keep voting accordingly.

It's a great racket for the mainstream politicians, but it's not so great for the Americans in the long-run. (continued deficit spending, war expenditures, expansionary monetary policy, etc.).

And you criticise me when I say that your vision of free market solutions sounds increasingly like the talk of communist revolutionaries? You're getting closer and closer.

[BigBallinStalin]

How correct are the public choice economists? I think very much so.

Many politicians simply pander to the median voter, and especially the voter's preferences. People aren't really voting on policy; they're voting on the expectation of having their moral views imposed on others. That's what Santorum, Obama, Romney, etc. offer, and it works.

People just don't realize this, so they'll keep voting accordingly.

It's a great racket for the mainstream politicians, but it's not so great for the Americans in the long-run. (continued deficit spending, war expenditures, expansionary monetary policy, etc.).

And you criticise me when I say that your vision of free market solutions sounds increasingly like the talk of communist revolutionaries? You're getting closer and closer.

Public choice != "free markets"

I'm simply explaining what has led us to where we are. One of the problems is that too much political control is exerted over economic decision making at the national level. That, and ignoring the Constitution doesn't help.

[Symmetry]

How correct are the public choice economists? I think very much so.

Many politicians simply pander to the median voter, and especially the voter's preferences. People aren't really voting on policy; they're voting on the expectation of having their moral views imposed on others. That's what Santorum, Obama, Romney, etc. offer, and it works.

People just don't realize this, so they'll keep voting accordingly.

It's a great racket for the mainstream politicians, but it's not so great for the Americans in the long-run. (continued deficit spending, war expenditures, expansionary monetary policy, etc.).

And you criticise me when I say that your vision of free market solutions sounds increasingly like the talk of communist revolutionaries? You're getting closer and closer.

Public choice != "free markets"

I'm simply explaining what has led us to where we are. One of the problems is that too much political control is exerted over economic decision making at the national level. That, and ignoring the Constitution doesn't help.

Meh, I've heard similar stuff about ignoring Marx's manifesto.

[pmchugh]

Who's in power right now? A politician. The left/right spectrum is an illusion in our government. It's there to polarize people and get them to fight each other, instead of realizing that our country is slowly but surely turning into a police state. By buying into the bullshit and constantly disparaging "the left", you are enabling yourself to be used as a pawn. There is de facto only one political party in our nation.

War is Peace.

[tkr4lf]

Who's in power right now? A politician. The left/right spectrum is an illusion in our government. It's there to polarize people and get them to fight each other, instead of realizing that our country is slowly but surely turning into a police state. By buying into the bullshit and constantly disparaging "the left", you are enabling yourself to be used as a pawn. There is de facto only one political party in our nation.

War is Peace.

Yeah, not really.