Fixing One of the World's Most Broken Education Systems | Marian L. Tupy | Cato Institute: Commentary

Fixing One of the World's Most Broken Education Systems | Marian L. Tupy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "I established an open-door policy and a rapport with teachers' unions, which the previous minister ignored and treated with suspicion. I allowed parents to pay performance incentives to teachers whose salaries were a mere $100 per month back then. Those policies resulted in teachers returning to work and today the teacher attendance rate is excellent. I set up an education transition fund that allowed the USA, UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand to bypass Zimbabwe's government and help to finance our education system directly. I also managed to break a domestic textbook publishing cartel — three Zimbabwean companies that colluded to make windfall profits. I authorized UNICEF [the United Nations Children's Fund] to hold an international tender and the cost of books came down to 70 cents from five dollars. Textbook ratio fell to 1-to-1 and is now the best in Africa."

Mostly allowing the free market to work...

Dr. Paul Diagnoses Dr. Obama | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee

Dr. Paul Diagnoses Dr. Obama |Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee: "The fundamental problem with health care costs in America is that the doctor-patient relationship has been profoundly altered by third party interference. Third parties, either government agencies themselves or nominally private insurance companies virtually forced upon us by government policies, have not only destroyed doctor-patient confidentiality. They also inescapably drive up costs because basic market disciplines — supply and demand, price sensitivity, and profit signals — are destroyed … Obamacare, via its insurance mandate, is more of the same misdiagnosis"

Cut The Federal Budget By Killing Republican Sacred Cows | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary

Cut The Federal Budget By Killing Republican Sacred Cows | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Republicans are posturing as the party of fiscal responsibility, but they continue to protect their sacred cows. Unless the GOP is willing to slash corporate welfare and cut unnecessary military outlays, Republicans don't deserve to be taken seriously when they talk about fiscal responsibility."


"Today the national debt is $15.7 trillion—almost a 50 percent increase since January 20, 2009, when President Barack Obama took office."

"according to the CBO, the debt to GDP number is "only" 73.2 percent. It averaged 37 percent over the last 40 years."

"The Ex-Im Bank extends taxpayer-backed loans, loan guarantees and insurance to the clients of some of America's largest corporations, all of which have access to private financing."

Ohio Merits a Seat on the Fed | Mark A. Calabria | Cato Institute: Commentary

Ohio Merits a Seat on the Fed | Mark A. Calabria | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act requires that, in regard to members of the board, "not more than one of whom shall be selected from any one Federal Reserve district," "

"Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell were recently sworn in as members of the Board of Gov ernors of the Federal Reserve System. According to his paperwork, submitted to the Senate, Professor Stein is from Massachusetts. Current Fed governor Dan Turullo is also from Massachusetts. Mr. Powell is from Maryland, as is current governor Sarah Bloom Raskin."

How well to legal protections work? Only as well as people are willing to follow them.

The Looming Reversal of Centralization - Gary North - Mises Daily

The Looming Reversal of Centralization - Gary North - Mises Daily: "For four decades, soft-core critics of the pension/Medicare systems have come to voters with this announcement: "The two systems can be reformed, but we must act now. If we delay, they will bankrupt the government." Yet the systems are never reformed."

A Religious Fire Bell in the Night | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary

A Religious Fire Bell in the Night | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Many of America's biggest security threats emanate from its nominal allies, such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Without them neither the Taliban nor al Qaeda would have been nearly so strong."

JFK airport evacuated after TSA agent's metal detector found to be unplugged | Fox News

JFK airport evacuated after TSA agent's metal detector found to be unplugged | Fox News: ""How can you expect the public to feel confident of the mission of the TSA if they don't even know if the lights are turned on?""

Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings | Fox News

Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings | Fox News: "the teen heard a bang on the door, rushed his siblings upstairs and got a handgun from his parent's bedroom. When he got to the top of the stairs, he saw a man breaking through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who is in critical condition but expected to survive and be booked into jail."

The Secession Solution - Chris Bassil - Mises Daily

The Secession Solution - Chris Bassil - Mises Daily: "One of the problems with a statewide referendum on the issue of gay marriage, or any domestic matter, is that it implicitly assumes that the state — as opposed to the county, city, neighborhood, place of business, or any other pool of people — is the appropriate unit for collective decision making. It suggests that state residency is a common denominator fundamental enough to bind 9.7 million people to one another's opinions, interests, and backgrounds — complex, diverse, and contradictory though they may be."

Leave Your Laptop in Your Bag « LewRockwell.com Blog

Leave Your Laptop in Your Bag « LewRockwell.com Blog: " the traveler in front of me left his laptop in his bag. I have no idea why laptops must be removed from their bags, nor do I really care because every TSA rule is arbitrary and pointless to discuss.


But why did it delay all of the travelers behind this gentleman 10 minutes? Because TSA welfare cretins must follow the rules, just like the Soviets in Gary North's story. The person examining the bags going through cannot inspect the bag that he flagged for review. He cannot use discretion and allow it to pass (after all, if prudent judgment was his strength, he wouldn't be working for TSA.) The officer has to yell "bag check!" and wait for a supervisor to come over. And wait. And wait. And wait."