America Already HAS Death Panels and Waiting Lists

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:27 AM EDT (But Now You Know)

Some people mock the idea of death panels deciding who deserves to be treated in the US, or that socialism would cause this, yet America already has one socialized health care domain that currently uses death panels and a waiting list as much as ten years long.

economy, insurance, health, health-care, family, health-insurance, organ-donation, capitalism, socialism, organ-donors

Why Workers Dislike Unions

Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 12:59 PM EDT (But Now You Know)

We're told that unions are the best thing since sliced bread, but most Americans avoid them as we would a porcupine who recently attacked a skunk's posterior...why is that? Here are some reasons...

economy, jobs, labor, politics, unemployment, workers, inflation, work, unions, labour-party

Stop Blaming Capitalism, for Socialism's Failures

Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 12:15 PM EDT (But Now You Know)

HMOs, the health care crisis, strip mining, robber barons, deforestation, SUVs, "global warming", world hunger, unemployment, inflation, periodic recession/depression...what all have in common is that Big Government is the cause, but your economic freedom is blamed.

energy, economy, monopoly, politics, uaw, hunger, mining, deforestation, suv, bailout

The Tyranny of the Majority, vs the Unanimity of Liberty

Seeded on Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:06 PM EDT ()

Some people try to say that a majority vote is as close as you can reasonably get to consensual government, and therefore free society, but they're wrong.

elections, economy, minority, politics, republic, voting, democracy, property, civil-war, voters

Cash for Clunkers Causes Pollution and Poverty

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:13 PM EDT (But Now You Know)

Cash for clunkers not only is an attack on the poor, for reasons easily explained here, but even increases pollution, so that it becomes a prime example of the Law of Unintended Consequences. Before having your own car destroyed at taxpayer expense, find out why...

politics, environment, poverty, freedom, liberty, automobiles, conservation, ecology

How, Exactly, Are They Defending Our Freedom?

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:50 AM EDT (But Now You Know)

Some people claim our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are "defending our freedom". This is an honest question, not sarcasm: What, exactly, does the conquest and occupation of these countries have to do with American liberty?

bush, iraq, army, america, peace, politics, war, military, soldiers, obama

Who Are The 47 Million Uninsured

Seeded on Fri Aug 7, 2009 9:57 PM EDT (But Now You Know)

They keep saying forty seven million people are uninsured...but nobody says exactly who those people are. Here is the breakdown...and you'll find it makes the issue MUCH clearer.

insurance, health, health-care, economics, liberty, socialism, liberalism, nationalization

The Philosophy of Liberty

Seeded on Fri Aug 7, 2009 7:43 PM EDT (But Now You Know)

To understand the Philosophy of Liberty, is to see why individual freedom is essential to the rightful organization of society, itself. This is a beautiful summary of the foundation of your natural rights.

politics, government, freedom, liberty, libertarian, natural-rights

http://butnowyouknow.wordpress.com/those-who-fail-to-learn-from-history/climate-change-timeline/

Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 11:00 AM EDT (But Now You Know)

For at least 114 years, climate "scientists" have been claiming that the climate was going to kill us…but they have kept switching whether it was a coming ice age, or global warming.

media, economics, environment, science, freedom, liberty, capitalism, ecology, socialism, pseudoscience