I've previously written about libertarianism. About how their first principles seem quite reasonable on paper, but not always in practice. The seems to be true of socialism. They start from very different first principles which sound nonetheless quite reasonable, but the conclusions that are drawn from them are not always correct ( Read more... )

Followup to my previous post about what it's like to live under the socialist nightmare of Barack Hussein Obama's socialist boot-heel:

If you really want to talk socialism, talk about the home mortgage interest deduction which has allowed me to reduce my tax burden by "-22 Obamas", from 20% to 12.7%. It doesn't seem right that I should pay less ( Read more... )

Some of matrushkaka's friends from back home have been urging her not to vote for Barack Obama because they say he's a socialist. I should start with some background and context. It used to be that you voted for a Republican to keep your taxes low, but that's not true this year. The message has sunk in that Obama's tax plan cuts more taxes for more ( Read more... )