Why Liechtenstein Works: Self-Determination and Market Governance | Mises Wire

Before we jump in, let’s have a show of hands. How many of you have ever been told that your conception of liberty sounds good in theory, on paper, but could never work in practice? How many of you have ever been called utopians? Good, I see this is most of you.
— Read on mises.org/wire/why-liechtenstein-works-self-determination-and-market-governance

Libertarian in the true sense of the word.

The Legal Gymnastics Behind Obamacare | Mises Wire

On December 14, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled Obamacare unconstitutional because its individual mandate requiring people to have health insurance “can no longer be sustained as an exercise of Congress’s tax power,” since the tax that enforced it is now gone.
— Read on mises.org/wire/legal-gymnastics-behind-obamacare

This was bad policy from the beginning as a way to transfer the costs of healthcare from employers to the taxpayers. The Chamber of Commerce, big business, and the Democrats were all in. The GOP ran on repealing it to get elected, and did nothing. Robert’s was the deciding vote and he was another sad legacy of the Bush administration.

I have learned over the years to follow the money 💰. Right after Obamacare was passed, big Pharma and the big insurance companies stocks skyrocketed. Taxpayers and the working class insured wound up paying more and getting less.

This Obamacare Program Was Meant to Save Money, Instead it Killed Thousands | Mises Institute

When crafting Obamacare, the top priority for policy writers was not identifying the best ways for patients to receive the medical care they needed, but instead to identify ways to reduce the costs of care.
— Read on mises.org/power-market/obamacare-program-was-meant-save-money-instead-it-killed-thousands

The verdict is in on Obamacare………Guilty of incompetence,at the bare minimum.