I want to challenge the premise that the tax-funded welfare state is the ideal civilized society.
POLITICS
The basic and crucial political issue of our age is: capitalism versus socialism, or freedom versus statism. For decades, this issue has been silenced, suppressed, evaded, and hidden under the foggy, undefined rubber-terms of “conservatism” and “liberalism” which had lost their original meaning and could be stretched to mean all things to all men. – AYN RAND
Why Nazism Was Socialism and Why Socialism Is Totalitarian
Why Nazi Germany was a socialist state, not a capitalist one, and why socialism – an economic system based on government ownership of the means of production – requires a totalitarian dictatorship.
July Fourth Celebrates America’s and the West’s Core Values
Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great
Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?
Because it doesn’t operate as a market.
Blaming Patents Won’t Lower Drug Prices
Congress is considering a bill that could deter billions of dollars of medical research investments, undermining U.S. global leadership as a healthcare innovator and harming U.S. patients That’s not Congress’s intent, of course. Lawmakers are trying to fix perceived...
Intersectionality vs. American Individualism
True Justice and real progress cannot be achieved by the false doctrine of “intersectionality” but only by the further application of America’s heritage of individualism and individual rights.
The Outlook for the Future of Capitalism (Part 10 of 10)
Let the advocates of capitalism proceed in the knowledge not only that socialism is dead, but also that what the world still needs to learn is why capitalism deserves to live.
A General Campaign at the Local Level for Laissez-Faire Capitalism (Part 9 of 10)
What would be required to restore New York to its former prosperity and greatness would be the combination of the elimination of public welfare, the abolition of rent controls, and the privatization of the city’s transportation system.
A Pro-Capitalist Foreign Policy (Part 7 of 10)
In the present-day world, a procapitalist foreign policy is indistinguishable from a pro-American foreign policy.
Abolition of Income and Inheritance Taxes Under Capitalism (Part 5 of 10)
A possible way to start on the elimination of the income/inheritance tax right now would be to fight for the immediate adoption of a universal exemption of at least 51 percent of everyone’s income from federal, state, and local income taxation under all circumstances.
Capitalism and the Abolition of the Welfare State (Part 4 of 10)
The savings of individuals would steadily replace taxes as the source of provision for old age.
Privatization of Property: Importance of Fighting on Basis of Principles (Part 2 of 10)
The privatization of property is the most fundamental aspect of a procapitalist political program
Toward the Establishment of Laissez-Faire Capitalism (Part 1 of 10)
If a laissez-faire capitalist society is to be achieved, a political movement pursuing a long-range program will be necessary.
What a Plate of Huevos Rancheros Taught Me About Open Immigration
Immigration is our lifeblood and has made America great. Let’s keep America great. Let’s make America great again.
Memorial Day: What We Owe Our Soldiers
To send soldiers into war without a clear self-defense purpose, and without providing them every possible protection, is a betrayal of their valor and a violation of their rights.
Honoring Virtue: The Purpose of Memorial Day
The greatest soldiers of American history knew that freedom was sacred; no price paid on its behalf was a sacrifice.
President Trump Can Stop Racial Profiling Immediately
The Census Bureau is still moving full speed to promote racial profiling to support disparate impact and DEI objectives. Strong executive action is required to stop and reverse this refusal to change.
How AI Can Improve Education
AI-based programs will help students engage with the material, accelerate their learning and achieve mastery of academic subjects.
Profit-Driven Healthcare Hasn’t Failed Patients, But Regulation-Driven Healthcare Has
Government intervention and regulation in the market, determines how profits are made in US healthcare, turning the profit-motive against patients.
Humans Must Choose Egoism: An Excerpt from Andrew Bernstein’s Captalist Solutions
The key to Ayn Rand’s version of rational egoism lies in understanding the nature of values, and the role they play in human life.
Charity Won’t Eradicate Poverty – Freedom Will
Instead of the “selfishness and greed” of wealthy producers, evidence shows that the fundamental cause of poverty is lack of freedom.
Could Your Costco and Walmart Discounts Be Banned?
At issue is a case that the Biden-era Federal Trade Commission brought against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the nation’s largest alcohol distributor. The agency alleges that the company violated a 1930s law, the Robinson–Patman Act, by offering larger discounts to retailers that buy in bulk.
Deep vs. Shallow Regime Change in Politics, Money, and Schooling
America’s Declaration of Independence demanded radical political change but also reminded rebels that the virtue of “prudence will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.”
Anti-Capitalists Bark Up The Wrong Tree
Capitalism is a system of freedom where the government’s only role is to protect the rights of individuals.
Suicide Should Not Be a Government Service
Canada’s allegedly ‘universal’ health care was unable or unwilling to render the standard services that Mrs. B. would have chosen life over death.
On Tax Day Thank the Rich and Support Lifting the Tax Yoke off Them
Opponents of tax cuts do not want justice. They want redistribution of wealth
If Iran Closes The Strait of Hormuz to Some Ships, U.S. Should to All
All go through, or nothing goes through.
The Campaign Against ICE
On the methods and purposes of the Democrat campaign of violence against U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Objectivism Applied to Immigration Law
That immigration authorities are enforcing a law badly in need of reform does not alter the fact that ICE officers are valid agents of law enforcement and must be treated accordingly.
ICE Shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota
Objectivist former prosecutor James Valliant assesses the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minnesota.
Rejoice in Rescue and Defense: An Historic Easter Sunday Statement from the President of the United States
Throughout history, American soldiers and civilians alike have been left behind, sacrificed and left to die—due to America’s incompetence, ignorance and appeasement against evil forces of dictatorship. Not today.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Remains “Puzzled” by Medical Freedom
On Tuesday, Justice Jackson issued the lone dissent in an opinion overturning Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy.”
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