Sunday, October 27, 2013

How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't...

How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't...  This is a comic book, written by Irwin Schiff (the famous tax protester), with the art done by Vic Lockman.

Fellow Jamulian and reader Scott M. sent me a link to a PDF of the full comic, along with another one: The Kingdom of Moltz, about inflation and where it comes from.  Both are full of simply explained ideas, though the latter suffers a bit from the old trope that inflation is caused by getting off of “hard currency” (e.g., the gold standard).  Like all the purveyors of that theory, Schiff neglects the many historical occurrences of inflation in countries using hard currencies.  For instance, Europeans of the late 1500s could teach Schiff a thing or two about inflation under the gold standard :)

I don't generally read comic books (or “graphic novels”, as they're styled today). I enjoyed these, though – mainly because I could imagine some people I know reading them, and perhaps accidentally learning a thing or two.  Some of those people read this blog...

Christopher Columbus was awful...

Christopher Columbus was awful...  The Oatmeal (aka Matthew Inman) is not happy that we're celebrating Columbus Day, and he makes some very good points. 

When I first started reading history (some 40 years ago), discovering that Columbus was downright evil was one of the things that started me doubting the propaganda I'd been fed in school under the guise of “history”.  It turns out that precious little of that pap contained anything remotely resembling objective truth – and the stories we were fed about Columbus are as fine an example as you ask for...

What the hell is happening to my country?

What the hell is happening to my country?  This is disgraceful.  And scary.  And tyrannical...

Former ObamaCare supporter has revelatory experience...

Former ObamaCare supporter has revelatory experience...  There are more and more stories like this popping up, even in the lamestream media.  I'm beginning to think there's hope that even The One's lapdogs in the media are going to be forced to acknowledge the suckiness of ObamaCare...

ObamaCare, taking insurance away...

ObamaCare, taking insurance away...  So far the cancellations due to ObamaCare in just 3 states exceed the enrollments in all 50 states.  We're building an “insurance deficit” that will have to be recovered before ObamaCare can claim to increase the number of insured folks.