Tag Archives: Hayek & health care

ObamaCare: Economic control becomes political control

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Brian Schwartz

“When the state has the final say on the economy, the political opposition needs the permission of the state to act, speak and write. Economic control becomes political control.” – Russ Roberts Continue reading →

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No surprise in Massachusetts: Central planning still fails

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Dec. 11 Associated Press article about health care in Massachusetts illustrates why central economic planning will always fail. As Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek wrote: “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Continue reading →

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The conceit of Obama Care

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Writes John Stossel: It’s crazy for a group of mere mortals to try to design 15 percent of the U.S. economy. It’s even crazier to do it by August. Yet that is what some members of Congress presume to do. … Continue reading →

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GOP’s Mike Coffman supports welfare state

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

For an example of how Republicans support the welfare state, consider the reasons Congressman Mike Coffman‘s (Colorado, District 6) opposed the expansion of SCHIP, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. From his website: Congressman Coffman cosponsored an alternative plan, the … Continue reading →

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Republicans: Don’t wuss out on health care!

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Here’s my take on Republicans: they give lip service to individual rights, freedom, and free-markets, but when it comes to legislation, it’s Socialism-lite. Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek said as much in his 1960 essay “Why I am not a Conservative” … Continue reading →

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