Your generosity is reflected in what you do with your own money, not in what you do with other people's money. If I give a lot of money to charity, then I am generous. If you give a smaller fraction of your money to charity, then you are less generous. But if you want to tax me in order to give my money to charity, that does not make you generous.
Arnold KlingThat eugenics was part of the progressive agenda is one of the most heavily-airbrushed features of history.
Arnold KlingAfter over half a century of employer-provided health care coverage, the American people have developed a phobia of paying for health insurance themselves.
Arnold KlingYour generosity is reflected in what you do with your own money, not in what you do with other people's money. If I give a lot of money to charity, then I am generous. If you give a smaller fraction of your money to charity, then you are less generous. But if you want to tax me in order to give my money to charity, that does not make you generous.
Arnold KlingWhen the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is the high-cost producer.
Arnold KlingThe prescription for better health care is more freedom to innovate, not remote-control surgery from Washington.
Arnold KlingI am worried about climate change. In one respect, I may be more worried than other people. I am worried because I have very little confidence that we know what is causing it....One of my fears is that we could reduce carbon emissions by some drastic amount, only to discover that-oops-it turns out that climate change is being caused by something else.
Arnold Kling