When something goes wrong, the natural tendency is to say, "By God, we need to pass a law and do something."

Why is it that private insurance companies are not in trouble because people are getting older? Aren't they subject to the same demographics? The difference is that they've accumulated a fund, not a pay-in, pay-out system.

The argument for collectivism is simple; free market is not.

It is taken for granted that workers should receive their pay partly in kind, in the form of medical care provided by the employer. How come? Why single out medical care? Surely food is no less essential to life than medical care. Why is it not at least as logical for workers to be required to buy their food at the company store as to be required to buy their medical care at the company store?

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.

The euro is good for Europe. But only if there is flexibility all around.

What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory.