What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting public did not want government control of medical care. What is "historic" is that this will be the first administration to show that it doesn't care one bit what the public wants or doesn't want.

What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials.

One of the big differences between Democrats and Republicans is that we at least know what the Democrats stand for, whether we agree with it or not. But, for Republicans, we have to guess

Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting your own rights in jeopardy - quite aside from undermining any moral basis for respecting anybody's rights. You are opening the floodgates to arbitrary power. And once you open the floodgates, you can't tell the water where to go.

As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.

It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.

If you don't believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.