All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities.

What makes it possible for politicians to do so many things that are economically counterproductive is that neither the public nor the media know enough of the basics to understand what's wrong with what they're saying.

It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

However widespread the desire to be free, that is wholly different from a desire to live in a society where others are free.

The way the [welfare] programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive - such as breaking up their families, such as not earning above a certain level of income.

In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.