One major reason to be excited about the near-successes of socialists like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn is the age composition of their supporters. Here is Corbyn’s support from the Thursday election: Here is Bernie’s support from the Democratic primary: In the next 4 years, over 10 million Americans will die, most of them high-turnout… Continue reading Young People Are the Future
Logical Syllogism Showing That Corbyn Proves the Left Is Correct
I. Premise Zack Beauchamp clearly established this as the proper test: “The reason we are losing ground to the right today is because the message of what socialism is and what it can achieve in people’s daily lives has been steadily diluted,” Corbyn said in a March 2016 speech. “Unless progressive parties and movements break… Continue reading Logical Syllogism Showing That Corbyn Proves the Left Is Correct
Why would rich disabled parents spoof their kid’s disability?
Terrence McCoy has a long piece in the Washington Post about multi-generational disability. Or, more accurately, a piece about one family McCoy spent a few days with. The only parts of the piece that try to quantify multi-generational disability make very little sense. Households with multiple family members on disability From the article: As the… Continue reading Why would rich disabled parents spoof their kid’s disability?
California Single Payer Costs Look Very Doable
In a prior post, I wrote about a report from the California Senate Appropriations Committee that estimated the cost of a proposed single payer system in the state. The report concluded that, under the single payer plan, health expenditures in the state would be around $400 billion per year, or 15% of California’s GDP. Although… Continue reading California Single Payer Costs Look Very Doable
Idiotic Commentary on California’s Single Payer Push
As I noted in an earlier post, California’s single payer plan is turning out to be shockingly cheap, if a recent report estimating its costs is to be believed. Sadly, the coverage of the plan so far is largely full of idiotic commentary that fails to think correctly about the costs associated with the plan,… Continue reading Idiotic Commentary on California’s Single Payer Push