There's another thread here decrying dependency on the government. Arresting someone for a drug offense is far more likely than not to make that person dependent on the government for the rest of their lives, either as a prisoner or as someone who can't get a job because of a drug conviction. You can always walk away from a substance abuse problem, but you can't walk away from a felony.

Don't most conservative want to see the Bible serve as the basis for law and public policy? Most people who take their religion seriously view it as undperinning their morality, which in turn underlies their approach to law and public policy. Better that religion serve as a guide to personal morality, and that the scope of law be limited to areas on which just about everyone can agree. That's Hayek, not me, doing the talking.

Sad to say, but a lot of the young conservatives I know, who are otherwise very thoughtful people, support a Trump candidacy because they think it would be "fun." I agree that it would be "fun" but not for the reasons those young people think. If you think Liberals are cowering at the thought of a Trump candidacy, you need to cut way back on your drinking.

Whenever a conservative brings up the Laffer Curve, I always ask them why they always tend to think we're on it's downward sloping part, no matter how low tax rates get. Obviously, if the tax rate is 100%, lowering it will almost certainly increase tax revenue.. That is not always the case, however. Evidence from the OMB suggests that U.S. tax revenues as a percentage of GDP have been falling even as tax rates have been falling over the last 8 year. Hence, we've been moving along the bottom part of the Laffer curve, where there is a positive relationship between tax rates and tax revenues. If we want to raise revenues, the Laffer curve suggests that given how low tax rates currently are (at their lowest levels of the last 50...

Ayn Rand is crack cocaine for naricissistic resentful young men whose income and social status are not as high as they think they should be. I used to be one of them, but then I got a better job. As has been mentioned many times elsewhere as well, you can either swallow Rand's "Philosophy" or you can follow the teachings of Christianity, but not both.

What do you mean by "most of us?" Are you implying that the majority of American's are inbred, glue sniifing, bucktoothed morons who change their underwear once a year whether they need changing or not? Because if you are, Obama cares about you too.

I got out of debt by borrowing to go back to school. My earning power increased substantially. Many corporations also borrow in order to finance increases in their operations and income that eventually restore them to profitability and considerably ease the burden of their debt.

Isn' t there a court order out there somewhere that requires you to take your Meds, duggy?

I'm glad you agree with minority rule. Never forget, never forgive.

Let's sell the Statue of Liberty off to the highest bidder, rename it "The Statue of Perfect International Capital Mobility," and urge its new owners to change its motto to "Bring us your multi-billion dollar capital flows, seeking higher risk adjusted returns than they can earn in foriegn capital markets."