Free Republic

We have a lot of stupid people the United States governments. ItÂ’s not their fault. The creators of our Constitution designed a system that should rarely entangle itself in highly profitable transactions that involve innovative products or strategies. As a result, our economy historically bids the most driven and intelligent away from government jobs. Government, then, finds a governing formula that works, and sticks to it, often no matter what. China, as every American senses, differs. There, the government bears no shame in announcing that it is the sole source of all beneficial economic activity. In this way, the...

They say that, in the ancient days of the dawn of man, we lived in caves and beneath the earth, sheltered ourselves in hidden canyons and caverns of rock. Then, about 1848, gold was discovered. It was not the first time. This time, it was the new frontier of America. Beaver pelts are nice, and the French were hunting pelts up North. But in those days, on the way to the beaver dams, there was gold in the rivers, streams and creeks nearby, and in the mountains, and in the deserts, and gold was, well, just laying on the ground...