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A Tea Party Response to the Occupiers

By on 4 November 2011 in Mobonomics, The Liberty Watch

The occupiers are barking up the wrong tree. The problem isn’t capitalism — it’s government power. They’re right to complain about big bank bailouts, but capitalists can’t do this in a free market. Only the government can steal money from taxpayers and give it to the banks. ACORN’s involvement in organizing the Occupiers is proof [...]

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The Real Problem on Wall Street is Government Power

By on 11 October 2011 in Mobonomics, The Liberty Watch

The millionaires and billionaires are being targeted for what event organizers called a “willingness to hoard wealth at the expense of the 99%.” via Occupy Wall Street: Coming to a mansion near you – Oct. 10, 2011. TAL Commentary: The occupiers — paid to protest capitalism (think about that) — have it all wrong, which [...]

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Taxation is Theft

By on 5 September 2011 in Mobonomics, The Liberty Watch

I can’t go to your house and simply demand your money — you don’t have to give it to me. If I use force, you can defend yourself. But for some reason we have accepted the idea that I can go to your house with several armed men and force you to pay up, as [...]

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What Rednecks do to Price-Gougers

By on 13 May 2011 in Mobonomics

Introduction to Mobonomics Part 2: Redneckonomics In Part 1 — TANSTAAFL, we discussed what happens after a hurricane in Mobile, Alabama, and the advantages of a free market economy over the Mobonomics of State intervention. In our scenario, Nick bought generators in Birmingham and sold them at high prices in Mobile. Soon there was competition [...]

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Introduction to Mobonomics

By on 13 May 2011 in Mobonomics, The Liberty Watch

Part 1: TANSTAAFL — There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. This means that whatever you get, you’re paying for it one way or another. Whenever people are free, they allocate resources by pricing — think of this as “price-rationing.” But when the government intervenes, it does “political-rationing.” Only price-rationing actually works in [...]

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