So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or any other climate-change doomsayer - to put his wealth where his words are. I'll bet $10,000 that the average annual number of Americans killed by tornadoes, floods and hurricanes will fall over the next 20 years. Specifically, I'll bet that the average annual number of Americans killed by these violent weather events from 2011 through 2030 will be lower than it was from 1991 through 2010.
Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense. - Donald J. Boudreaux
Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.
- Donald J. Boudreaux
For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusuall… - Donald J. Boudreaux
For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusuall…
Let's be clear about one indisputable fact: capitalism vigorously pursued has never produced the atrocities - starvation, tyranny, and genocide - tha… - Donald J. Boudreaux
Let's be clear about one indisputable fact: capitalism vigorously pursued has never produced the atrocities - starvation, tyranny, and genocide - tha…
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And envy is, and ought to… - Donald J. Boudreaux
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And envy is, and ought to…
Politicians, like bombers, seldom see their victims. - Donald J. Boudreaux
Politicians, like bombers, seldom see their victims.
So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or… - Donald J. Boudreaux
So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or…
People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies.… - Donald J. Boudreaux
People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies.…
When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement. - Donald J. Boudreaux
When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement.
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