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Lessons from Railroad History →

January 19, 2022

The story of the five transcontinental railroads built by 1900 often overlooks some remarkable lessons about private initiative and government subsidies.

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She blew through a billion
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Dumb as a rock, Kamala Harris blew through a billion dollars, enjoyed a largely sycophantic media, and ended up with nothing to show for it all but millions in debt.

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AOC Goes on "The Price is Right"
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AOC Goes on "The Price is Right"
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Everything is FREE (except under capitalism).

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Recent Quotes

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Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
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Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
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“There’s nothing more frightening than a half-baked do-gooder who knows nothing of the world but takes it upon himself to tell the world what’s good for it — from his book, Musashi.

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Sowell on Solutions
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"Many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions."

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Reed on Capitalism vs Socialism
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“Capitalism is what happens when you leave peaceful people alone. Socialism is what happens when you don’t. Capitalism is spontaneous, natural order. Socialism is just some bully’s orders.”

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Why do socialism/communism produce mayhem on an industrial scale?

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Only a government agency can get away with a half-century of failure. A private operation with a similar record as the DoE would have filed for bankruptcy long ago.

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