http://www.abprosper.com Ab Prosper. Its a community about freedom, prosperity, and the things that matter most Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:22:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. - Leo Tolstoy http://www.abprosper.com/2009/02/04/tolstoy-on-violence/ Its a great little common sense editorial on marijuana with one powerful point Today's anti-drug campaigns are slightly wonkier than yesterday's "Reefer Madness," but equally likely to become party hits rather than drug deterrents. One recent ad produced by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy says: "Hey, not ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/02/04/katherine-parker-on-the-phelps-drug-issue/ Honestly there is little useful anyone can do with a humanities degree, BA, MA, or PHD except teach the same stuff you learned to other fools. That being said a society that has so little respect for abstract learning and so little wealth that they can't create some jobs for these ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/30/simple-declerations-52/ Krugamn. Health Care Now. Preach it Bro. Preach it. http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/30/posted-without-comment-health-care-now/ From USA Today. I'd buy this. Most people who work and strive only commit minor crimes stuff like drug possession, simple assault, DUI, minor gun violations, and occasional theft, mostly of the petty sort. If its true it going to be a tough nut to crack, Gangs recruit and even breed new ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/30/fbi-says-gamgs-behind-80-of-crime/ This cranky editorial extolling the virtues of vouchers as stimulous though is spot on. Rather than trying to preserve the status quo and drop up campaign contributors , err I mean important institutions , it might be better to simply give people vouchers. I'd rather give cash so people can ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/30/michael-sessit-with-an-idea-that-might-actually-work-to-stimulate/ A pro consumption rant from the BBC. I'd like to ask the folks out there, whats wrong with having less and working less? I can always get more stuff later or get it cheap (yay $1 Book Store and Friends of the Library) but until someone comes up ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/28/how-about-an-option-to-get-off-the-treadmill/ To give credit where credit is do Indigo on America Blog relayed this stor .In my mind this applies very much to the idiots like Bernard Madoff that got us into this mess. Kurt Vonnegut and Saul Bellow were at a convention years ago where a major entrepreneur was ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/28/a-little-story-from-indigo/ Prosper's Law of Bureaucracy states a bureaucracy is an institution designed to resist change at any cost. Keep that law in mind when you go trying to fix screwed up situations. Any change will be resisted all out. Also keep in mind this isn't always a bad thing. Not ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/28/prospers-law-of-bureaucracy/ from my post here The stimulous may be a "last ditch" effort but its no more likely to work than monetary policy. While the infrastructure spending is much overdo and quite welcome the rest of the effort is just a wasteful continuation of the current failing system. It would have been cheaper ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/28/a-few-thoughts-on-the-likely-failure-of-the-stimulous/