The Houston Chronicle took a turn to the left about ten to twelve years ago if I remember correctly. Prior to that, I had over twenty letters to the editors published, but alas, that is no more. The less the Chronicle prints about free markets and limited government these days, the more happy the editor of the editorial page is.
In tomorrow's Sunday edition they are rolling out yet another tired op-ed about how the government needs to fix health care. Of course, this op-ed was written by a doctor, not an economist. So as usual, there is nothing on the root cause of the crisis. Just symptoms and more state solutions. Stick to the medicine, doc, or take some courses at the Mises Institute.
James Madison knew over 200 years ago what this doctor cannot grasp: once you interfere in the markets, you've messed things up and must continue to meddle, meddle, and meddle, all the time attempting to undo or fix the mess the government's created. I quote Madison:
They have seen, too, that legislative interference is but the first link of a long chain of repetitions; every subsequent interference being naturally produced by the effects of the preceding.
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