When the constitution was written, and this cannot be repeated enough, it was a concerted effort to put limits on government action. The constitution is basically a charter that outlines specific actions that government is permitted to take. The founding fathers however remained worried that the wording in the constitution was not enough and the…
With minimum wage in the news, Costco got a lot of attention for paying their employees $17 per hour, while Walmart only pays about $9 per hour. Costco immediately became a progressive darling, and you started hearing calls to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The justification for this being, to insure that…

“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.” ― Frédéric Bastiat That is an insightful observation from Bastiat, queue Arthur Brooks. Arthur Brooks argues that capitalism needs to be defended based on moral grounds. Agreed. However, he continues to explain that the…

How you may ask, can Objectobot, practically a nobody, criticize and ridicule a decorated economist like Krugman in his own field. Krugman is a recognized expert in economics, why should you trust anything Objectobot has to say. I don’t expect you to trust Objectobot, just listen to the arguments an decide for yourself. As far as to why I believe Objectobot can…