Comments on: European By Any Other Name

By: Dave Hershiser

Dave Hershiser — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:57:58 +0000

One person can live very well and cheaply on a macrobiotic-type diet of rice, lentils and a few veggies for only a few dollars per day. And by doing so eliminate about 80% of medical costs incurred by our industrialized poisonous diet. It’ll never happen of course. There’s too much money to be made in health care and in the subsidized food industry.

By: greenhell

greenhell — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:11:17 +0000

Myron, as a hardcore Fibertarian I'm appalled by your suggestion that the poor be fed chicken bologna and a vitamin pill. I say, "Let them eat Quinoa."

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:42:05 +0000

You nailed it again Ilana. It is ironic that people are worried that we might become a socialist European state. We already are and it sounds like we have actually surpassed them. You are right Myron. The needs of the poor should be met by charitable organizations. That would be so much more efficient but unfortunately the “poor” have been convinced that only the government can meet their needs.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:00:52 +0000

That’s such a great point that the U.S military “works like government; is financed like government, and sports many of the same inherent malignancies of government.” What frustrates me is the fact that many “conservatives” fail to understand this. The mere mention of a military spending cut and you’re labeled an “unpatriotic, anti-American liberal.”

By: Myron Pauli in Alabama

Myron Pauli in Alabama — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:29:27 +0000

Quickie comment on food aid – 1 lb or Chicken Bologna sells in DC for $ 1 – probably enough protein and calories to sustain a person for a day – add a vitamin pill and you can feed someone on about $ 400 / year which times 30 million “poor” comes out to $ 12 billion /year – so how does the government spend $ 100 Billion just on that. In a $ 15 Trillion economy, the needs of the poor can be met with charity – as an Anti-Mao, I say “let 1000 Salvation Army shelters bloom”.