Those who can’t and don’t produce values are quick to tell actual producers how they should operate their businesses. The latest example comes from Sen. Bernie Sanders, who sent a letter to Warren Buffett imploring the latter to intervene in a labor dispute at a company owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett is one of…
In April, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act. The bill would “invest” $172 billion over 10 years to upgrade over 950,000 public housing units. When the bill was announced, Sanders said, “It is unacceptable that our nation’s public housing is in a state of chronic disrepair and…
One of the latest trends in the “tenants’ rights” movement is to provide free legal representation for tenants facing eviction. Washington state has passed such a law and other states are considering doing so. As with nearly everything associated with “housing justice,” these laws will ultimately create a host of new problems. As one example,…
After voting on Super Tuesday, Bernie Sanders told reporters that he was building a broad coalition fighting for justice. Such words are common for Leftists, and the gullible find them inspiring. But Sanders is not fighting for justice. He is on a crusade for injustice. Justice is the virtue of granting to individuals that which…
We hear a lot of talk about “renewable energy” and the need for America to end it’s “addiction” to fossil fuels. Indeed, Democrat candidates for president are stumbling over one another to come up with the most regressive plan. Much of the public has embraced this delusional rhetoric, largely because they have accepted the illusion…
Socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently attempted to distinguish democratic socialism from the socialism being practiced in Venezuela. During the recent debate in Houston, Sanders called Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro a “vicious tyrant.” He went on to call for “for free elections in Venezuela so that the people of that country can make, can create…