Recent content by mathamagician

That's because big business (corporations) were created by the government and the government subsidies them (with contracts), create barriers to entry that protect them (complicated regulations only large companies can decifer) and bails them out when they're in trouble (airlines, big banks).

Hey guys FYI I am the insurance guy that crunches the numbers and punishes the person with the red car. That's my whole job, I am that dark evil shadowy entity that everyone hates. Whenever you wonder why and insurance company would charge you more for this or that just think of me. Mwa ha...

I'm a libertarian and I question the entire existence of limited liability. Meaning I am sympathetic to abolishing the corporate (limited liability) legal structure entirely. What right does the government have to create an artificial person? I am however not in favor of regulating private...

Yay more intrusive government intervention in my industry (insurance). Almost all (possibly all) regulations regarding insurance can be solved when laws are designed to protect competition instead of mandate actions and compliance. Anyway there goes my idea for having an insurance product that...

Can we get a sticky on this thread?

This is a regional war, libertarianism's stronghold is the inner mountain west. Anywhere that Romney does very well (outside his home states) Paul does very well too because they are both from the limited government wing of the party. Huckabee is the southern social conservative wing while...

Huckabee is McCain's lapdog and the RP supporters should have made a deal with the Romney camp. Romney needed to win a southern state to remain credible in this campaign and our guys may have inadvertently prevented a brokered convention. Now that Huckabee is backing out of the 3 delegate deal...

Why why WHY didn't they broker that deal with the Romney folks? Didn't they realize that Huckabee is McCain's lapdog? Didn't they realize that Romney needed a southern state to remain credible in the campaign?

It's because Romney and RP are both from the small government branch of the Republican party. This means the inner-mountain west but also new hampshire and Maine. These areas have a general mistrust and dislike of big government and they are not religious social conservatives like in the south.

Unfortunately electability matters HUGELY in the primary. Look at how violently Huckabee and McCain jumped around in the polling! They aren't thinking about who would be best in the general election people are trying to vote strategically and they try to figure out who are the top 2 or...

Answer play to their own prejudices. This article about the 'Jena Six' is excellent at showcasing how full of hype and substance-free the MSM is. I also find it interesting to note that while almost everything about the 'Jena Six' was BS the article mentioned another crime that on the...

He's been polling pretty decently there. It's a big state so I think focusing his time on Nevada is probably the right thing to do but I think he should be spending money on advertising there.

I've said before and I'll say it again now. I don't think New Hampshire is really the live free or die state anymore. I heard on NPR that 41% of the residents have moved there in the past 8 years (most from liberal Mass.). I think this is how you can explain part of our unimpressive result in...

Romney is worth $250 Million I'm pretty sure he's not doing it for his career. I'd prefer Romney to '100 year in Iraq' McCain. He reminds me of Bush's stubbornness and an unwillingness to listen to reality or the other side in a debate and change course if your way doesn't work. There was a...

FYI they can't tell if you're watching a channel. They get ratings from people who fill out the neilson rating packet.