statusquobuster's blog

Where should the Occupy movement go?  I have the answer.

American Disappointment

Joel S. Hirschhorn

My anger has morphed into sadness, heartbreak actually.  As the decade of zeros ends I see nothing but a tragic, historic and deadening American Disappointment, a terrible replacement for a once noble American Dream.  The Great Recession was merely one symptom of the nation’s slide into slime, a quicksand created by the two-party plutocracy.

Tax Solution to Wretched Greed

Joel S. Hirschhorn

Libertarianism: If Not Now, Then When?

Joel S. Hirschhorn

With the meltdown of the American economy, what better time to ask: Can libertarianism come to the rescue? Perhaps the most interesting statement in the Wikipedia discussion of libertarianism is that “There is no single theory that can be reliably identified as the libertarian theory, and no single principle or set of principles on which all libertarians would agree.”

Consumers With Cash Can Rescue US Economy

Joel S. Hirschhorn

When I was young talk about millions of dollars impressed me. When I was older talk about billions of dollars dismayed me.