On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Ron finds the socialist utopia of his dreams… in prison. Yeah, it’s not as great as he thinks.
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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Lou Perez
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
Voiced by Seamus Coughlin and nosoup4knowles
Layout by Jaime Velasquez, Trevor Smith
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://interrogatingjustice.org/prisons/annual-prison-costs-budgets/
https://reason.com/2018/04/23/the-irony-of-socialists-calling-for-abol/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/economics_of_incarceration/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5haBO78iFg
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Florida Man and Seamus explore what makes certain states better for business than others. They find that creating a healthy business climate isn’t as complicated as some might think.
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CREDITS:
Written by Lou Perez, Sean W. Malone, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://taxfoundation.org/state/florida/#:~:text=Florida%20does%20not%20have%20a,tax%20rate%20of%207.01%20percent
https://chiefexecutive.net/best-worst-states-business/
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-americas-best-states-to-do-business-in/
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/13/americas-top-states-for-business-2022-the-full-rankings.html
https://taxfoundation.org/2023-state-business-tax-climate-index/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awyVBL9Q1hc
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Bob decides that the best way to eliminate poverty is by just giving everyone more money. If the government prints more currency, then everyone will be rich, right?
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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Jennifer Maffessanti
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://fee.org/articles/lessons-of-the-german-inflation/
https://fee.org/resources/prices-soar-with-zimbabwe-inflation/
https://fee.org/articles/how-inflation-drinks-your-milkshake/
https://fee.org/resources/what-you-should-know-about-inflation/
https://fee.org/articles/the-federal-reserve-s-shell-game/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmmfT0JnvPc
Well, we finally did it. We've come out against voting... for policies you don't understand.
Seriously. Voting is fine. But if you don't take the time to actually *learn* something about the public policy issues and candidates you're voting on, you're going to do much more harm than good -- even if you think you're doing the right thing.
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CREDITS:
Written by Tyler Brandt, Sean W. Malone, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
– Unintended Consequences of Policy –
https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/UnintendedConsequences.html
https://www.austriancenter.com/unintended-consequences-of-regulation/
https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/AustrianSchoolofEconomics.html
https://fee.org/media/15003/cliches46.pdf
https://fee.org/articles/the-cobra-effect-lessons-in-unintended-consequences/
https://immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/CATO_US/C050125W.pdf
https://fee.org/articles/st-paul-s-mayor-is-already-scrambling-to-amend-the-city-s-harmful-rent-control-law/
https://fee.org/articles/how-minimum-wage-and-rent-control-laws-fail-the-bronowski-test/
https://fee.org/archive/topics/Unintended%20Consequences
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6867865-the-curious-task-of-economics-is-to-demonstrate-to-men
– Irrational Voting –
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1830396?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter#:~:text=The%20Myth%20of%20the%20Rational%20Voter%3A%20Why%20Democracies%20Choose%20Bad,can%20trust%20to%20make%20laws
https://www.issuelab.org/resources/2808/2808.pdf
https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=723
https://www.econlib.org/archives/2016/03/myth_of_the_rat_9.html
https://fee.org/archive/topics/Voting
https://fee.org/resources/liberty-a-path-to-its-recovery/#link-8
https://fee.org/articles/fa-harper-the-greatest-threat-to-liberty-is-the-idea-that-democracy-guarantees-freedom/
https://fee.org/articles/3-ideas-for-making-the-post-election-world-a-better-place/
https://fee.org/resources/against-majority-rule/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDgTmVMNpfc
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the crew finds refuge on a sunny beach in Florida. Despite its reputation as a dystopian nightmare with blatant disregard for public health, Ron soon figures out that maybe things aren’t as bad as the media wants him to believe…
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CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
— Florida Pandemic Death Rates —
https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/11/18/covid-infection-fatality-rates-sex-and-age-15163
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-coronavirus-restrictions/73818
https://www.prb.org/resources/which-us-states-are-the-oldest/
— News Media Hysteria —
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/12/10/covid-equal-opportunity-killer/
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/COVID-19-an-equal-opportunity-killer-15241708.php
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-does-not-discriminate-nor-should-our-response
https://nypost.com/2021/07/26/cuomo-claims-he-always-tells-the-truth-on-covid-19-except-when-he-doesnt/
— Manipulating Covid Stats —
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01003-6
https://www.carecentrix.com/blog/predictive-analytics-and-covid-19-all-models-are-wrong-some-are-useful/
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/17/influential-covid-19-model-uses-flawed-methods-shouldnt-guide-policies-critics-say/
https://www.westword.com/news/covid-19-most-virus-models-are-wrong-colorado-expert-says-11709422
https://www.aier.org/article/climate-models-worse-than-nothing/
https://www.aier.org/article/imperial-college-predicted-catastrophe-in-every-country-on-earth-then-the-models-failed/
https://www.aier.org/article/the-disease-models-were-tested-and-failed-massively/
https://www.aier.org/article/computer-models-cant-substitute-for-real-life/
https://www.aier.org/article/masking-a-careful-review-of-the-evidence/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thIw7uenUd0
“Free health care for everyone!!!” It’s all the rage, but is it actually feasible?
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Bubble Man makes a plea for universalized, free health care from his hospital bed. As Seamus explains, Bubble Man’s dreams are only possible in… well… a bubble.
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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Sean W. Malone
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
– Cuba Health Care –
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/33/6/755/5035051
– Canada Health Care –
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-08-03/canadians-increasingly-come-to-us-for-health-care
https://mises.org/wire/false-promise-canadas-health-care-system
https://mises.org/wire/myth-they-used-pass-canadas-universal-healthcare
https://mises.org/wire/universal-health-care-canada-colossal-government-failure
https://mises.org/wire/solution-canadas-failed-universal-health-care-system-consumer-and-physician-freedom
– US Health Care –
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror-wall-2014-update-how-us-health-care-system
https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l5778/rr-0
https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
https://fee.org/articles/single-payer-health-care-is-anything-but/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2017/11/01/think-obamacare-is-bad-bernies-single-payer-plan-would-be-devastating/
https://fee.org/articles/why-single-payer-health-care-delivers-poor-quality-at-high-cost/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2019/10/17/why-not-try-free-market-health-care/?sh=662b200b5358
https://fee.org/articles/government-makes-healthcare-worse-and-more-expensive/
https://mises.org/wire/half-health-spending-us-now-government-spending
https://fee.org/articles/3-ways-regulation-makes-health-care-expensive/
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/
– Japan Health Care –
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_system_in_Japan#Quality
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1226232/
– India Health Care –
https://www.internationalstudentinsurance.com/india-student-insurance/healthcare-system-in-india.php
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkCuSAaIeKs
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Students are quickly figuring out that the costs of getting a formal education don't line up with the value of that education.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQgl6IBpTKo
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Bob mocks San Francisco influencers and the crap they have to deal with. Instead of falling prey to our own condescension, Seamus suggests we treat these as teachable policy moments.
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CREDITS:
Written by Sean Malone, Lou Perez, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
Voiced by Seamus Coughlin and nosoup4knowles
Layout by Jaime Velasquez, Trevor Smith
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/0307455777
https://fee.org/articles/7-ways-to-improve-your-online-debates/
https://fee.org/articles/why-libertarians-must-rise-above-the-left-right-dichotomy-of-politics/
https://fee.org/articles/the-intellectual-rules-of-engagement/
https://fee.org/articles/5-psychological-forces-that-turn-people-into-political-hacks/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfUOA_yXndY
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Bubble Man argues for “common sense” gun control to cut back gun violence. The only problem is, there’s no evidence to suggest his proposals would solve the issue.
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CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone & Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
– More guns, less crime –
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-control-support-drops-amid-growing-crime-and-firearm-purchases-11637139601
https://blog.gunassociation.org/banning-guns-will-increase-crime-harvard-study-overview/#IV_MORE_GUNS_LESS_CRIME
https://www.aier.org/article/more-guns-less-crime/
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-of-the-day-more-guns-less-gun-violence-between-1993-and-2013/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/357329/gun-owners-increasingly-cite-crime-reason-ownership.aspx
https://news.gallup.com/poll/199235/crime-victims-likely-own-guns.aspx
https://www.justfacts.org/guncontrol.asp
https://www.justfacts.org/guncontrol.asp#crime_dc
https://crimeresearch.org/2017/04/number-murders-county-54-us-counties-2014-zero-murders-69-1-murder/
– Right to carry decreases crime –
https://www.justfacts.org/guncontrol.asp#right-to-carry
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3850436
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=372361
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/14/murder-rates-drop-as-concealed-carry-permits-soar-/
– Other –
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/study-vast-majority-gun-crime-isnt-committed-lawful-gun-owners/
https://www.justfacts.org/guncontrol.asp#crime_britain
https://mises.org/wire/australias-gun-laws-and-homicide-correlation-isnt-causation
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/school-shooting-tracker-n969951#year=2022
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8437084/#:~:text=The%20causes%20and%20circumstances%20were,of%20which%20were%20head%20injuries
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxslqt0graM