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Explaining free trade to @realdonaldtrump @BernieSanders with the same biased, bought and paid for video

08 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, international economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, free trade, left-wing popularism, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, right-wing popularism

Why Do Politicians All Sound the Same? @BernieSanders

08 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, median voter theorem

Contested conventions in presidential races, 1868 – 1984

07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election

There hasn’t been a seriously contested convention in decades, and history helps explain why: Presidential candidates who needed multiple ballots to get nominated usually didn’t win.

Source: A look back at contested conventions | Pew Research Center

Is @HillaryClinton a Reformer or Hypocrite?

07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, gender, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Left-wing hypocrisy, sexual harassment

The headline is not mine. I will ask TIME to change it. I raise the question about inconsistency and hypocrisy. https://t.co/C4eDYvmd6t

— Christina Hoff Sommers (@CHSommers) February 4, 2016

The left-wing tax dilemma

06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, entrepreneurial alertness, growth of government, size of government, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply

Source: The President’s Revenue Problem | Tax Foundation.

This treasury #data shows how progressive America's #tax code really is https://t.co/JIXWaHvsxx pic.twitter.com/vglkhlqsKs

— Tax Foundation (@TaxFoundation) January 29, 2016

The truth about the @BernieSanders tax plan

06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, Leftover Left, social insurance, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%, Twitter left

Full details and analysis of @BernieSanders's #tax plan: https://t.co/JV6FKzzyoP @AlanMCole @ScottElliotG pic.twitter.com/jH7UWC4eRd

— Tax Foundation (@TaxFoundation) February 5, 2016

Exactly how Danish is @BernieSanders's #tax plan? https://t.co/y91oi8vPiO @kpomerleau @ScottElliotG pic.twitter.com/eeZhW3RRVQ

— Tax Foundation (@TaxFoundation) February 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/ScottElliotG/status/695447670169563136

US, Danish, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand tax and social security burden net of cash benefits as a % of labour costs, one-earner married couple with two children since 2000

05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, British election, Canada, Denmark, family tax credit, in work tax credit, taxation and labour supply

For some reason the Labour government in New Zealand in the mid-2000s could not bring itself to admit it was introducing a huge tax cut for families. To avoid admitting it ever gave a tax cut, that Labour government called the huge family tax credit introduced in 2004 and 2005 Working for Families.

Source: Taxing Wages 2015 – OECD 2015

The above data does not include the effects of GST and VAT.

@BernieSanders MRI rationing – US v. Single-payer UK, Canada and Denmark

05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, British economy, Canada, Denmark, health insurance, medical rationing, NHS, single-payer, social insurance, universal health insurance

Single payer health insurance systems may have their advantages but one of which is not ready access to an MRI scan in the UK, Denmark or Canada.

Source: OECD Health Statistics.

Remember that those aged over 65 in the USA are covered by Medicare; the poor and welfare beneficiaries are covered by Medicaid; and children of the working poor are covered by CHIPS.

I am told that dogs to get an MRI scan in Canada far quicker than humans. This is because dog owners can pay for the MRI scan. Private health insurance is unlawful in 9 of the 10 Canadian provinces.

There is considerable medical tourism from Canada to the USA, including by politicians who passionately support the single-payer system.

The tax code if @BernieSanders got everything he wanted

02 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, politics - USA, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, Australia taxation and labour supply, taxation and investment

Source: Here’s what the tax code would look like if Bernie Sanders got everything he wanted – Vox.

Republicans and Democrats have different priorities which is why they are Republican or Democrat primary voters

02 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, Democratic Party, rational irrationality, Republican Party, votor demographics

Contrasting themes of Rep/Dem primaries reflect partisan priorities gaps #guns #military #climatechange #immigration pic.twitter.com/vLUVPpYpRP

— Alec Tyson (@alec_h_tyson) January 30, 2016

@BernieSanders porky pies about his health plan

02 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, health insurance, single-payer, universal health insurance

https://twitter.com/BernPress/status/693700287916294144

New Ad: Trump Supports Amnesty, Makes Money Off Illegal Immigrants

29 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, economics of immigration

https://youtu.be/Enw6Yx19qSg

Source: New Ad: Trump Supports Amnesty, Makes Money Off Illegal Immigrants

Why Hillary’s position on campus sexual assault is inconsistent with her life

28 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Why Hillary's position on campus sexual assault is inconsistent with her life.The Factual Feminist explains: https://t.co/um29J8VYv1

— Christina Hoff Sommers (@CHSommers) January 27, 2016

@realdonaldtrump is wrong in tariffs

26 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, international economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, China, tariffs, trade wars

Will @tedcruz get the late surge?

21 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election

We’re about 11 days out, which according to this @Nate_Cohn chart is when all the stuff starts happening pic.twitter.com/H6ntBEzf4z

— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) January 21, 2016

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