Giving up property rights during COVID-19 may seem like a good temporary solution, but if we look at history, this strategy has always made things worse.
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Well-meaning but dangerously misguided one-size-fits-all directives are creating huge disruptions in the provision of needed care.
As people lose their jobs, their communities, and their sense of hope overnight, the actions of these entrepreneurs are nothing short of heroic.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Educate Yourself on COVID-19 Predictions | Guest: Phillip Magness | Ep 60
As the quarantine continues, Matt Kibbe is joined by Phillip Magness, a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.
We have to balance the opinions of doctors with those from a wide variety of other relevant fields.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Massie Stands Alone on COVID-19 Bailout | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie | Ep 59
In this bonus episode of Kibbe on Liberty, Rep. Thomas Massie joins Matt Kibbe to give a play-by-play of his stand against the COVID-19 bailout bill.
Government seems to have a history of taking societal problems and crisis and catastrophically making them worse by legislating one size fits all solutions.
To combat the coronavirus, state governments are taking drastic steps that are severely impacting the lives of their citizens.
Article, COVID-19
South Korea Proves We Don’t Have to Shut Down the Economy to Curb Coronavirus Transmission
Evidence continues to pour out of South Korea demonstrating that their model is the most effective means to contain the coronavirus.
When Rep. Massie raised his lone voice to demand an on-the-record vote, everyone immediately freaked out, and President Trump lashed out at him personally on Twitter.
Politicians and news outlets will tout this stimulus bill as the long-awaited solution and victory for our country.
What does it mean to be a leader, and how can we evaluate leadership during a crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic?
The highly politicized criticism of Senator Rand Paul creates perverse incentives for the rest of us to never get tested, or to even admit to symptoms.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Coronavirus Response Is a Central Planning Nightmare | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie | Ep 58
In this special quarantine edition of Kibbe on Liberty, Matt Kibbe is joined via Skype by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) to discuss the COVID-19 virus and the government’s response to it.
This bill is chock full of crony kickbacks, lobbyist handouts, and a wish list of progressive policies that have nothing to do with COVID-19.
By now, everybody’s beginning to go a little nuts from being cooped up indoors.
Is school really necessary? I suspect many of us are about to find out.
Matt Kibbe makes some sense of the coronavirus outbreak and economic implications of rash political decisions.
There are simple things states and other officials can implement that would be a carrot approach, instead of a stick approach, to maximize social distancing.
When the wheels come off, we see that the rules we thought we needed actually make things worse, not better.
The stock market is reeling. Fortunes are being lost, unemployment rates are surging, the Federal Reserve is devaluing the dollar with its inflationary practices and there’s no telling how extensive or long lasting the economic damage will be.
We can’t mandate more of the medical goods and services we need into existence, but politicians could mandate them away if they’re not thoughtful in their attempts to “do something” decisive.
Article, COVID-19
Politicians Cannot Save You from the Coronavirus, but They May Make Things Worse by Trying
As Americans, if we truly love freedom as we say we do, then at this point our government’s measures should urge us to ask ourselves: why are we copying China and not South Korea?