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Weekend Reads – June 4, 2011

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Here are four articles/posts from this week that you should read. These are the best of the best of what I’ve read in the areas of politics, economics, Christianity, and leadership:

Health Care Rationing Is Coming

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The debate about health care continues, but there is one thing that’s certain: there will be rationing of health care in our future. Whether the rationing happens through government intervention, insurance companies’ policies, or individual rationing, there will be rationing.

The Real Reason Government Can’t Do Anything Well

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Why do people complain about government? Why do conservatives say that everything the government does is inefficient? Why do some people want to privatize Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Education, and the post office? Why do a lot of people advocate for smaller government? One thing: price controls.

Weekend Reads – May 21, 2011

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Here are four articles/posts from this week that you should read. These are the best of the best of what I’ve read in the areas of politics, economics, Christianity, and leadership:

5 Reasons to Become Debt-Free

Last week, I wrote a post called, “The Consequences of Debt,” which dealt with the outcomes of having a burdensome national debt, using the examples of Greece, Ireland, and now Portugal. Today, I want to trumpet several reasons to be debt-free, both personally, and as a nation. I’ll give five reasons for both (and they look eerily similar):

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