Internet/Telecom

Companies that allegedly practice “surveillance capitalism” have become seemingly inescapable in our modern economy, leading a host of critics to explain the many ways those like Facebook and Google threaten our lives and freedoms.

Occasionally a Leftist here or there inadvertently swerves into correctness on this or that issue. But almost always, the Left is profoundly and loudly wrong.

And so does the US Left.  Though our Democrat Party is still playing it a little more coy.

One of the largest, ongoing, rolling government scams? Using taxpayer money to fund “research” – so as to generate “studies.” And governments spend a LOT of our money – on “research” to generate “studies.”

Nothing good can come from growing government interference with the internet.

Federalism is too infrequently mentioned, and when it does come up, it is woefully misrepresented and abused.

Big Tech companies are monsters.

Government often seems quite adept at solving yesterday’s problems, building or protecting systems that are irrelevant today.

Decades of government schools (kindergarten through grade 12) have poisoned America’s intellectual well.

Heartland’s Donald Kendal, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr in episode #189 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s episode features work from the Center of the American Experiment, the Foundation for Economic Education, The Heartland Institute, and the Institute for Energy Research.

President Donald Trump just released a colossally bloated, ridiculously huge $4.7 trillion budget. Democrats and the Left – please pardon the redundancy – reacted as if it were a $1.7 trillion budget.

One of the chimeras for which we eternally search in Washington, DC – is bipartisanship.

The Left is the world’s worst choir.  Singing dissonantly if not concordantly about how good things are – no matter how bad things are.  And, conversely, about how bad things are – no matter how good things are.