Live Blog: Republican Party of Iowa Lincoln Dinner

Greetings. The Republican Party of Iowa is holding its annual Lincoln Dinner tonight, headlined by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccineli, who successfully sued against ObamaCare. Governor Branstad, Congressman King and Congressman Latham are also scheduled to speak tonight, along with others. This is the first major Iowa GOP fundraiser under the leadership of new Chairman [...]

Ron Paul Dominates At-Large Delegate Slate

Iowa Republicans have a total of 28 delegates to this year’s national convention in Tampa, Florida.  Two delegate selection committee members from each of the state’s four congressional districts met at the Republican headquarters in Des Moines today to draft the slate of 13 at-large delegates that must be ratified by convention delegates at the [...]

Speaker Pérez Discusses Middle Class Scholarship Act Prior to Unanimous Bipartisan Vote by Assembly Higher Education Committee

SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly radio address, Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) testifies before the Assembly Higher Education Committee regarding AB 1501, one of two bills that make up the Middle Class Scholarship Act, which slashes sta…

Myth: Markets can not meet human needs, such as health, housing, education, and food

If markets do a better job of meeting human needs than other principles, that is, if more people enjoy higher standards of living under markets than under socialism, it seems that the allocation mechanism under markets does a better job of meeting the criterion of need, as well. Food, certainly a more basic need than education or health care, is provided quite effectively through markets. In fact, in those countries where private property was abolished and state allocation substituted for market allocation, the results were famine and even cannibalism.