Christianomics: A blog on economics, politics, and law

  Spoken like someone who has never managed the costs of running a business. Profit = price - costs Costs include but are not limited to: employees, certifications, facility mortgages, materials, gas, electricity, and taxes. Profit is becoming a demonized word, but the reality is if a company cannot make a profit then it cannot provide employment opportunities and it cannot provide goods and services to people in the local community. Most companies in the US. only make 8% profit. (1) With such a slim margin, if any of the above costs go up, then the average company has no choice but to raise prices just to stay afloat. It is absurd that the administration does not get such basic economics 1. https://wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com/you-just-hate-the-poor...

  The President in 2050: and so to curb the pandemic of obesity I will be signing these executive orders that will require OSHA to require all businesses to require their employees to take this new anti-obesity vaccine that is guaranteed to drop your BMI. Press: Mr. President what is the threshold for obesity? President: The threshold is a BMI above 30. Press: Will there be any medical or religious exceptions provided? President: Sadly no. Press: What about people who are obese but able to drop their BMIs by other methods? President: They will still be required. I’ve been patient with them but now my patience has worn thin. Press: Lastly, what about people who are already under the BMI for obesity or even those who are considered underweight. If they aren’t part of the problem will they be required to take this vaccine as well? President: Yes of course they will. I’ve already said we each have to do our part. Think of our kids.

  A lot of babies were killed yesterday. I've talked with a number of limited government/libertarian people who are pro-choice yet believe that abortion kills a human being. Their logic is simple - making an act illegal does not stop it from happening.  Prohibitionists saw their efforts fail when they outlawed drinking in the 20s. Those seeking to decriminalize marijuana today apply this same logic. Now I believe on a moral level that it is good to criminalize acts like murder and manslaughter. Laws are sometimes about prevention and sometimes about punishment. I believe abortion is at minimum, the equivalent of manslaughter and should therefore also be criminalized and punished as such.  But that doesn't remove the unintended consequences of Texas' new policy. It has been reported that abortion clinics in Texas were overwhelmed with women wanting an abortion before the law took effect.(1) Simply and sadly put, the supply was very limited and so the demand sky rocketed....