We need to be ever vigilant about government blocking or hamstringing innovation. Whether it’s FDA approval of treatments for rare diseases (WSJ on Feb 27, 2024) or price controls on drugs.
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For virtually everything in life, we face decisions about whether we should “sweat the small stuff.” No doubt, most may have encountered a boss who micromanages us with useless reports and we wonder why they don’t have something better to do.
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Another budget shutdown looms. In 2021, our national debt was $28 trillion, it is now over $34 trillion. About 2/3 of the people who file income taxes actually pay taxes so that’s about 112 million people that now are responsible for the national debt.
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These are fearful times.
Part of our fear is related to how we feel about government officials at all levels of government. Some of us are fearful of loose cannons, some of broken cannons, and most of us are concerned about corrupt officials.
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How is it possible that we got ourselves into this mess? I'm guessing that those who are trying to spin the news for their presidential candidate are making themselves dizzy.
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With so many of them around, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised to learn that one scholar has made a remarkable finding: it is likely that all of us believe in at least one conspiracy theory. Most of them are harmless, but when health is involved, they can turn deadly.
Joseph Uscinski of the University of Miami defines conspiracy theories as a belief that, “a small, powerful group working in secret, for their own benefit against the common good, and in a way that undermines bedrock ground rules.”
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