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January 18, 2007
UCSC growth, Leftwing Santa Cruz and International Economics.
The January 18th 2007 Noon Balloon radio show on KSCO Am 1080.
Unfortunately Sean Mean could not make it to the broadcast, so it was Noonsly Baloonsky Alonsky. Nonetheless it turned out to be a lively discussion that at one point veered off local subjects into world of international economics.
But first, I continued with the subject very dear to people in Santa Cruz as well as surrounding areas proposed expansion of the UCSC campus. Now, for those that might get this as a podcast and have no immediate knowledge of the tumultuous relationships between the City of Santa Cruz and the City on the Hill, as the campus is often referred to, local left wingers used up the brainwashed studentry to take over the city government and then in essence ran it into the ground for 30 years since there has never been a supply shortage of liberal arts grads that knew nothing of liberties and nothing of arts. It was then. Now that UCSC is trying to advance into science with engineering and bio-med schools, the left that has been safely in control of the city are worried by prospects of changing in demographics of the student voting block that kept them in power.
During one of the breaks a KSCO editorial by Kay Zwerling was played that prompted a shift towards the subject of trade deficits, international trade, protectionism and relationships with China. There wasn't much of an agreement with the editorial, between callers or myself, but the discussion was very much related to the general message I always try to make - growth is good, growth is progress, growth is improvement in standard of living and releasing market forces be it internally or externally is the best way to achieve it.
Finally, a note of great disappointment at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger heal care proposals. Coming from the same guy that presented himself as a student of Milton Friedman, Arnold is doing everybody a huge disservice. Instead of unleashing market forces via medical savings accounts - a Friedman idea - he is proposing a stealth socialization of health care loaded with mandatory fees, taxes and handouts.
Bad idea and, again, a huge disappointment.
Unfortunately Sean Mean could not make it to the broadcast, so it was Noonsly Baloonsky Alonsky. Nonetheless it turned out to be a lively discussion that at one point veered off local subjects into world of international economics.
But first, I continued with the subject very dear to people in Santa Cruz as well as surrounding areas proposed expansion of the UCSC campus. Now, for those that might get this as a podcast and have no immediate knowledge of the tumultuous relationships between the City of Santa Cruz and the City on the Hill, as the campus is often referred to, local left wingers used up the brainwashed studentry to take over the city government and then in essence ran it into the ground for 30 years since there has never been a supply shortage of liberal arts grads that knew nothing of liberties and nothing of arts. It was then. Now that UCSC is trying to advance into science with engineering and bio-med schools, the left that has been safely in control of the city are worried by prospects of changing in demographics of the student voting block that kept them in power.
During one of the breaks a KSCO editorial by Kay Zwerling was played that prompted a shift towards the subject of trade deficits, international trade, protectionism and relationships with China. There wasn't much of an agreement with the editorial, between callers or myself, but the discussion was very much related to the general message I always try to make - growth is good, growth is progress, growth is improvement in standard of living and releasing market forces be it internally or externally is the best way to achieve it.
Finally, a note of great disappointment at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger heal care proposals. Coming from the same guy that presented himself as a student of Milton Friedman, Arnold is doing everybody a huge disservice. Instead of unleashing market forces via medical savings accounts - a Friedman idea - he is proposing a stealth socialization of health care loaded with mandatory fees, taxes and handouts.
Bad idea and, again, a huge disappointment.
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