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Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Another eventful month with Supreme Court opinions, lots of wokeness and virtue signaling on display, some news on the George Floyd front, the controversy over reopening schools and, of course, Covid, Covid, Covid!
Show Notes
Episode #34 - The Truth About the Electoral College
Episode #39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College
Episode #62 - The Truth About the Gold Standard and Sound Money
Episode #73 - The Truth About Trump Derangement Syndrome
Episode #104 - The Truth About Vote by Mail
Episode #107 - The Truth About the Death of George Floyd
Episode #108 - The Truth About Reopening Schools
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
We covered a lot of ground in the first 100 episodes - the Constitution, economics, abortion, social issues, healthcare, socialism and Christian apologetics to name a few. In this episode, I take a brief look at some of the myths we busted and review lessons learned.
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Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
In America, we do not have definitional socialism where the government owns the means of production BUT we sure as hell have a bunch of socialistic tendencies, leanings, agencies and programs. In this episode, we examine the question, "Just how far toward socialism does America currently lean?"
Show Notes
The Future of Freedom Foundation
The Big Con of Social Security and Medicare
Only One Way Out of the Coronavirus Crisis
Fear of Healthcare Freedom and Free Markets
Is it Time for a New Direction
Mises.org
Bernie's Socialism vs. Trump's Socialism
Central Banking is Socialism
Will the Fed Buy Stocks? Here's What It Would Take to Do It
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes
Episode #8 - The Truth About Social Security
Episode #9 - The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #27 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve – An Intro
Episode #28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve – The Results
Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism – Part I
Episode #32 – The Truth About Socialism – Part II
Episode #57 - The Truth About Free Stuff
Episode #62 - The Truth About the Gold Standard and Sound Money
Episode #80 - The Truth About Democracies
Episode #83 - The Truth About Capitalism
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Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
In this episode we begin by examining some of the the lighthearted lessons learned from the Coronavirus crisis. We then speculate/observe some of the booms spawned by the crisis. Next we turn our attention to some of the more serious implications and lessons learned including the impact on the future of four-year university attendance, the threat that China poses to the world and the impotence and incompetence of socialized medical systems.
Show Notes
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #9 – The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #12 – The Truth About Socialized Medicine
Episode #17 – The Truth About Healthcare Reform
Episode #38 – The Truth About the Democratic Party
Episode #39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College
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Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Joe Biden has spent almost 50 years in Washington, D.C. and, prior to that, a handful of years practicing law. He is the personification of a career politician. Personally I find him unimpressive, uninspiring and unaccomplished despite his longevity in D.C.
In this episode we will examine his voting record, his ideas, his propensity to be a bully, a compulsive liar and a gaffe machine. We also review the history of corruption among the Biden family and discuss the obvious lapse in his mental health.
Show Notes
Joe Biden's Sister Valerie Sent Millions of Joe's Campaign Dollars to her own Consulting Firm
Eight Things Biden Family's Culture of Corruption
Joe Biden Gaffes, Quotes 2020 Election
James Biden Healthcare Ventures
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
Episode #7 - The Truth About Climate Change
Episode #36 - The Truth About Billionaires
Episode #39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College
Episode #63 - The Truth About the Wealth Tax
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Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Bernie Sanders has been leading the charge toward socialism his entire life. Within a few weeks of this podcast's publication (at the most a few months), Bernie will be a two-time loser of the Democratic Party's nomination to be President. Despite his failure to secure the nomination, he has laid the foundation for more radical candidates in the future. In this episode, we examine the life of Sanders and the foundation on which he has built his movement.
Show Notes:
Britannica.com - Bernie Sanders
Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying I Don't Know What's So Wrong with Cuba
Bernie Sanders Praised Communist Cuba and the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
60 Minutes Interview with Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Praising Bread Lines and Food Rationing
Why Bernie Sanders' Communist Misadventures Still Matter
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
Episode #8 – The Truth About Social Security
Episode #9 - The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #12 - The Truth About Socialized Medicine
Episode #14 - The Truth About Obamacare
Episode #17 - The Truth About Healthcare Reform
Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism - Part I
Episode #32 - The Truth About Socialism - Part II
Episode #39 - The Truth About the Student Loans and the Cost of College
Episode #57 - The Truth About Free Stuff
Episode #80 - The Truth About Democracies
Episode #83 – The Truth About Capitalism
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Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
The “S” word - secession - seems to be brought up with more and more frequency lately. Most recently we have seen counties in rural Virginia exploring the possibility of seceding from the state and joining West Virginia. We are seeing similar movements in Northern California and rural counties in Oregon. While those are wonderful developments, the larger question regarding secession is the idea of entire states seceding from the United States and essentially establish their own nation.
The idea of state secession picks up steam with every passing year as the federal government - the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches AND the federal bureaucracy - continues to enlarge its power base well beyond its enumerated powers in the Constitution.
In this episode, I will introduce you to the concept of secession, discuss some of the current and past secession movements and walk you through three reasons why secession is not only desirable but necessary. In Episode #88 we will discuss how secession is justified and rebut most of the arguments against it.
Show Notes:
American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup, F.H. Buckley
Mises Institute:
Secession in Virginia Would Defuse State's Conflict Over Guns
Why Governments Hate Secession
Three Reason Why More Secession Means More Freedom
Why Rothbard Wanted Radical Decentralization
Tom Woods Podcast:
Ep. 52 - Secede!
Ep. 82 - Walter Williams on Nullification, Secession, and More
Ep. 196 - Secession, the South, and the Modern State Donald Livingstone
Ep. 261 – Progressive Case for Secession
Ep. 326 – What Tom Told the Washington Post about Secession
Ep. 796 – Secession is moronic
Ep. 1332 – Should Libertarians Support Secession?
Ep. 1565 – Decentralization and Secession: Jeff Deist on the Only Way Forward
Ep. 1575 – American Secession: Potential of National Breakup?
The Brion McClanhan Show:
Episode 169 – Secession and Reconciliation
Episode 293 – How Would Secession Work?
Secession is for Morons
Secession is a Solution for Deep Political Division
Ron Paul: Thoughts on Secession
Credit Suisse: The Success of Small Countries
Greater Idaho Conservatives Oregon want 22 Rural Counties Secede and Become Part Idaho
Truth Quest Podcast:
Episode #19 - The Truth About Elections and Washington, D.C.
Episode #23 - The Truth About Nullification
Episode #88 - The Truth About Secession - Part II
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Saturday Mar 30, 2019
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
The news is filled with stories about millennials and their student loans. We are told that, because of student loans, they are waiting longer to move out of their parents' home, get married, buy their first house and start families. We are told it is a generation crushed by debt. Unfortunately, very little time is spent analyzing why this is the case.
Why are college costs so much higher than they were in the past?
What is the truth about student loan debt and the cost of college?
Show Notes:
The Student Loan Trap
How Government Guaranteed Student Loans Killed the American Dream for Millions
Why College Tuition is So Expensive
Higher Education Institutions in the U.S. by Type
Walter Williams: Colleges Dupe Parents and Tax Payers
Truth Quest Podcast:
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution – Where in the Constitution
Episode #9 - The Truth About the Healthcare in America
Forbes:
Price of College Increasing Almost Eight Times Faster than Wages
Student Loan Debt Statistics 2018
Average Cost of College Statistics
The Federal Role in Education
A Sensible Way to Fix the Student Loan Problem
Eleven Rage Inducing Facts About Americas Wildly Out of Control Student Loan Debt Bubble
Health Care Isn't Our Only Ludicrously Expensive Industry
International Liberty Blog - Daniel J. Mitchell:
Subsidies for Higher Education are Emptying the Pockets of Students and Lining the Pockets of Bureaucrats
Reduce Out of Control College Costs by Ending Government Subsidies
The Higher Education Bubble and Third Party Payer
Sunday Reflection: Higher Education Bubble Bursting So What Comes Next
College Offer Takes Percentage of Future Income: An Alternative to Student Loans
Four in 10 College Graduates Lack the Critical Thinking Skills
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