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Ep. 12 - The Truth About Socialized Medicine

This is the second of four healthcare-related episodes. In Episode #9, I discussed the truth about healthcare in America as a way to lay the groundwork for the other three – the truth about socialized medicine, the truth about Obamacare, and the truth about real healthcare reform. 
The truth about socialized medicine or government-run medical systems is wherever it has been implemented, the results have been people suffering from shortages, rationing of care, long wait times, a lower level of care, there is no incentive to shop for better prices (or better service), and the denial of experimental drugs, innovative procedures, and new technologies.
Why would we willingly endorse and enroll in a healthcare system that has proven to be inferior to the one we currently have?
Why would we willingly put our health in the hands of a bunch of faceless bureaucrats who could care less about us personally?
What is it about other nations' socialized medicine programs that is worthy of emulation?
Show Notes:
Daily Mail - Nearly 1,200 People Starved to Death in NHS Hospitals
The Guardian - NHS Budget Squeeze to Blame for Longer Wait Times
Basic Errors Killing 1,000 NHS Patients a Month Study Shows
Another Great Moment in the Annals of Government Run Healthcare
Does Britain Have the Best Health System? Only If You Ignore Outcomes
Who Was Charlie Gard
BBC - NHS Rationing Leaves Patients in Pain
BBC - Long Waits for Surgery Have Tripled in Four Years
Parents of U.K. Boy With Tumor to Fight Extradition
PragerU - What's Wrong with Government-Run Healthcare?
The False Promise of Canada's Health Care System
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Ep. 11 - The Truth About Fortnite

Today we are going off the beaten path of politics, public policy, economics and Christian apologetics. We are going to talk about the life lessons reinforced by playing the latest video game craze, Fortnite.
For those of you unfamiliar with the game, it is fashioned after the fight-to-the-death competition in The Hunger Games. You parachute onto an island with 99 other players and struggle to survive until there is only one player or team left standing. Every parent of a 10-25 year old is aware of this game. Some parents restrict playing time, others just complain about how all-encompassing or addicting it seems to be. It is, to say the least a worldwide phenomenon.
Despite its addictive nature, the game teaches and reinforces many life lesson. In this episode, I cover 20 lessons.
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Ep. 10 - The Truth About God and Evil

Let's be honest, if you are looking for a reason not to believe in God, the world is more than willing to supply you with one - the existence of evil is just one of many. It also happens to be one of the more persuasive reasons. Atheists, agnostics, and non-Christians complain all the time about how “harsh” and “evil” the God of the Old Testament appears to be. And the ever-present question of how can a good God allow so much cruelty to exist is a legitimate question worthy of an answer.
My intent with this episode is to present you with information that I have come across over the years as I continued my truth quest in regards to the question of God and evil. At this point in my journey, I feel like I know about three-quarters of the story. There are still areas where I am not clear but, perhaps this episode will spark some discussion on the Truth Quest Facebook page and you can help fill me in on the rest of the story.  
Show Notes:
If God, Why Evil – Norman Geisler
The Story of Reality, Gregory Koukl
The Proverbs Project, Shawn Brodof
Young Couple Trying to Prove Human Kindness Among Cyclists Killed by ISIS
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Ep. 9 - The Truth About Healthcare in America

I have several healthcare-related episodes in the works including one on Obamacare, one on socialized medicine, and one on healthcare reform. In order to lay the groundwork for those future episodes, I thought it was important to discuss healthcare in America in general and dispel some myths or lies or propaganda (depending on your perspective). If you listen to the the mainstream media, liberal think tanks, or national Democrats, you are left believing that the American healthcare system is no better than some third world countries.
While the bashing of the American healthcare system has been relentless, is it the truth? Listen and find out!
Show Notes:
Cato - Why Healthcare Costs too Much
Ten Surprising Facts About American Healthcare
National Center for Policy Analysis
Mises - Lecture of American Healthcare
Pritical Thinking Healthcare Chapter Citations
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Ep. 8 - The Truth About Social Security

In my book, Pritical Thinking, I wrote that Social Security was doomed from the start.
It is nothing more than a government-sanctioned, intergenerational Ponzi Scheme!
It is unconstitutional and should be abolished. 
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not truthful with the American people when he was pushing the legislation that eventually passed.
Social Security will be insolvent by 2034.
There are other alternatives currently implemented by dozens of countries around the world. Why doesn't the United States adopt one of them?
Show Notes:
Daniel J. Mitchell
Good News From Washington - Social Security Only $42 Trillion in the Hole
The Global Private Social Security Revolution
Reforms to Sweden’s Retirement System and Lessons for the United States
How to save Social Security
The Ever-Expanding Fiscal Burden of Social Security
Chile’s successful privatized SS system
The Second Social Security Crisis
The Case for SS Personal Accounts
Social Insecurity
The Committee For A Responsible Federal Budget
Jacob Hornberger
Social Security is Socialism
The Socialism of Social Security
Mises.org
Social Security's Winners and Losers
Social Security's Black Hole Has Arrived
Social Security is a Terrible Investment
Social Security Cannot Survive in its Present Form
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Ep. 7 - The Truth About Climate Change - Part I

This episode will tackle the issue of climate change or global cooling or global warming (depending on what decade in which the issue is being pushed). Specifically we are going to review this topic from the perspective of the propaganda, lies, and deception that surround the topic.
The list is long but I tackle five instances:
The Hockey Stick Temperature Chart.
The claim that 97% of climate scientists are in agreement.
The University of East Anglia scandal.
Al Gore's movie, The Inconvenient Truth
The ridiculous claim that "the debate is settled" and "there is consensus".
The bottom line is, with such a prolific history of data manipulation, lies, and propaganda, why is there a lack of healthy skeptism around the claims made by climate change alarmist?
Show Notes:
Canadian statisticians, Steven McIntyre and Ross McKitrick (hockey stick)
PragerU - 97% Claim
Debunking the 97% Claim
FriendsofScience.com - 97% Claim
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuel - Alex Epstein
PragerU - Paris Climate Accord
Wall Street Journal - Climate Change Has Run Its Course
Pritical Thinking - Global Warming citations
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Ep. 6 - The Truth About Colin Kaepernick and the NFL National Anthem Protests

Today we are going to talk about former San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback, Colin Kaepernick’s 2017 national anthem protest.
I was prompted to record this episode after reading an article in my local sports section by Associated Press writer Paul Newberry as he used the opportunity of the opening of NFL training camps to complain about the fact that Colin Kaepernick is still unemployed. I love one-sided articles like this because it offers a great opportunity to point out both bias and common ground and, of course, providing ample opportunity to offer up counter-arguments.
Show Notes:
Fatal Force - Washington Post
Remember Kaepernick, Reid as training camps open
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Ep. 5 - The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Today I am going to lay out facts about this historical event – the resurrection of a man known as Jesus of Nazareth. For those of you who are Christians, I believe this conversation will bolster your faith. After all, without the resurrection, Christianity is nothing; our faith is futile. 1 Corinthians 15:17
For those of you who are atheists, agnostics, undecided and anywhere in between, just consider this an ancient history lesson and simply ingest what I share. Perhaps it will change or tilt your heart in His direction.
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Ep. 4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage

We are going to tackle the minimum wage issue with facts, figures, economic laws, and logic rather than, what we usually get - emotional calls for the wage rate increase using illogical arguments that are in direct opposition to economic law.
I want to start with a quote by Thomas Sowell from his epic book, Basic Economics that really lays the foundation for this discussion. On page 237 he said:
“By the simplest and most basic economics, a price artificially raised tends to cause more to be supplied and less to be demanded than when prices are left to be determined by supply and demand in a free market. The result is a surplus, whether the price that is set artificially high is that of farm produce or labor.”
Show Notes:
The Real Minimum Wage is $0.00 - New York Times, January 14, 1987
2014 Congressional Budget Office Study
Harvard Business Review study, March 2018
eattle minimum wage
Minimum wage is bad for low-skilled workers – Daniel J. Mitchell
Economics in One Lesson chapter on minimum wage - Henry Hazlett
Real World Examples of How the Minimum Wage Destroys Jobs - Daniel J. Mitchell
Part II of Contra Krugman: The Book - Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage Hikes Are Killing Jobs in California's Poorest Communities, Study Says
Congress Seeks to Boost the Minimum Wage and Teen Joblessness
Fee.org
How Shake Shack is Dealing with Minimum Wage
Guess Why Hundreds of Busboys Just Lost Their Jobs
Restaurant Chain Announces Bankruptcy: Says Minimum Wage Hike to Blame
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Ep. 3 - The Truth About the Constitution - Where in the Constitution?

American live in a perpetual constitutional crisis.
The heavy restrictions placed on the federal government by the U.S. Constitution are ignored. We have experienced both small and incremental steps in the power and growth of the federal government (federal agencies, bureaucracies and regulations) as well as large and unprecedented leaps (the Alien and Sedition Acts, the internment of Japanese, The Patriot Act, and NSA spying).
In this episode I hope to influence the way you look at the federal government going forward - through the eyes of the Founding Fathers.
Keep asking the question, "WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION?"
I challenge you to constantly ask your elected and unelected officials to answer that simple question.
Show Notes
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Founders Constitution - University of Chicago
Bridge of Spies Movie Clip - What makes us American?
The Perversion of the Presidency - Tenth Amendment Center blog post
Tenth Amendment Center Publishes Episode #3
Economic Liberty and the Constitution - Daniel J. Mitchell
The First Question We Should Always Ask - Is this authorized by the constitution?
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