“The bottom line is that the government has artificially mitigated lenders’ risk, and it has done so on the perverse, altruistic premise that “society” has a moral duty to increase home ownership among low-income Americans.” — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“(Although critics of capitalism claim regulations were being gutted during the Bush years, the number of Register pages exploded—as did the amount spent by… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve dictated not only the interest rates at which banks could borrow from one another, as it does today, but also the… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it did not cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The government currently has unfunded liabilities surpassing $66 trillion.57 That’s $66 trillion in expected entitlement payouts over the coming decades for which there is… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
I believe Social Security is unjust. I think it's wrong. I think it penalizes responsible people. It penalizes the young and it's a massive… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to assume you can tax the people that are working and give the money (to people) who are not working and… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
It doesn't promote your life to reduce unearned guilt... You should get rid of that guilt. It's unearned. You don't deserve it. So when… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
The US economy today is in really bad shape. Our economic growth is minimal, our regulatory burden is horrific, taxes are high, businessmen are… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The not-so-astonishing results: By late 2008, Fannie and Freddie were on the verge of collapse and were taken over by the government. Thus their… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“Just as altruism tells an individual that however much he is sacrificing, his duty is to sacrifice more, the Progressives concluded that however much… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The only reason the government didn’t stop the financiers was because it approved of what they were doing: helping to lower the cost of… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
