Tomorrow, my Fox Business Network show about Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” will finally air. That should stop the emails like this one from Karen Cooper:
“Oh for the love of god! ‘Atlas Shrugged’ explains about 99 percent of what’s wrong in all of the arenas of topics: health care, education, climate change, unions, the economy, [...]
Who Is Wesley Mouch?
Free Stuff From Uncle Sam?
I just got a free golf cart.
Actually, it cost me $6,490 — but the dealer, Colin Riley of Tucson, Ariz., points out that there’s a $6,490 federal tax credit on such vehicles. Riley runs ads that say: “FREE ELECTRIC CAR … !”
Some consumers probably assume it’s a car-dealer scam, but it’s not. It’s an Uncle [...]
ABC Fired Stossel?
People keep forwarding me emails and blog posts saying ABC fired me. Internet forums claim I was fired because I aired a story about the downside of government-controlled health care. This is silly. It’s not even logical. No one can broadcast anything on “20/20″ without ABC’s approval.
The truth is that my departure from ABC was [...]
Stop Insuring Mortgages
The Federal Housing Administration announced this week that it wants tougher rules on mortgage lenders. It’s about time.
Maybe FHA got spooked by the recent New York Times story titled “Easy Loans to Wealthier Areas,” which said: “In its efforts to prop up a shattered housing market, the government is greatly extending its traditional support of [...]
We Pay Them to Lie to Us
When you knowingly pay someone to lie to you, we call the deceiver an illusionist or a magician. When you unwittingly pay someone to do the same thing, I call him a politician.
President Obama insists that health care “reform” not “add a dime” to the budget deficit, which daily grows to ever more frightening levels. [...]
Worse Than Taxes
Bill O’Reilly is mad at me because I’m not mad enough about taxes.
Last week on “The O’Reilly Factor”, we talked about California’s and New York’s enormous budget deficits and planned tax increases. Those states would have big surpluses had they just grown their governments in pace with inflation. But of course they didn’t. Now the [...]
The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers
As an American, I am embarrassed that the U.S. House of Representatives has 220 members who actually believe the government can successfully centrally plan the medical and insurance industries.
I’m embarrassed that my representatives think that government can subsidize the consumption of medical care without increasing the budget deficit or interfering with free choice.
It’s a triumph [...]
The Double Standard About Journalists’ Bias
I made The New York Times last week. It even ran my picture. My mother would be proud.
Unfortunately, the story was critical. It said, “Critics have leaped on Mr. Stossel’s speaking engagements as the latest evidence of conservative bias on the part of Fox.”
Which “critics” had “leaped”? The reporter mentioned Rachel Maddow. I wouldn’t think [...]
Self-Governance Works
Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can’t do things for themselves. So government must do it for them. More often than not, the result is a ham-handed, bumbling, one-size-fits-all approach that leaves the intended beneficiaries worse off. Of course, this resulting failure is never blamed on the political approach [...]




