Author: Joel Gross

I highly recommend “Edison as I know him” by Henry Ford.

I became convinced a few months ago that buying a fifth wheel camper trailer was the way to go. I bought one a couple of weeks ago and am currently on our first trip. I am not so sure it was a good decision. This post will analyze it a bit further.

I spent a lot of time on RV trader and craigslist and built a spreadsheet of 37 options.… read more “Buying a newish fifth wheel camper trailer: is it worth it?”

“Law never does anything constructive. It can never be more than a policeman, and so it is a waste of time to look to our state capitals or to Washington to do that which law was not designed to do. As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty spread and special privilege grow.… read more “Henry Ford on Laws”

“Speculation in things already produced – that is not business. It is just more or less respectable graft.”

Ford: “Experience and reform do not go together. A reformer cannot keep his zeal at white heat in the presence of a fact. He must discard all facts.”

Many government regulations are set up by smart people with the best of intentions. Government regulations are an extraordinarily powerful tool and quite frequently the results of those regulations are the opposite of what people had originally intended. A few examples:

• National parks were originally set up to be “pleasuring grounds” – areas all Americans to recreate and enjoy.

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-has-biden-sold-off-more-oil-every-past-president-combined-1754084

Risking energy security to win an election is a bad look.

Everyone wants a good life, but most people don’t have it because they aren’t willing to do the hard things they need to do to get there.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/20/seattle-councilmember-sawant-says-her-property-is-/

Sawant defunded the police, now she wants special investigations of trivial pranks?! Who would vote for this hypocrite?

America needs true bipartisanship to fight the return of slavery around the world and right here at home. I built a business from scratch without any outside funding or partners that now employs 270 full time employees, and the study of economic and political systems has been a big factor in my success. Slavery comes in many disguises, but is at its root the loss of individual freedom to choose what to do with your life.… read more “Bipartisanship Needed To Fight The Return Of Global Slavery”