Belief that ...
- you can raise median wages by raising minimum wages
- illegal immigration raises crime or lowers our quality of life
- (bonus stupidity points if you believe this about legal immigration)
- Keynesian economics is unnecessary to a smoothly functioning financial system
- Keynesian-inspired policy is fair or cheap without personal - very expensive - penalties for bankers who force bailouts
- simple decency, also known as being polite, puts too much emphasis on being politically correct and should be blown up
- inheritance tax should be lower than income tax
- we should spend taxpayer money imprisoning guys who smoke pot
- people choose poverty
- we can end poverty
- Ayn Rand's fiction is a better guide to government policy than J.K. Rowling's fiction
- cryptocurrency serves a purpose
- global warming is a problem that will only impact future generations or is too expensive to address now
- it's a bad idea to invest in alternative energy
- evolution (after working for billions of years) and economic progress (after working for centuries) will suddenly halt in our lifetimes and the future will only be worse
- government spending to close the gap between rich and poor kids when it comes to opportunities for health, learning, safety and engagement won't pay off for generations
- economic progress follows from a win-lose philosophy
- it's a good idea to protect jobs, companies and industries from gales of creative destruction
- it's a good idea to leave people vulnerable to gales of creative destruction
- we can make economic progress through trade protection
- healthcare is not a right
- government should not spend huge amounts investing in infrastructure, education and R&D
- teachers can be credible role models for kids while struggling financially because of low-wages or hourly pay that is subject to change every school term
- school bonds that give money to building contractors rather than teachers make education more effective
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