I've wanted to start a blog for the last few months or so. It's difficult coming up with a name that is not only catchy, relevant, easy to remember but most importantly... a name that has not been taken yet. Enter... "The Political Paradox" Blog.
The name came to me a few weeks ago. I was listening to a radio talk show, the big story that day was the United States. In an effort to increase revenue, the US was thinking about charging a fee for motorists coming across the boarder. One caller said: "If they want more money, let's put an end to all of the people abusing the welfare system". Good idea suggested by the caller for sure but I said to myself "The Political Paradox there is... how much money do you want to spend fact checking every application?"
The abuse of the welfare system is a topic for another day but, right there I knew I had a catchy name. I ran downstairs to log online to see if it was taken. To me, this was urgent business... like I only had two minutes left to snipe an item on ebay. To my surprise "Political Paradox" was aviabale!
So here we are, The Political Paradox Blog. "Political Paradox" sums up a lot of my thoughts on many issues. A government program created to help one group, has a negative impact on anther group. Or the old adage... no government program seems to work the way it was originally intended.
Who am I? I'm a Canadian and I'm a libertarian. Two things that aren't usually seen together. We are a rare breed up here... kind of like spotting a unicorn. This blog, will be about the world as I see it. I'm a bit of a skeptic. Many of the phrases and statistics we hear everyday, just simply aren't true.
So here I am... I've made it ma... I'm a Blogger!
