Politicians have given police a license to steal. Kerri Kaley was a sales representative for a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. She and some of her colleagues sometimes received excess or outdated medical devices from their clients, which they then sold, splitting the proceeds among themselves. The government believed this amounted to ... MOREThe Economist: What Civil Asset Forfeiture Means
Politicians have given police a license to steal. Kerri Kaley was a sales representative for a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. She and some of her colleagues sometimes received excess or outdated medical devices from their clients, which they then sold, splitting the proceeds among themselves. The government believed this amounted to ... MOREJames Conca: It's Final -- Corn Ethanol Is Of No Use
It's always been about subsidies, not the environment. OK, can we please stop pretending biofuel made from corn is helping
the planet and the environment? The United Nations Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change released two of its Working Group reports at the
end of last month (WGI and WGIII), and their short discussion of ... MOREEditorial: A Banner Season For Government Red Tape
Regulation, the anti-stimulus. Democrats and Republicans in Congress can’t seem to agree on the time of day. But that’s not stopping the executive branch when it comes to cranking out red tape. When it comes to federal regulations, the Obama administration is setting productivity records. According to an April 16 report in the ... MORECalifornia Moves To Ban Judges Affiliated With Boy Scouts
by Patrick Howley. Politicians say Scouts lack morality. California is proposing to ban members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) from serving as judges because the Boy Scouts do not allow gay troop leaders, The Daily Caller has learned. In a move with major legal implications, The California Supreme Court Advisory Committee on The Code of ... MOREInsensitive Bans on Sharing Food With Homeless Persist
by Baylen Linnekin. Regulation trumps hunger for politicians. With all
the restrictions on
selling and marketing food, it’s easy to forget that even
sharing food is sometimes still a crime. Despite my own
stated optimism last year, it appears that bans on sharing food
with the homeless and less fortunate won’t be going away any time ... MORERichard Rahn: Abusive Civil Asset Forfeiture
Theft without due process because it's government. Do you think the Internal Revenue Service
and other government agencies should have the right to seize your
assets, including your bank accounts, when you have not been convicted
of wrongdoing? The fact is, the IRS and other government agencies do this all of the time, and often without ... MOREFlash! Drivers Have Free Speech Rights
by Augusta Chronicle Editorial Staff. The right to tip off other motorists to police. Here’s something we’d like to see law enforcement officers add to their “I-have-bigger-things-to-worry-about” list: drivers who alert fellow motorists to police radar by flashing their lights. Ticketing someone for a headlight heads-up is not only petty ... MOREObama's Green-Energy Scams Leave Taxpayers In The Red
by Justin Sykes. How we gave China a stimulus. It’s been more than five years since President Obama signed his
misguided economic-stimulus package into law, creating green-energy
subsidies and expanding others, but American taxpayers are still feeling
its disastrous effects. This month a deal was reached between competing creditors of ... MOREThe Free Market Vs The Interventionist State
by Richard Ebeling. In whatever direction we turn, we find the heavy hand of government intruding into virtually every aspect of American society. Indeed, it has reached the point that it would a lot easier to list those areas of people’s lives into which government does not impose itself – and, alas, it would be a very short list. But it ... MOREBret Swanson: The Patent Drain On Economic Growth
Patent trolls stifle innovation. Slow economic growth since the Great Recession has been devastating for employment, middle class incomes, and federal and state budgets. Worse, many economists are predicting slow growth for the next generation. A number of policies — from tax and immigration reform to more innovation friendly ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Jesus Lived In A Police State
The dangers of challenging the state. Those living through this present age of SWAT team raids, police shootings of unarmed citizens, roadside strip searches, and invasive surveillance might feel as if these events are unprecedented. Yet while America may be experiencing a steady slide into a police state, it is neither the first nor the last ... MOREJeff Berwick: Stealing Every Last Penny From Americans
More evidence the government is not us. All of a sudden the government lays claims to your savings. They can't prove you owe them a dime, but you're deprived due process. The legal bills become overwhelming, and so you let your money be stolen. You simply have no choice. Sound outlandish? It's not. Not in the "Land of the Free" ... MORE
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