Are government regulators public servants or public masters?
Gary DeMar: How Government Creates Unemployment
Economics isn’t hard, unless you’re a liberal. Before Paul Ryan was picked by Mitt Romney to be his running mate, there was speculation that New Jersey governor Chris Christie was in the running. Republican governor Christie mocked a network graphic insisting that 55 percent of New Jersey residents think he would be the VP pick and 68 ... MOREGovernment-Subsided Automaker Recalls Hybrid Firetrap
by Becket Adams. Electric-car maker Fisker Automotive is recalling all of its $100,000 Karma sports sedans to fix cooling fans that can catch fire. The recall comes after Fisker and a private fire investigation firm finished probing an Aug. 10 fire in a Karma in Woodside, Calif. It was the second of its kind. The company said the probe found that the blaze started in ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Stressed? Are You Disabled?
Liberalism is a mental illness. Government worker: “Do you have a disability?” Man: “No.” Man’s wife: “What does he get if he’s disabled?” Government worker: “His monthly payments will [double].” Man’s wife: “Well, then he’s disabled.” Government worker (to man): “What’s your disability?” Man: “I’m stressed.” ... MORESEATTLE TIMES: Get Real About Legalizing Marijuana
Seattle residents disagree with marijuana prohibition. Revelers at Seattle's Hempfest celebration of marijuana were offered a debate by supporters and opponents of Initiative 502. We hope they were sober enough to think through it. For the first time, it is possible to envision an end to marijuana prohibition. That is a huge change -- ... MORESylvia Bokor: Right To Work And Individual Rights
A matter of freedom, not economics. The Right to Work clause came into existence in 1935, embedded in the Taft-Hartely Law. It means that (a) employees may not be forced to join a union, that (b) employers need not hire only those who agree to join a union, and (c) that employers need not fire employees for failing to join a union or pay union dues. ... MOREPeter Ferrara: The New Face Of Health Care -- The IRS
The enforcer is in place and ready to roll. When President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka "Obamacare") goes fully into effect in 2014, the American people will only then begin to see the implications of its thorough government takeover of health care, in all its glory. But what they are not expecting is the massively expanded ... MOREDon Watkins: Ryan, Rand And Rights
Talking about individual rights is a positive, but ... Whether he likes it or not, Paul Ryan’s worldview is going to be defined in large part by its distance from philosopher Ayn Rand’s. Ryan is on record as praising Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” and her moral defense of capitalism. He’s also on record as rejecting Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism. ... MORECharles C. W. Cooke: Words Don't Pull Triggers
People do. On Wednesday morning of this week, a malcontented volunteer from an LGBT community center in Washington, D.C., walked into the lobby of the socially conservative Family Research Council. Along with a handgun and a box of ammunition, he was carrying a backpack that contained 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches — an obvious if peculiar ... MORECharles Koch: Why We Fight For Economic Freedom
Big governments "are inherently inefficient and harmful." In 1990, the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, I attended an economic conference in Moscow. Like my father during his visits to the U.S.S.R. in the early 1930s, I was astonished and appalled by what I saw. Simple necessities, such as toilet paper, were in short supply. ... MORETom Vellner: The TSA Needs To Be Put In Check
Security measures or offensive power trips? What do you get when you mix racial profiling and sexual assault? The Transportation Security Administration, apparently. After more than 30 TSA agents claimed that coworkers were targeting Hispanics, blacks, and those of Middle Eastern descent during security checks at Logan International ... MOREThe Inevitable Future Of Electronic Medical Records
by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD. For the past year now I’ve been using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and believe the writing is on the wall. These computerized medical records are not about improving health care; they are about control of both the physician and patient. Beginning in 2013, doctors who don’t prescribe electronically will be penalized financially. ... MOREJoe Carter: Why People Prefer Government To Markets
Economic illiteracy is a problem. "People do not love markets,” says Pascal Boyer of the International Cognition & Culture Institute, “there is a lot of evidence for that.” Sadly, Boyer is right and I suspect he’s right about the cause too: People do not like markets because people seem not to understand much about market economics. We don’t fully ... MOREMoms Risk Arrest To Take Stand For Voluntary Exchange
by Adam Helfer. Two groups of activists known as the ‘Raw Milk Freedom Riders’ and ‘Lemonade Freedom Day’ are taking their raw milk and lemonade to the lawn of the US Capitol to celebrate what they call their right to voluntary exchange. Recent shut downs of children's lemonade stands and swat-style raids on small farmers have inspired ... MOREJacob Sullum: Funeral Rights And Free Speech
Sacrificing liberty in an ostentatious display of patriotism. On June 21, 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Texas law that made flag burning a state crime, ruling that it violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. A month later, Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas) introduced a bill that made flag burning a federal crime. Approved by ... MORE
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