(By M.A. Hargett, Originally posted at Indiana Economics.) Having read George’s well-reasoned article on Why Education Subsidies Should Cease, I would like to approach the matter from a slightly different perspective. This fetish of “universal education” is founded on a […]
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It seems the public perception is that balancing the budget would be impossible, that it would require a Herculean amount of political courage to cut out all the fat necessary to end deficit spending. Alas. Reason.tv‘s Nick Gillespie trims the
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By Jason Pye, Originally Posted at United Liberty) Senate Democrats have rolled out a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill – $575 million per page – to fund the government in FY 2011, since they failed to pass normal budgets during
I absolutely love watching my grandchildren interact with Santa Claus. From their first Christmas, they all started out not wanting to have much to do with him, but by last Christmas, they were comfortable enough to sit on his lap
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(By Wes Benedict, LP Executive Director) Dear Friend of Liberty, I’m sure you’ve seen the media reports of how President Obama and the Republicans are making deals for big increases in government spending (while keeping tax rates very high). Ethanol
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(By George Edwards, cross posted at Indiana Economics.) Federal, State, and Local government have been working together, in recent days, to create what they think we cannot create on our own: infrastructure. The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is an
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From ReasonTV: All actions have unanticipated side effects, but government acting through regulation or legislation is particularly adept at creating disastrous unintended consequences. Great Moments in Unintended Consequences takes a look at three instances of epic government facepalm: Osborne Reef,
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(By George Edwards, Originally Posted at his blog, Indiana Economics.) The Cato Institute came out with its report card of state governors that gave governors a grade based on their friendliness to limited government. Indiana’s Governor Mitch Daniels came in
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It sounds simple enough. Senate Bill 510 is called the “Food Safety Modernization Act”. I think somebody decided we needed a new law because of some bad eggs that made the rounds this year. People that like a whole lot
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(Originally posted at LP.org.) The Federal Communications Commission chairman, Julius Genachowski, released a statement on December 1st addressing the issue of net neutrality. The FCC has proposed several regulations that would stop internet service providers from blocking or promoting any
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