Posts Tagged ‘Government’
The Failure of Anti-Money Laundering Laws
From Dan Mitchell at Cato:
The Economist’s Anarchic Mistake
I am a little behind on my subscription to The Economist magazine, but today I was reading the January 23rd-29th 2010 edition titled "Stop! The backlash against big government." In their lead editorial they state: "A further danger consists in equating "smaller" with "better" . As the horrors in Haiti demonstrate, countries need a state of a [...]
We Are All Job Creators Now!
Think for a moment about how ridiculous the notion is that the government could create a job. A job is simply when someone is being paid to produce something based upon supply and demand. Take for example a job working at McDonald's. Even though they are at the butt of every joke from high school teachers to movie stars, these everyday normal [...]
Taxes and Collective Action
Recently, while reading the Logic of Collective Action by Mancur Olson, a thought came to mind, why do people believe that taxes are necessary? If there was no law forcing one to pay, how many would willingly send money to the government? It would be far more likely that people would turn to private corporations to receive services and would put [...]
Liberty Reads for January 12, 2010
Government-Subsidized Risk Is a Bad Idea Can the Government Keep us Safe? Is there a Bubble Forming in China? Campaign Public Financing: Umm... Bad Idea Anarchists and Policy Debate Is Osama Bin Laden Winning? Creatures from the Conservative Id Ron Paul: Why the Fed Likes Independence Shadow War Robert E. Lee and [...]
2010 - A Year of Missed Opportunities
This year will be the big test for the Obama administration. With the 2010 Midterm Elections upon us, everyone is expecting the Republicans to have a clean sweep at the polls in November, but will that mean anything? Probably not. What will the Republicans do if they take control of Congress? Probably nothing. Will they repeal the Health [...]
Is the Constitution Flawed?
I saw a great piece over at FR33 Agents this morning that is too good not to share. Often times, I hear the old argument of "going back to the constitution." I normally ask, "has it been repealed?" While that part often confuses the person making the statement about some supposed glory days when the constitution was held up above the interests of [...]
It Is the Duty of the People to Have a Revolution
H/T Below the Beltway:
War Is Organized Crime
From William Buppert: War is the health of the state. Randolph Bourne arrived at this conclusion near the beginning of the 20th century. Smedley Butler later wrote in War is a Racket about the baleful special interest vectors that drive us to war. We hear again and [...]
Saturday Must Read: Minimum-wage Folly
From the Boston Globe: AS IF the recession hasn’t been rough enough on those near the bottom of the economic food chain, fresh bad news is on the way. Beginning July 24, the federal government will be making it more difficult for employers to hire low-skilled and unskilled American workers. Thanks to an ill-advised law enacted with [...]
