Washington Post Calls for Postal Service Privatization!
Do my eyes deceive me? Has you-know-what frozen over? Something strange clearly has happened in the universe, because the Washington Post's editorial page has published a very sensible piece about......
View ArticleA Bad Use of Resources.
According to the Sacramento Fox Network affiliate, a car wash in Sacramento recently came under investigation by the IRS and even received a visit from federal agents. The cause: The... Read more »
View ArticleResist Government Racism.
Here's an excellent idea for all American readers. One of the guys who posts on National Review Online is urging everyone to identify themselves as "some other race" on the... Read more »
View ArticleThomas Sowell on Big Government and Privacy.
In a great article written in response to the passage of the health care bill last week, Thomas Sowell argued that perhaps the biggest problem with a government controlled health... Read more »
View ArticleThey're Watching You in Pennsylvania.
David Paul Kuhn recently wrote about an interesting new approach to tax collection in the Keystone State: Pennsylvania has a common problem. Hundreds of millions in unpaid taxes. And it... Read more »
View ArticleGreat Moments in Local Government.
We should always remember that the federal government may be the biggest problem, but that does not mean that state and local governments should be exempt from scrutiny. A good... Read more »
View ArticleTwo Cheers for John Boehner, but Government Officials Should Not Get a Free...
One of John Boehner’s first announcements after the GOP House takeover was that he would continue to fly commercial. This is in sharp contrast to Nancy Pelosi, who insisted on... Read more »
View ArticleThe Silver Lining to the TSA’s Dark Cloud
Freedom, liberty, and common sense are all good things, which explains why I criticize the TSA’s bureaucratic approach to airport safety. But I’m a glass-half-full guy, so here’s one good... Read more »
View ArticleThe Nanny State Runs Amok, Asks Americans How Much Time They Spend “Sitting...
Dana Milbank is a snarky leftist who writes for the Washington Post, but I have to give him credit for an amusing column today about the new big-brother diet guidelines... Read more »
View ArticleAssurances on Destructive IRS Regulation Fall Short
At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was questioned by Rep. Diaz-Balart regarding an IRS proposal sure to drive hundreds of billions in...
View ArticleWhat’s More Worrisome, Big Brother Monitoring Where You Drive or Big Brother...
If you don’t like the NSA collecting and monitoring all your communications, you probably won’t be thrilled about new technologies that will give government power to monitor where you drive... Read more »
View ArticleNSA Abuse Shows Importance of Financial Privacy
Arguments in favor of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act start and end with tax evasion. Those who question the validity of a massive and invasive financial dragnet for the purpose of catching a...
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If We’re Going to Trust Governments to Enforce Law, then Governments Should...
One of the big challenges for libertarians is that we understand “public choice theory.” In other words, we know that people attracted to government will have both the incentive and the power to do bad...
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To Protect Non-Profit Donors from Government Persecution, Limit IRS Data...
It’s a judgement call, of course, but I think the IRS’s suppression of the Tea Partywas the worst of all the Obama-era scandals. Some people say the green-energy scams like Solyndra should be at the...
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My Sporadically Successful Career as a Global Money Launderer
I’ve written repeatedly about how anti-money laundering (AML) laws are pointless, expensive, intrusive, discriminatory, and ineffective. And they especially hurt poor people according to the World...
View ArticleDemocrats Pass Sweeping Election Reform Bill That Undermines Democracy
On Friday, House Democrats voted along party lines to pass H.R. 1, a sweeping election reform bill called the “For the People Act.” But instead of improving the electoral system as they claim, it...
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