“But only if the person who steals the car is a minor. Having the same unlocked car stolen by an adult would not be a criminal offense. Newton insists his bill wouldn’t punish real victims.”
Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2017/12/12/florida-bill-would-make-it-a-crime-to-be
“For its entire existence the FBI has served as the strong arm of the federal government. Beginning in 1909 as the Bureau of Investigation, no one’s life, liberty, or property has been safe since. Ostensibly created to investigate anarchists, bootleggers, kidnappers, bank robbers, crimes on federal property, and later, the KKK, the FBI would soon find its true calling: political repression, personal destruction, and terror.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/fbi-enemy-freedom/
“Police in Ohio are blaming a lack of resources for the fact that unsolved homicide cases greatly outnumber the cases that are solved, yet they seem to have the resources to arrest thousands of suspected cannabis users.”
Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ohio-cops-resources-unsolved-murders/
“But the use of the system to prevent identity theft isn’t what people are worried about; the problem is the lack of oversight in government programs that allows anyone with access to look into the database. As such, state-run facial recognition databases are dangerous and can lead down a slippery slope to allow other operations the technology wasn’t intended for.”
“Merin, 74, had sued the city for not catching the forgery when the paperwork was first filed, but lost on appeal when the court backed a judge who said she couldn’t prove the city was negligent. The feisty homeowner is fuming and has vowed to fight the decision.”
“Without a license, one is no longer legally permitted to work. This is to say, barbers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, and pilots (the list is extensive) who are otherwise skilled at their occupations can be removed from the legal workforce if the governing body deems their student loan repayment unsatisfactory.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/a-government-that-gives-licenses-wont-hesitate-to-take-them-away/
“Kratom has no psychoactive effects and no physical dependency – it’s just a harmless plant. Despite being an overwhelmingly better alternative to opioids, the DEA, FDA, and CDC continue to propagate kratom as dangerous. They’re wrong.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/government-is-addicted-to-banning-harmless-substances/
“Home buyers are facing a new challenge in finding mid-priced houses to purchase: Cash buyers who swoop in and snatch up all the properties. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, while mortgage lending is finally rebounding after the housing crash of a few years ago, cash deals are still at higher than normal levels – even with the prices of homes heading into record territory.”
Read more: https://www.pymnts.com/loans/2017/cash-payments-home-buying-mortgage-lending/
“Special interests argue that occupational licensing somehow protects people, yet we have real-world examples for all 102 professions of states that have zero licensing restrictions and we don’t have examples of people dying or being harmed because of unregulated florists or rogue cosmetologists.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/occupational-licensing-is-just-another-form-of-cronyism/
“The problem, of course, is what to do when compliance is not enough.”