Tag Archives: Perverse Incentives

Drug lords make billions smuggling gold to Miami for jewelry and phones

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“Much of that gold comes from outlaw mines deep in the jungle where dangerous chemicals are poisoning rainforests and laborers who toil for scraps of metal, according to human rights watchdogs and industry executives.  In comparison, the U.S. gold supply, mostly mined in Nevada and Alaska, offers stiff competition and regulations. Big companies control the big mines. Smaller companies looking to deal in U.S. gold are restricted to buying recycled ‘scrap’ gold from pawnshops and jewelry stores. To gain a competitive edge, many U.S. gold traders look south.”

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article194187699.html

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To Lower Healthcare Costs, End The “Certificates Of Need” Racket

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“Everybody needs food, but the government does not require entrepreneurs to obtain a certificate of need before opening or expanding a grocery store. Everybody needs healthcare at one time or another, but the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and 35 states require hospitals to obtain certificates of need (called CONs) before they open their doors or expand. Certificates of need tend to favor large non-profit operations, which are now blocking competition while scamming patients and taxpayers alike.”

Read more: http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=9235

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Black helicopters and ‘Ride of the Valkyries’: The war on pot in California

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“Still fighting the culture wars, Reagan and his advisers decided early on that marijuana was the biggest drug threat facing the country. And so a couple of years into his first term, federal and California officials came up with a battle plan to target cultivation in the northern part of the state. The phrase ‘battle plan’ isn’t much of an exaggeration here.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/01/22/black-helicopters-the-national-guard-and-ride-of-the-valkyries-when-reagans-war-on-pot-came-to-california/

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Montana Prosecutor Declares War On Pregnant Mothers Who Drink

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“County Attorney Harris announced the crackdown, saying he will seek protection orders restraining pregnant women from any non-medically prescribed use of illicit drugs or alcohol, and those who violate the orders will be jailed to ‘incapacitate’ them.”

Read more: https://www.alternet.org/drugs/montana-handmaids-tale-local-prosecutor-immediate-crackdown-pregnant-drug

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Do You Live in One of These States That People are Fleeing?

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“Most of the states with dropping populations are high tax states. California, Rhode Island, and New York are all expected to lose Congressional seats. Illinois is hit especially hard with a fleeing populace, so much so that it may lose two seats.”

Read more: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/do-you-live-in-one-of-these-states-that-people-are-fleeing/

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California Has the Highest Poverty Rate in America. Why?

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“So how is it that California, which has spent nearly $1 trillion on antipoverty programs, has the highest poverty rate in the nation? It turns out that state and local bureaucrats who administer California’s antipoverty programs have proven stubbornly resistant to pro-work reforms that have been effective at spurring individuals to pull themselves out of poverty.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/california-has-the-highest-poverty-rate-in-america-why/

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Korea: Peace Breaks Out, Despite McMaster

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“Do Ryom and Kim really deserve to be vaporized because of a war that ended nearly 70 years ago?”

Read more: http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2018/01/10/korea-peace-breaks/

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Seattle’s Minimum Wage Killed the ‘Five-Dollar Footlong’

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“Sadly, the consequences of high minimum wages, excessive taxation, and mandate-happy public policy are not limited to the death of cheap sandwiches. The cost of doing business in Seattle is higher than the Space Needle, and the unintended consequences of those policies are piling up too.  Seattle’s city government might claim that it’s looking out for workers’ best interests by mandating higher wages and other benefits. But if the cost of doing business continues to climb, workers will be hurt, not helped. The end of the five-dollar footlong is likely only the beginning.”

Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/10/seattles-minimum-wage-killed-the-five

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Deadly ‘swatting’ hoaxes and the dangerous conditioning of cops

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“Sometimes a rifle really is just a pellet gun. Sometimes a hostage situation is a prank. Sometimes a dispatcher gets it wrong. And sometimes a man ‘reaching for his waistband’ is just trying to pull up his pants.  But these stories also show that what the police claim to have seen isn’t what happened.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/01/04/deadly-swatting-hoaxes-and-the-dangerous-conditioning-of-cops/

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‘Swatting’ prank results in police killing of unrelated Kansas man

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“A 28-year-old Kansas man was shot and killed by police after a fraudulent SWAT team call sent a small army of police officers to the man’s private home. One player allegedly provided a fake address to another, who proceeded to embroil the innocent stranger in the feud without thinking of the consequences.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/29/16830626/call-of-duty-swatting-prank-kansas-man-dead-police-shooting

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