“There were two big temptations to the American Republic of the 1950s; subsequent generations gave in to both of them.”
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“Fewer politicians are in a position to say ‘no’ to legal marijuana. Especially in cash-strapped areas of the country where jobs and opportunities are hard to come by.”
Read more: https://www.caseyresearch.com/pot-will-revive-small-town-america/
“Government officials, hiding behind classified material, can easily inflate and even create so-called threats, and they have an obvious incentive to do so.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/18/peace-through-strength-is-a-racket
“Liberals understand better than anyone that isolation would benefit nobody. Understanding the importance of the division of labor reminds us how much value others bring into each of our lives, even if indirectly. And it makes us realize that war should be avoided at all costs.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/mises-main-case-for-peace/
“Even though the M.T.A. is paying for its capital construction with taxpayer dollars, the government does not get a seat at the table when labor conditions are determined. Instead, the task of reining in the unions falls to the construction companies — which often try to drive up costs themselves.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html
“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/
“Few politicians are ever elected on a platform of brutality of epic proportions.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/why-the-worst-humans-are-able-to-rise-to-power/
“The strikes – known as Operation Desert Fox- were ordered the day after the House of Representatives issued a report accusing the president of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ and ended on the day the articles of impeachment were passed. Previous strikes in 1996, Operation Desert Strike, were ordered during a campaign finance scandal. Among the other allegations leveled in the article are claims that the Gulf War of 1991 was driven by a desire for profits and political gain, with the U.S. government and media glossing over the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis who were ‘demonized’ and ‘characterized as subhuman’.”
“There are numerous reasons why police tend to focus on certain types of law enforcement. Not all of them originate with the police agencies themselves.”
Read more: https://mises.org/blog/why-police-prefer-drug-raids-over-investigating-violent-crimes
“The GOP’s dreams have collided with interest-group lobbying and the tax system’s reality. Politicians all profess to hate the tax code, but they don’t agree on exactly what they hate. Voters gripe about complexity but are wary of losing cherished breaks that are woven into the economy.”
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/05/30/gop-bid-to-rewrite-tax-code-falters.html