Google’s Theme Song: Man It Feels Good to Be a Crony
This country was built upon the notion that the people with the best ideas would succeed – and in so doing would […]
Tag: Budget
Apple (Private Sector) or the FBI (Government): Whom Do You Trust With Your Data?
Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (i.e. the government) received a court order (i.e. from the government) that would force […]
The EPA Isn’t Handling Its Business – But Insists On Man-Handling Ours
I have a (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) rule for federal government departments, agencies, commissions and boards: Barring a Constitutional amendment, if a bureaucracy was […]
Does Regulation Kill Private Sector Investment? Is Water Wet? Is Snow Cold?
We free marketeers repeatedly reassert the obvious – that government abusing the private sector hurts the private sector. Pro-government fetishists try mightily […]
When Government Makes Your Choices for You – You End Up with No Choices
The old politician saw is: “The most dangerous place for you in Washington – is between (fill in name of pol) and […]
Government Drags Us Back in Time – Because Cronies and Ideology Tell It To
Government by ideological fantasy – at the expense of actual facts – is a terrible idea. So too is government of, by […]
Taxed Enough Already (TEA): Let’s Not Find New and Exciting Ways to Tax the Internet
The federal government each year now takes from us record tallies of tax dollars. Yet the Feds have accrued nearly $19 trillion […]
You Want to be Pro-Environment? You Want Less Government Everywhere
It should not come as a galloping shock to…well, most of the planet – that American farms are a bit more sophisticated […]
Alleged ‘Consumer Groups’ Oppose Consumers Getting Stuff from Anyone but Government
One thing at which the Left is very good is naming things – so as to hide and obfuscate what these things […]
Who Can Screw Up a Water Auction in the Desert? Government Can
The age-old analogy describing a good salesman is “He can sell ice to Eskimos.” Let us now contemplate the opposite. What if […]