Big Government

Politicians forever exhort us to “work together” in the common interest, notes William Anderson. But what about the cooperation that occurs each day within the private marketplace?

From rolling blackouts to water shortages, California's troubles result from regulation, says Thomas DiLorenzo

Only a few lines are remembered, writes James Ostrowski, but the entire speech is an appalling socialist harangue.

Paul Krugman rails against cutting taxes, but his own quack solution is more of what brought about the downturn in the first place.

She won’t have to face the relentless frustration and anger that comes with trying to make a bureaucracy do what it is not established to do.

These agencies were established to intervene in the rights and liberties of Americans. A good cabinet, writes Bill Anderson, would work itself out of existence.

The system is wide open to abuse, maltreatment, and even corruption, writes Hans Sennholz

Politics means taking from some and giving to others, says Tom DiLorenzo; only the market economy can truly reveal the will of the people. 

Even under the new regime, fundamental economic freedoms will continue to be at risk, concludes Mark Brandly in his dissection of the Bush campaign manifesto.

Regulations don't consider that safety is not an absolute value that automatically trumps all others, writes Gene Callahan.