Big Government

Socialists like Bernie Sanders are pushing rebates as a substitute for tax cuts. William Anderson explains that the idea is morally and economically bankrupt.

Lincoln’s main objective was protectionism for Northern manufacturers and the creation of a massive spoils system, writes Thomas DiLorenzo

Douglas Carey explains economic anomalies such as electricity shortages, flight delays, and overcrowded roads.

The private sector is running circles around the Post Office, writes William Stepp, but regulations and special privileges permit the government to keep gouging the consumer.

The famed economist seems never to have met a government intervention he can't justify or a tax cut he can't attack, writes Christopher Westley.

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.