Big Government

Recorded at Mises University 2021.

Jeff Deist and John Tamny discuss the economic tradeoffs ignored by alarmist covid policymakers.

There is a silver lining to the covid crisis—namely the breakdown of centralized political authority. The possibility for radical political realignment presents us with both uncertainty and opportunity.

New York City subways are in deep financial trouble and the quality of service is in a downward spiral. Yet even talking about privatization is verboten.

From the Great Depression to the Cold War, to the War on Terror, the regime repeatedly seeks to keep its citizens in a state of fear. And there's one "enemy" that is always there for the state to save us from: "greed" and capitalism. 

The expression "social justice" does appear to be employed by a great many people as almost synonymous with the word "equality. " But if equality is the same thing as social justice, then social justice can't be justice at all. 

If today they come for the smoker, tomorrow they will come for you. Neo-Prohibitionism has been long on the march.

Representative democracy cannot subsist if a great part of the voters are on the government payroll. If elected officials no longer consider themselves servants of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, doles, and subsidies, democracy is done for.

Since January there has been a concerted effort by Democrat leaders, former deep state officials, and America’s most despicable neoconservatives to push the Biden administration to utilize the power of the federal government against the supporters of Donald Trump.

If today they come for the smoker, tomorrow they will come for you. Neo-Prohibitionism has been long on the march.