Abolish Campaign Contribution Limits
Why shouldn’t the rights of economic liberty and private property extend to donating to people who are running for political office?
Bureaucracy and Regulation
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How US Sugar Subsidies Bring a Red Tide of Algae to Florida’s Shores
A combination of federal sugar subsidies, federal regulations on pollution, and federal control of Lake Okeechobee (a giant lake in southern Florida) runoff guidelines has created a recipe for disaster.
Trump Should Scale Back Auto Mileage Regulations
Hikes to minimum mileage requirements make cars less affordable while doing little to improve air quality.
Government Worker Napped Three Hours Per Day for Four Years
The average California state government worker earns 23 percent more in total compensation than their similarly skilled and educated private-sector counterpart.
You Can’t Run a Government “Like a Business”
Calls for finding efficiencies in government by electing or appointing people to “run it like a business” are futile.
The Plastic Straw Ban: Enforced With Violence
Every government law, regulation, or ordinance must ultimately meet noncompliance with jail cells and government agents with guns.
40 Years of Pummeling the Postal Service
At this point, the Postal Service is rapidly becoming little more than an income maintenance program for the 630,000 employees.
Another Great New York Deli Closes: A Story of New York’s Misrule
Powerful Manhattanites hand down the laws the rest us of New Yorkers must follow. Many lives and businesses are ruined as a result.
You Now Can’t Leave the U.S. Unless the IRS Lets You
Looking more like an old-school authoritarian regime, the US government now has the power to revoke your passport if you owe taxes.
PC and the Bureaucratization of the Economy
Profit-oriented business organizations that demand political conformity in the workplace are mimicking government agencies, and we must turn to Mises's book Bureaucracy for guidance.
