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Good and Bad News in International Survey on Regulation
Even when the results coincide with my views, I have a jaundiced view of polling data. In large part, this is because the answers often depend on how a question… Read more
The Never-Ending Battle Between the U.S. and U.K. for Stupidest Government Policy
In June of last year, I posted several examples of idiotic government policy from both the United States and United Kingdom and asked which nation had the dumbest bureaucrats and… Read more
An In-Your-Face Smackdown of Europe’s Bureaucratic Empire
I’m not a big fan of the European bureaucracy. Indeed, I was semi-serious when I stated that Brussels was the “most statist place on the planet.” Which is why I… Read more
A Simple Lesson about Job Creation for Barack Obama
Even though leftist economists such as Paul Krugman and Larry Summers have admitted that unemployment insurance benefits are a recipe for more joblessness, the White House is arguing that Congress… Read more
When Will We Learn that Regulation Is the Problem rather than the Solution?
I’ve explained on many occasions how the financial crisis was largely the result of government-imposed mistakes, and I’ve paid considerable attention to the role of easy money by the Federal… Read more
The Deadly Impact of FDA Regulation
I recently commented on some astounding numbers showing that each regulatory bureaucrat destroys 100 jobs in the productive sector of the economy. That’s obviously terrible news. Heck, it would be… Read more
If Obama Wants to Create More Jobs, He Should Get Rid of Regulatory Bureaucrats
Last year, I reported on a study from the Small Business Administration that estimated that federal regulation costs the economy a staggering $1.75 trillion every year. But that number is… Read more
DoE Inspector General: Government Too Incompetent to Spend Stimulus
Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General for the Department of Energy, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this morning (Hat-tip: Adam Peshek at the Reason Foundation). Not only… Read more
CF&P Objections to IRS Regulation Take Center Stage at Congressional Hearing
Fighting the revival of a decades-old proposal that would drive much needed foreign capital out of the US, CF&P has aggressively laid out the case against the regulation to require… Read more
Growing Opposition to Obama’s IRS Proposal to Make Banks Put Foreign Tax Law above U.S. Tax Law
Why impose a regulatory burden on a weakened banking sector when it has nothing to do with enforcing American tax law?
