by Brian Garst | May 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Financial Privacy
In a recent op-ed, CF&P President Andrew Quinlan looked at some ways that politicians are responding to the invasion of Ukraine, just as they have crises in the past, to advance unrelated political agendas: [N]ew calls to restrict liberties began almost as soon as...
by Brian Garst | Mar 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy, Financial Privacy, Regulations
Earlier this month President Biden signed an Executive Order representing the long-expected beginning of the U.S. government’s effort to address cryptocurrencies and digital assets in a comprehensive fashion instead of the ad hoc and piecemeal regulatory...
by Brian Garst | Jul 30, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Financial Privacy, Regulations
Congress has again dipped its hand into a grab-bag of half-baked policies in search of “pay-fors” to finance a massive spending bill. Among the ideas they blindly pulled out and now want to slap onto “must pass” legislation is the imposition of...
by Brian Garst | Jul 15, 2021 | Blogs, Education, Tax Competition, Taxation, Trade
President Biden recently issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” (EO). It covers a vast array of issues, and can correctly be framed as yet another data point in the thesis that the presidency has grown too big and...
by Brian Garst | Jul 1, 2021 | Blogs
It’s a common practice to disguise self interest as public service to win support. Vox provides such an example in its one-sided coverage of the question of credit card swipe fees. Merchants and retailers have tried for years to secure subsidies in the form of...
