by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 1, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on May 29, 2015. Hillary Clinton may be the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, but when it comes to policy she is being led by the nose by her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. Not wanting to be “out-liberaled” in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Health Care
I’ve written a couple of serious posts about the death panels at the VA’s government-run health facilities. I think it’s particularly important to understand that the problem has nothing to do with funding levels. Instead, it’s about the chronic inefficiency of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
Price controls are a spectacularly foolish idea, and that’s true whether they’re imposed by thugs such as Hugo Chavez in Venezuela or bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s why one of the 20th Century’s economic heroes is Ludwig Erhard, who...
by Brian Garst | Jul 13, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Florida Senator Bill Nelson is seizing on the BP oil spill as an excuse to pass federal “price gouging” legislation. It’s certainly nothing new to see anti-market politicians stirring up populist rage with these so-called “price gouging”...
