by CF&P | Mar 1, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Here’s a new mini-documentary from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, narrated by Natasha Montague of Americans for Tax Reform, that explains why the process of tax competition is a critical constraint on the propensity of governments to over-tax and over-spend....
by Geoffrey MacLeay | Mar 30, 2010 | Big Government, Health Care, Privacy
In a great article written in response to the passage of the health care bill last week, Thomas Sowell argued that perhaps the biggest problem with a government controlled health care system is the inherent threat to privacy. The same argument can be made regarding...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
Since I don’t like nuisance taxation and mindless bureaucracy, I’ve never been a big fan of having to get a license for pet dogs and cats. But the folks across the pond have pushed this to a new level and are considering licenses for dog owners. These...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
It seems that the European Union’s governing entities, the European Commission and the semi-ceremonial European Parliament, combine the worst features of statism and collectivism from the entire continent. The Euro-crats make lots of noises about subsidiarity...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
This story from San Diego seems like a typical case of bureaucratic over-reaction. A school vice principal decided that a student’s science project may have been a bomb, so he set in motion events leading to a school evacuation. Without knowing further details,...
