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10 Most Scandalous DC Affairs
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10 Examples of Liberal Hypocrisy
Photo by University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) 1. Melissa Harris-Perry’s Tax Evasion MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris-Perry has proclaimed that people should be happy to pay their taxes. She tweeted back in 2010, “Thanks tweeps for the reminders of how many of you are struggling with u...
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Lysander Spooner and The Case Against Government Mail
Photo by Chris and Jenni It has become commonplace to hear complaints about the United States Postal Service; specifically concerning their slow delivery, high prices, poor service, and lost or misdelivered mail. Economists frequently tell us about the inherent problems with any servi...
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10 Ways Government Stifles Competition
Most often, legislatures enact laws intended to address perceived societal problems by setting rules or establishing agencies to correct the problem. While we may, to be generous, presume good intentions, the normal, real world outcome is that the perceived problem is either made real...
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10 Reasons to Keep Government Out of Healthcare
Photo by agrilifetoday 1. Your taxes will go up drastically We often hear about Scandinavian countries as some kind of a model of health care distribution. Let’s look at the example of Norway. The average Norwegian household pays roughly $70,000 per year in tax. The vast majority of t...
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10 Federal Programs That Failed Miserably
“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman Our nation is driven by people who want to do good. Too often government policies and programs are enacted with the very best intentions and that’s all ...
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10 More Ways the Government Wastes Your Money
Photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District 1. CBP spent 4.6 million to buy luxury homes for border agents A new Inspector General report has found that US Customs and Border Patrol spent more than $600,000 each on houses that were priced nearly seven times higher than...
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— Milton Friedman
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