Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
Written by Gary North on December 3, 2014
Chicago has just sent businesses a message: “It’s time to adopt labor-saving machinery. Fire some workers.” It sent a message to adjoining suburban towns: “You will get lots of Chicago public transit commuters looking for work — cheap.” It sent a message to the city’s welfare office: “Prepare for a flood.” It sent a message […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 18, 2014
Today, 36 states have certificate of need laws. Inventors cannot get new procedures accepted in local hospitals until they prove to state bureaucrats that the new procedures are wanted by the community. Existing providers that will not be able to compete economically are allowed to testify as to why the community — which knows nothing […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 25, 2014
It’s desperation time! A Democrat on the Federal Elections Commission has moved to regulate unpaid political ads on the Web. The FEC already regulates paid ads. This would mean that sites could no longer link to free political ads unless they show “balance.” Democratic FEC Vice Chair Ann M. Ravel announced plans to begin the […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 10, 2014
“All State education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarizing the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the direction supposed to be most effective for State purposes.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907) We are continually bombarded by newspaper and magazine headlines informing us of the continuing […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 1, 2014
Taxation, regulation, inflation, and war: these are the four horsemen of the federal apocalypse. Cut these, and the state gets smaller. Of these, regulation gets the least attention. Regulation is the heart of the beast, for it operates in secret. It can be found in the pages of The Federal Register: about 80,000 pages, three […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 19, 2014
Once again, the betting sites had it right. The public opinion polls had it wrong. The polls predicted a dead heat: too close to call. But it was easy to call, and the betting sites called it. The “no” votes smashed the “yes” votes, 56% to 44%. It was not even close. The betting sites […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 12, 2014
When was the last time you saw a picket line? I know: on network TV. I mean locally. When was the last time you went shopping, and you had to cross a union picket line? It has been decades for me. It’s a shame, really. I always enjoyed crossing a picket line when I was […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 9, 2014
Prior to Eleanor Roosevelt, no first lady was a public figure. The term “first lady” was not capitalized. First ladies stayed in the background. Eleanor Roosevelt became the first full-time First Lady nag, both for her husband and for the nation. Her husband ignored her, but liberal Democrats kept her on a pedestal long after […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 11, 2014
It is happening all over the country. Public schools are pulling out of the federal lunch program. They are walking away from the subsidies. Why? Simple: the kids will not eat the federal lunches. They toss out the food. To get the subsidies, the districts must adopt the federal lunch menus. The kids then revolt. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on July 24, 2014
After the federal government gets finished with you, the state governments get their turn. Where will you be skinned least? The race is on.
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