The move to impeach an ex-president is no longer about Donald Trump. The Democrats’ coming lawless impeachment trial violates the Constitution and libertarian tradition. The Constitution states impeachment can only be used against federal officials, that it doesn’t apply to private citizens. Article II, Section 4, states who can be impeached. “The
History matters, especially as the New York City today faces still another subway crisis. The New York subway system’s history illustrates the failures of state enterprise. The subways have been bad for so long that few know when the subways were “an engineering marvel.” That was when subway private management companies made money, about a century
Republicans used to talk about reducing the welfare state. I remember when candidate Ronald Reagan in 1980 promised to end the Energy and Education departments. Some Republicans, who themselves have caught the entitlement-spending/social-engineering bug, now propose the creation of a federal department of families. Indeed many Republicans, who
New York City’s subways have become a nightmare, with rampant crime, delays, derailments, and poorly capitalized. This is a gift from ”backdoor socialism.” Original Article: “ New York City Subways: The Woes of Socialist Enterprises” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
New York City subways are in deep financial trouble and the quality of service is in a downward spiral. Yet even talking about privatization is verboten. Original Article: “ New York Politicians Have No Idea How to Fix the Subways “ This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael
(From the November 1998 issue of The Free Market ) Big media outlets are ignoring the quiet revolution that is taking place across America. Politicians don’t talk too much about it for obvious reasons. This revolution is building incredible momentum. It now threatens the legitimacy of every level of government, the viability of government
Those arguing that Wall Street and other major industries cannot survive without a strong regulatory structure because regulators keep markets fair must now answer a basic question: Who regulates the regulators? The query comes in the wake of a recent blatant conflict-of-interest at the Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulatory group
The hypocrisy of the federal government appears limitless. Now it’s suing the big tobacco companies for $25 billion. Mind you, they’re not going after the cigar companies, which, of course, don’t have “deep pockets.” Just cigarettes smokers and makers—America’s most embattled minority. How can the government sue these companies? It sanctioned the
“There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the liberties of any people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and largesse.” Plutarch “Nothing could be more obsolete than to attempt to liberate mankind from poverty by political means; nothing could be more futile and dangerous.” (Hannah Arendt) From its beginning in the mid 1930s,
At the height of the Vietnam War, a war most Americans either want to forget or not learn about in the first place, a search and destroy mission was captured on film. A young American lieutenant and his patrol took a Vietnamese village, then, noting the Vietcong had been using it for months, ordered it burned to the ground. He explained to CBS
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