All Posts Tagged With: "bureaucrats"
Homeland Security Circa AD 285
Alexis de Tocqueville said that nothing is so threatening to individual liberty as extended war. Wars add to the relative power of the central government, and this change in the balance of power is accompanied by the decline of personal freedom. “A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat [...]
1Apr2003 | Harold B. Jones Jr. | 3 comments | ContinuedWelcome to Canada
Monte Solberg is a member of the Canadian Parliament and chief finance critic for the Reform Party. People who are newcomers or visitors to Canada sometimes have trouble understanding how our government works so I have prepared the following short primer. Taxes are the money forcibly taken from almost every man, woman, and child in [...]
1Dec1999 | Monte Solberg | 0 comments | ContinuedArrogant Antitrusters
Here’s a quiz. I’ll first give you background facts, then ask you a question. Please answer “yes” or “no.” Facts: I have no experience in, or knowledge about, running a dry-cleaning establishment. I’m an economist who has spent his career teaching economics. My only experience with dry-cleaning firms is that I use them to clean [...]
1Aug1998 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 1 comment | ContinuedA Century of Forest Service Ineptitude
John A. Baden is chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and the Gallatin Institute, an organization for writers of the West. Andrew C. St. Lawrence, an intern at FREE and the Gallatin Institute, is a student at Montana State University studying animal and range science. This year marks the [...]
1Oct1997 | and John A. Baden | 0 comments | ContinuedManaging Dissonance in the Iron Triangle
Economists have recently found the psychological theory of cognitive dissonance useful as a means of explaining certain economic behaviors and rationalizing a variety of public policies. Developed by Leon Festinger in 1957, the theory provides a framework for analyzing the psychological discomfort that may occur after a choice has been made and alternatives are forgone. [...]
1Oct1996 | J. R. Clark | 0 comments | ContinuedMost Outrageous Government Waste
Mr. Schatz is president of Citizens Against Government Waste. Since my job is to be a watchdog on government waste, I’m often asked about the most outrageous cases. That’s a tough call because government bureaucrats never take care of your money as carefully as you would take care of it yourself. More important, bureaucrats spend [...]
1Jun1996 | Thomas A. Schatz | 41 comments | Continued-
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