Commentaries – 1998 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 20, 2010 January 1998 Any Surplus Belongs to the Taxpayers by Sheldon Richman Let the Presidency Be Diminished by Sheldon Richman No Federal Role in Daycare by Sheldon Richman Social Security Has to Go by Sheldon Richman The Folly of Castro by Sheldon Richman back to top February 1998 Drawing the Line by Sheldon Richman Our Ultimate Resource Gone by Sheldon Richman Such a Deal! by Sheldon Richman The Bipartisan Drug Warp by Sheldon Richman back to top March 1998 What They Don't Know by Sheldon Richman back to top April 1998 Bank Mergers and Progress by Sheldon Richman Forget the Trade Deficit! by Sheldon Richman back to top May 1998 Immigration Controls Cause Exploitation by Sheldon Richman One Entrepreneur Is Worth a Million Consumer Advocates by Sheldon Richman Punishing Success by Sheldon Richman Save the Children--from Government by Sheldon Richman Some Free-Enterprise System by Sheldon Richman back to top June 1998 Educational Gimmickry by Sheldon Richman Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow by Sheldon Richman Read the Speech, Mr. Clinton by Sheldon Richman Service without a Smile by Sheldon Richman The Antitrust Absurdity by Sheldon Richman Why Not Open the Borders? by Jacob G. Hornberger back to top July 1998 Cleveland, ...
Commentaries – 1998 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 20, 2010 January 1998 Any Surplus Belongs to the Taxpayers by Sheldon Richman Let the Presidency Be Diminished by Sheldon Richman No Federal Role in Daycare by Sheldon Richman Social Security Has to Go by Sheldon Richman The Folly of Castro by Sheldon Richman back to top February 1998 Drawing the Line by Sheldon Richman Our Ultimate Resource Gone by Sheldon Richman Such a Deal! by Sheldon Richman The Bipartisan Drug Warp by Sheldon Richman back to top March 1998 What They Don't Know by Sheldon Richman back to top April 1998 Bank Mergers and Progress by Sheldon Richman Forget the Trade Deficit! by Sheldon Richman back to top May 1998 Immigration Controls Cause Exploitation by Sheldon Richman One Entrepreneur Is Worth a Million Consumer Advocates by Sheldon Richman Punishing Success by Sheldon Richman Save the Children--from Government by Sheldon Richman Some Free-Enterprise System by Sheldon Richman back to top June 1998 Educational Gimmickry by Sheldon Richman Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow by Sheldon Richman Read the Speech, Mr. Clinton by Sheldon Richman Service without a Smile by Sheldon Richman The Antitrust ...
Short-Circuit the Internet Tax by Future of Freedom Foundation March 31, 2010 The wish to tax sales over the Internet has only one explanation: greed. I use that word advisedly. It is typically thrown around promiscuously to smear business people who earn fortunes by making consumers better off. That's a bad use of the term. But if by "greed" we mean the relentless grasping for other people's money without giving value in exchange, then that's the point of any tax on the Internet. This sense of greed describes government to a T. Do state and local governments need revenue? They are awash in it, thanks to the robust economy in which private citizens are producing record amounts of wealth. State and local sales and income taxes are raking in windfalls because of this productivity. ...
Short-Circuit the Internet Tax by Future of Freedom Foundation April 21, 2010 The wish to tax sales over the Internet has only one explanation: greed. I use that word advisedly. It is typically thrown around promiscuously to smear business people who earn fortunes by making consumers better off. That's a bad use ...
The War on Terrorism by Future of Freedom Foundation April 1, 2010 With the publication of the first issue ofFreedom Daily in January 1990, we made a vow that we have repeated every year since then: Never will we compromise that which we consider to be right and true. Since then, as long-time supporters and subscribers know, we have never hesitated to fulfill that vow, no matter what the cost to ...
A Republic, Not an Empire by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 Predictably, the key lesson of the recent China incident has not been learned. That lesson is this: America was designed as a republic and should not act like an empire. When it does act that way, the American people, not to mention the people in other countries, suffer. Why does the U.S. government need to send spy planes near China? ...
The Conservative Descent into Moral Bankruptcy by Future of Freedom Foundation March 21, 2010 Nineteen ninety and 1991 were critical years for conservatives, years that accelerated their decades-long descent into moral bankruptcy. The Berlin Wall came down in 1990, signaling the end of the Soviet Empire. The Persian Gulf War ended in 1991. It is impossible to overstate the radical nature ...
Finding Safety from Terrorism by Future of Freedom Foundation April 1, 2010 Since September 11, safety, security, and liberty are at the forefront of every Americans mind. As in most crises, some Americans believe that a stronger and more powerful central government is the answer. But is it? Responding to an increased demand for protection, the federal government has embraced a number of solutions to the terrorist threat, all of which expand ...
Liberty Again at Risk by Future of Freedom Foundation April 1, 2010 At the root of the concept America is the idea that you can go about your daily business without being monitored by the government. Indeed, every piece of literature about the horrors of totalitarianism includes secret police whose job it is to keep tabs on the people because everyone is under suspicion. This more than anything else is what ...
Liberty Again at Risk by Future of Freedom Foundation April 22, 2010 At the root of the concept America is the idea that you can go about your daily business without being monitored by the government. Indeed, every piece of literature about the horrors of totalitarianism includes secret police whose job it is to keep tabs on the people because everyone is under suspicion. This more than anything else is what ...
Short-Sighted Bush by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 Advocates of big government sometimes say that politicians are superior to business people because the latter are shortsighted: they only care about the next quarters balance sheet. This was always nonsense, because while business has strong incentives to look farther up the road, politicians have little incentive to look beyond the next election. It turns out that the case against the ...
Short-Sighted Bush by Future of Freedom Foundation April 22, 2010 Advocates of big government sometimes say that politicians are superior to business people because the latter are shortsighted: they only care about the next quarters balance sheet. This was always nonsense, because while business has strong incentives to look farther up the road, politicians have little incentive to look beyond the next election. It turns out that the case against the ...
