CUT TAXES
The Alcoholic Mammaries of the Welfare State
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
Upamanyu Chatterjee once wrote a book titled The Mammaries of the
Welfare State. If he visited Tamil Nadu today, he would be tempted to
write another called The Alcoholic Mammaries of Tamil Nadu’s Welfare
State. Tamil Nadu gives away more freebies to voters than any other
state. Its dark secret is that these freebies are financed mainly by
massive revenues from liquor sales.
All liquor shops are run by TASMAC, a government monopoly, to maximize revenue. TASMAC makes additional money by leasing space to private bars within liquor shops. Liquor revenue has risen from Rs 2,800 crore in 2002-03 to Rs 30,000 crore today. To finance an ever-growing list of freebies, the state government has aggressively expanded the number of liquor shops, making access easy. These now open early in the morning, leading to stories of drunkenness before noon.
All liquor shops are run by TASMAC, a government monopoly, to maximize revenue. TASMAC makes additional money by leasing space to private bars within liquor shops. Liquor revenue has risen from Rs 2,800 crore in 2002-03 to Rs 30,000 crore today. To finance an ever-growing list of freebies, the state government has aggressively expanded the number of liquor shops, making access easy. These now open early in the morning, leading to stories of drunkenness before noon.
The Crowdfunding Catch: Government Regulations
By Thaya Brook Knight
Pop quiz: Your college roommate wants to start a restaurant and puts
up a post on her Facebook page asking friends to contact her if they’re
interested in providing startup cash in exchange for a share of the
profits.
Remembering the great meals she whipped up in your apartment, you eagerly offer to invest.
The question is: Was any of this illegal?
The answer’s yes.
Remembering the great meals she whipped up in your apartment, you eagerly offer to invest.
The question is: Was any of this illegal?
The answer’s yes.
Venezuela the Victim of Decades of Losses in Economic Freedom
By Marian L. Tupy
The news from Venezuela is not encouraging. Last Friday, CNN reports,
President Nicolas Maduro declared a state of emergency in order “to
tend to our country and more importantly to prepare to denounce,
neutralize and overcome the external and foreign aggressions against our
country.”
In truth, Maduro is trying to intimidate and silence the growing domestic opposition to his rule, which saw inflation balloon, shops empty and, according to The New York Times, hospitals fill with dying infants.
In truth, Maduro is trying to intimidate and silence the growing domestic opposition to his rule, which saw inflation balloon, shops empty and, according to The New York Times, hospitals fill with dying infants.
Why Hillary Clinton Will Be a Foreign-Policy Nightmare
By A. Trevor Thrall
Imagine it is the morning of January 21st, 2017: President Hillary
Clinton enters the Oval Office for her first daily briefing from the
CIA. Without having to do much guessing we know that this briefing will
be replete with terrible news about all the many fires burning around
the world. The first priority, of course, will be the Islamic State
(ISIS).
A Libertarian Ticket Sane Republicans Can Get Behind
By David Boaz
Lots of Republicans are looking for a sane alternative to Donald
Trump and Hillary Clinton, and it looks like the Libertarian Party has
just given it to them, now that former Massachusetts Governor William
Weld has joined former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson’s ticket.
It’s the first time two governors have shared a presidential ticket since Republicans Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Earl Warren of California narrowly lost to incumbent President Harry Truman in 1948.
It’s the first time two governors have shared a presidential ticket since Republicans Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Earl Warren of California narrowly lost to incumbent President Harry Truman in 1948.
Capitalism, Not Socialism, Led to Gay Rights
By David Boaz
Some historians like to claim socialist ideas helped bring about gay
rights in the modern era. But they’re mistaking academic theory for
reality.
Jim Downs is a historian at Connecticut College and Harvard. A specialist in the history of race and slavery, he has recently published a new book, Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation, in which he tries to move recent gay history away from an excessive focus on sex and AIDS.
Jim Downs is a historian at Connecticut College and Harvard. A specialist in the history of race and slavery, he has recently published a new book, Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation, in which he tries to move recent gay history away from an excessive focus on sex and AIDS.
What Republicans for Trump Are Telling Me
By Michael F. Cannon
Even though I left the GOP 20 years ago — let’s just say I learned
Republicans are less committed to individual liberty than they claim to
be — I have continued to work for or with Republicans on health care
reform. Now that some of the friends I have made along the way are
endorsing Donald Trump, I’m learning even more.
For one thing, my Republican friends are telling me they don’t much value the idea of treating everyone with equal dignity. Trump’s divisive and degrading behavior toward women, Muslims, Mexicans, the handicapped, and others should disqualify someone from power. How hard is it to disavow the Klan?
For one thing, my Republican friends are telling me they don’t much value the idea of treating everyone with equal dignity. Trump’s divisive and degrading behavior toward women, Muslims, Mexicans, the handicapped, and others should disqualify someone from power. How hard is it to disavow the Klan?
Don’t Dilute Libertarianism Just to Beat Donald Trump
By Aaron Ross Powell
Now that Donald Trump has all but wrapped up the Republican
nomination — and, with it, foreclosed any lingering claims that the GOP
is the party of limited-government conservatism — a small cohort of
notable Republicans have signaled that they are shifting their
affiliation to the Libertarian Party. The Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney, already leaning that way, tweeted that he’s making the switch and longtime Republican strategist Mary Matalin recently explained that she would “never vote for Hillary and never Trump means always liberty. Hence, Libertarian.”
Wrong.
Wrong.
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