Tag: Role of government
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Stephen Ware: Debate on masks, freedom
Can libertarians accept a mask mandate?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Sound money and private governance
Professor Edward Stringham joins Karl Peterjohn and Bob Weeks to discuss Bitcoin, sound money, and the role of markets in private governance.
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Deconstructing Don Hineman
Another Kansas legislator explains why raising taxes was necessary. So he says.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Markets or government, legislative malpractice, and education reform
Do corporations prefer markets or big government? Legislative malpractice in Kansas. Education reform, or lack thereof.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Sales tax exemptions, criminal justice reform, and charity
Does the elimination of sales tax exemptions hold the solution to Kansas budget problems? We have a problem with overcriminalization and the criminal justice system. Then, is there a difference between government and charity?
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Richard Ranzau on core American values in Sedgwick County
Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Richard Ranzau spoke about Returning Core American Values to Sedgwick County before a luncheon audience of the Wichita Pachyderm Club Friday, August 28, 2015.
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The real free lunch: Markets and private property
As we approach another birthday of Milton Friedman, here’s his article where he clears up the authorship of a famous aphorism, and explains how to really get a free lunch
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‘Love Gov’ humorous and revealing of government’s nature
A series of short videos from the Independent Institute entertains and teaches lessons at the same time.
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Who decides? When it comes to planning, is it the people, the politicians, or the bureaucrats?
I firmly believe that local government’s role is to provide a firm rule of law where there is a level playing field in it with clear rules for everyone to build their future for themselves and their families. This is the very limited role of government for a free people in a liberty loving society,…
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Third annual Kansas Freedom Index released
The third annual Kansas Freedom Index takes a broad look at voting records and establishes how supportive state legislators are regarding economic freedom, student-focused education, limited government, and individual liberty.
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What is the record of economic development incentives?
On the three major questions — Do economic development incentives create new jobs? Are those jobs taken by targeted populations in targeted places? Are incentives, at worst, only moderately revenue negative? — traditional economic development incentives do not fare well.
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Franklin Roosevelt, contributor to modern nanny state
President Franklin Roosevelt proposed an expansive set of rights, many of which have become law and policy.