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Reminder: Government Regulations Caused the Baby Formula Shortage

by Keith Knight | Jan 22, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/LDsgZiUVNb4 [T]he FDA's unnecessary and protectionist rules that effectively ban foreign-made baby formula from being imported into the United States. - FDA Finally Admits It Caused the Baby Formula Shortage, Reason.com BitChute

Baby Formula: How Government Regulations Cause Shortages. Eric Boehm & Keith Knight

by Keith Knight | May 28, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/lNYVQ14SHiM ...[I]mports of infant formula are subject to tariff-rate quotas of 17.5 percent after certain thresholds are met. As the name suggests, tariff-rate quotas are meant to be set high enough that they effectively block additional imports by...

How Cronyism Created New York City’s Taxi Medallion Bubble

by Daniel Kowalski | Oct 10, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles

If one wanted to study the difference between an industry that exists in a very free market and its exact counterpart in a system of extreme government regulation, then you don’t need to look further than the New York City taxi industry. New York City yellow cabs...

D.C. Bureaucrats Are Trying to Make Parents Get a License to Let Children Play Together

by Kerry McDonald | Nov 10, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics

Let’s say you and some of your friends decide to gather your young children together a couple of days a week for a few hours of free play. Maybe you switch off who leads the gaggle of kids each week, allowing for some shared free time and flexibility. Sounds like a...

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My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate

In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...

These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress

On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...

Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition

In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...

Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults

The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...

Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance

A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...

War and Delusion: A Critical Examination

In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...

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