For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is most expedient, the governed are most let alone by it.
– Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” [1849]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
March 2, 2020 Repealing America's Welfare State
Ever since The Future of Freedom Foundation was founded in 1989, FFF has been advocating the immediate repeal of America’s welfare-state way of life. Thirty years ago, there were those who were arguing that immediate repeal would bring economic and social chaos within American society. Today — 30 years later — there are people who are making the same argument—that an immediate repeal of ...
Socialism in America
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Lost in the ongoing debate in America as to whether the United States should embrace socialism is a discomforting fact: America embraced socialism a ...
The Tyranny of Gun Control
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
One of the most dangerous trends in American society today is gun control. ...
Triple Threat
by Laurence M. Vance
What do minimum-wage laws, child-labor laws, and overtime-pay laws have in common other than that they originated in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ...
The Technocrats Will Not Save Us
by Richard M. Ebeling
Besides the certainty, as they say, of death and taxes, one other highly likely event will be an end to the general “good times” ...
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by James Bovard
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria. The United States was seen ...
