We have four decades of evidence comprehensively proving that trickle down economics was a con perpetuated on ordinary citizens to enrich the already wealthy. We need to return instead, to the middle-out economics that fostered the most stable and fastest growing economy America has ever seen. “Once upon a time, in the middle of the last century, America had a
Read moreWhy does libertarianism seem to offer the most to those who are already flourishing, and so little to those who aren’t?
Read moreKansas: A Case Study in Shrinking Government
Read moreMany principled people believe that the federal government is too far removed from everyday life to not screw things up; that they know what is best for them, and thus that the government has no place interfering in their lives. Some view the government as inherently abusive, neglectful, ignorant, dangerous, and potentially out of control. It follows then, that we
Read moreFor the latter part of the 20th century and all of this century, Americans have railed against the “evils of big government.” Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican nominee for President, was the first national politician to carry the torch for small government. Goldwater was a vocal opponent of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, rejected the New Deal, and advocated for
Read moreThe concept of freedom is crucial to human flourishing, and is integral to the success of modern capitalist democracies. People often discuss freedom strictly in terms of what they are free “to” do. Free to ride a bike without a helmet. Free to criticize the government without fear of retribution. Free to love whomever you want. Free to shoot a
Read moreYou don’t need many rules and regulations for everyone to have maximum freedom when there are very few people in a large amount of space, such as in Wyoming today, or the American frontier of yesteryear. But when you cram increasing amounts of people into a smaller area, you get a “state of nature” which guarantees freedom only for the
Read moreThe arguments for small government are obvious and common sensical to many Americans. Henry David Thoreau (not Jefferson, as is often erroneously thought) said pithily: “That government is best which governs least.” Resistance to larger government can be traced from America’s Founding Fathers all the way through to the avatar of modern conservatism, Ronald Reagan, who famously railed against big
Read moreThe British comedy troupe Monty Python famously skewered many subjects in their satirical movie The Life of Brian. One such subject was the attitude that government is useless. For far too long in America, the government has been depicted as an ineffectual organization. One where your taxes are wasted and our elected officials are uniformly corrupt and incompetent. The very
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What Has The Government Ever Done for Us? 