Randall G. Holcombe | Thursday September 27, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT
The war on drugs makes it far too easy for corrupt police officers to plant evidence on people.
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Tag: Nanny State
Randall G. Holcombe | Friday August 3, 2018 at 10:51 AM PDT
The real threat to free markets lies in the regulatory state.
Vicki E. Alger | Wednesday March 21, 2018 at 10:16 AM PDT
No parent should have to play “Mother, may I” with the state or federal government to enroll their child in a school they think is safe.
William F. Shughart II | Friday October 13, 2017 at 4:16 PM PDT
On Wednesday, the commissioners of Cook County, Illinois, repealed the controversial soda tax that went into effect in August of this year. December 1, 2017, will be the first day residents of Cook County will no longer be required to pay a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar sweetened beverages—and they’re better off without it. Although...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Friday August 18, 2017 at 10:19 AM PDT
The estate tax amounts to a penalty on the heirs of those who have accumulated wealth over their lifetimes. It raises less than 1% of federal revenues, so it provides almost no benefit to anybody, but imposes a big cost on a few. There are many ways for the wealthy to avoid the estate...
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Tax Reform III: Tax Employer Health Care Benefits; Offer a Tax Credit to Health Insurance Purchasers
Randall G. Holcombe | Wednesday August 16, 2017 at 10:15 AM PDT
In an earlier blog post I suggested eliminating all personal tax deductions, with a possible exception related to health care. One of the well-publicized problems with the American health care system is that employer-provided health insurance is not taxed, pushing us to a system in which people get health insurance from their employers. A...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Wednesday August 9, 2017 at 10:25 AM PDT
A few weeks ago I was hopeful that Jeff Sessions was on his way out as Attorney General, because President Trump didn’t like his recusing himself on the Russia investigation or the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller. But that has nothing to do with my hopes for a short tenure for the attorney...
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Vicki E. Alger | Monday April 17, 2017 at 1:23 PM PDT
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking about the future of school choice at an event hosted in Washington, DC, by the Independent Women’s Forum, featuring The Heritage Foundation’s Lindsey Burke and SAVE President Edward Bartlett. The core issue of this public policy debate is not about money. It’s about competing visions over...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Monday March 27, 2017 at 10:01 AM PDT
On a few occasions I’ve used my privilege as a blogger on The Beacon to write in support of viewpoints held by people that some readers of The Beacon view as the opposition. For examples, I supported the Black Lives Matter movement for protesting police brutality, and more recently, the Resist! movement for opposing...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Monday March 20, 2017 at 12:58 PM PDT
Local governments produce lots of services that people value: schools, police protection, water and sewer services, and more. Who are the producers of these services accountable to, and who determines the characteristics of the services local governments provide? Ideally, the people who live in the jurisdictions of those local governments would be the people...
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