Regulation

An outrageous Michigan law dating back to the 1930s restricts the ability of consumers to resell event tickets they have purchased. It’s a protection for teams and venues and a restriction on the freedom of consumers to enter into voluntary transactions with one another.

More and more voices are joining the chorus of dissent towards the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (H.R.4301), the Sheldon Adelson-backed federal bill to ban online gambling.

When Toyota announced that it was moving from California to Texas, everyone understood why. Because of its high taxes and regulations, California ranks among the worst states in the nation in which to do business. Of greater concern is the fact that the same thing is going on at the national level.

The Australian cites Merrill Matthews: "There is an identifiable correlation between minimum wage increases and rising youth unemployment."

A group of 10 conservative and free market organizations co-authored a letter of opposition to the federal legislation backed by casino owner Sheldon Adelson that would outlaw Internet gaming in the U.S.

Conservative and free-market groups voiced opposition to the Restoration of America's Wire Act, which would stop the expansion of online gambling. The act "is a broad overreach by the federal government over matters traditionally reserved for the states," said the letter.

Toyota’s abandoning high-tax California for a business-friendly, low-tax state—as more and more companies and individuals in blue states are doing—makes good economic and political sense.

There is a growing recognition that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is more of a threat to human safety than a protector of it.

There is good news this Earth Day, but somehow we expect that many people will grumble at the good news rather than celebrate.