No surprise that California is the source of this Nanny State story. AB 1998 would ban plastic single use bags from grocery stores and make the markets charge customers for paper bags if they forgot...Read More
This Nanny Report came from alert Swcamborne reader Stephanie M. It seems that San Francisco has banned regular sodas from vending machines on city property. Mayor Gavin Newsom implemented the pol...Read More
A few months ago my friend Scott S. made a claim that 40 Senators represent less than 10% of the US population but because of the closure rules they can effectively kill any legislation. His claim s...Read More
Moral hazard occurs when someone insulated from risk behaves differently than they would behave if they were fully exposed to the risk. An example is people who live in coastal zones where there is a ...Read More
This morning as a Taxpayer your share of the national debt is $118,598. By the time you read this it will have changed. This is a great link for lots of details that might scare you. World Debt Cloc...Read More
I agree with what President Obama said in his Louisiana speech on Friday June 4th: “It’s brutally unfair. It’s wrong.” The President was showing his concern about the disruption to t...Read More
California is talking about banning trans fats in foods served in Restaurants. I smell Nanny State. A city in Northern California is talking about banning toys in kids meals. Nanny State Alert. A ...Read More
In the 1990’s I heard an economist say that “in the future countries will compete based on how well they treat people, ideas and capital.” He made the point that the USA was one of t...Read More
I spent a bit of time at airports getting home from Utila. On one leg of the flight my friend Henry L. talked himself into “Executivo Classe” and another person in our traveling group wo...Read More
The US Government, which is the majority shareholder of General Motors, is also the arbiter of automobile safety in the USA. Currently GM’s biggest competitor, Toyota, is having serious qualit...Read More