USURY LAWS AND PRICES
A recent Federal Reserve Bank publication attacks state usury laws as “burdensome and inequitable” and indicates that they should be repealed. The purpose of state usury laws is…
Category: Big Government
AUTO SEAT BELTS
A year ago the Department of Transportation issued a Federal decree requiring all automobiles manufactured after that date to have a seat belt system that makes it impossible…
WELFARE
Everybody knows that our welfare system is horribly costly. The question we must now ask ourselves is, is it immoral, too? A welfare system becomes immoral when it…
STRAWBERRIES & OSHA
Centralia, Illinois, appropriately situated in the center of that great agricultural state, is famous in the middle west for its strawberries. Located on the Illinois Central Railroad, it…
POSTAL COMPETITION
One of the minor irritations that affect millions of people is the steady deterioration in the Post Office. A few of us can remember when we had twice-a-day…
COST OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Of all Government programs, the most immune from Congressional criticism is Social Security. When a Congressman is tempted to suggest improvements, he is stopped in his tracks by…
What’s Going On In Congress? — June 1974
LAND USE PLANNING ACT
The largest single investment the average individual makes in a lifetime is usually a home to live in. The right to buy, use, enjoy, sell, or leave this…
CUT FEDERAL BUDGET
Polls and commentators keep reminding us that Watergate has caused the American people to lose faith in their government leaders. But this dark cloud has one bright silver…
CUT FEDERAL BUDGET
Polls and commentators keep reminding us that Watergate has caused the American people to lose faith in their government leaders. But this dark cloud has one bright silver…