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Corporate Cronyism

Christopher Law July 1, 2015

Democrat Presidential hopeful and Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders, scorned the… References and FootnotesJeff Jacoby, "Bernie Sanders’ ‘deodorant’ Comment Ignores Realities of Economic Growth," Boston Globe, May 31, 2015, accessed June 28, 2015, https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/05/30/bernie-sanders-deodorant-comment-ignores-realities-economic-growth/2OfPVj77EsJlZiPSeH1kQN/story.html ↩"What Is Socialism?" accessed July 1, 2015, http://www.worldsocialism.org/english/what-socialism ↩“The Economic System of Corporatism," accessed June 28, 2015, http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm ↩Elisabeth Parker, "10 Founding Fathers Quotes That Will Make Conservatives’ Heads Explode," Americans Against the Tea Party, July 4, 2014, accessed June 28, 2015, http://aattp.org/9-founding-fathers-quotes-that-will-make-conservatives-heads-explode ↩Connor Sheets, "'Monsanto Protection Act': 5 Terrifying Things To Know About The HR 933 Provision," International Business Times, March 1, 2013, accessed June 28, 2015, http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-protection-act-5-terrifying-things-know-about-hr-933-provision-1156079 ↩ Will Fantle, "Monsanto's GMO Policy Infecting All Levels of Government," Nation of Change, July 7, 2013, accessed June 28, 2015, http://www.nationofchange.org/monsanto-s-gmo-policy-infecting-all-levels-government-1373204831 ↩Jesse Solomon, "Top 10 Companies Lobbying Washington,” CNN Money, October 1, 2014, accessed June 28, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/01/investing/companies-lobbying-10-biggest-spenders ↩Antony Davies and Ryan McCarl, “How Big Business Benefits from Regulation,” The Washington Times, March 12, 2013, accessed June 28, 2015, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/12/davies-and-mccarl-how-big-business-benefits-regula ↩ Thomas E. Woods, "Back on the Road to Serfdom," in Back on the Road to Serfdom: The Resurgence of Statism, Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2010. ↩ Haley Draznin, "NYC Loses Appeal to Ban Large Sugary Drinks," CNN, June 26, 2014, accessed July 1, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/justice/ny-sugary-drink-rulling ↩ Eric Reller, "NFIB Testifies on How Regulations Hurt Small Business," National Federation of Independent Business, September 30, 2013, accessed June 30, 2015. ↩Matt Cover, "CBO: Regulations, Taxes Can Hurt Small Businesses," CNS News, March 15, 2012, accessed June 30, 2015, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cbo-regulations-taxes-can-hurt-small-businesses ↩"Small Business Trends Small Business, Big Impact," U.S. Small Business Administration, accessed July 1, 2015, https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-trends-impact. ↩David Frum, "What Is the Conservative Solution to Corporatism?" National Post, December 30, 2011, accessed June 28, 2015, http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/david-frum-what-is-the-conservative-solution-to-corporatism ↩ David Kirkpatrick, "Congress Finds Ways to Avoid Lobbyist Limits," New York Times, February 11, 2007, accessed June 29, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/us/politics/11trips.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 ↩David Kirkpatrick, "Congress Finds Ways to Avoid Lobbyist Limits," New York Times, February 11, 2007, accessed June 29, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/us/politics/11trips.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 ↩Tom Hamburger, "Fossil-fuel Lobbyists, Bolstered by GOP Wins, Work to Curb Environmental Rules," Washington Post, December 7, 2014, accessed June 28, 2015, http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-bolstered-by-gop-wins-work-to-curb-environmental-rules/2014/12/07/3ef05bc0-79b9-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html ↩

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BREAKING: Gay Marriage Legalized By Supreme Court

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The TSA Debacle

Christopher Law June 23, 2015

Within this past month, a security test revealed that several inspectors from… References and FootnotesGeorge Leef, "TSA Boondoggles: High Costs, Low Effectiveness, But It's Only Your Money," Forbes, October 9, 2014, accessed June 23, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2014/10/09/tsa-boondoggles-high-costs-low-effectiveness-but-its-only-your-money ↩John Pistole, "Pistole: Why We Need TSA's Security Measures," USA Today, November 23, 2010, accessed June 21, 2015, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-24-column24_ST2_N.htm ↩"History," Transportation Security Administration, accessed June 22, 2015, http://www.tsa.gov/about-tsa/history ↩Tom Costello and M. Johnson, "TSA Chief Out After Agents Fail 95 Percent of Airport Breach Tests," NBC News, June 1, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-breaches-us-airports-allowed-weapons-through-n367851 ↩ Jason Harrington, "Dear America, I Saw You Naked And Yes, We Were Laughing. Confessions of an Ex-TSA Agent,” Politico, January 30, 2014, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html#ixzz3dwtKRj94." ↩"TSA Screeners Fired In Groping Scandal Both In 20s, No Criminal Records," CBS Denver, April 20, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015, http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/04/20/tsa-screeners-fired-in-groping-scandal-both-in-20s-no-criminal-records ↩ John Shindler, "Let's Consider Alternatives to the Dysfunctional TSA," Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015, http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schindler-tsa-20150605-story.html ↩"Logan Airport Racial Profiling Allegations: TSA Officers Complain Colleagues Are Targeting Minorities," Huffington Post, August 12, 2012, accessed June 21, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/12/logan-airport-racial-profiling_n_1769648.html. ↩Chris Edwards, "Privatizing the Transportation Security Administration," Policy Analysis, no. 742 (2013). ↩John Gage and John Mica, "Pro & Con: Should Airport Screening Be Conducted by Private Secur," February 21, 2011, accessed June 22, 2015, http://www.ajc.com/news/news/opinion/pro-con-should-airport-screening-be-conducted-by-p/nQqsP ↩

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Housing Discrimination Lingers On

Greg Brand June 23, 2015

After San Francisco was devastated by the… References and Footnotes Horiuchi, Lynne. “Object Lessons in Home Building: Racialized Real Estate Marketing in San Francisco.” Landscape Journal, 26:1 (Spring 2007): 61-82. ↩Ibid ↩ Moser, Whet. “Housing Discrimination in America Was Perfected in Chicago.” Chicago Magazine, May 5, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2015. ↩ Turner, Margery Austin. “Housing discrimination today and the persistence of residential segregation.” Urban Wire: Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros, June 12, 2013. Accessed June 4, 2015. ↩ Moser. ↩Ibid. ↩ Samuels, Alana. “Is Ending Segregation the Key to Ending Poverty?” The Atlantic, February 5, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2015. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩ Kansas State University Newsroom. “Early Exposure to Diversity Good for Children.” Newswise, December 5, 2005. Accessed June 3, 2015. ↩

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Federal Corruption

Christopher Law June 17, 2015

Recently California has been experiencing minimum wage increases in cities like San Francisco and… References and Footnotes Gary Gibson, "Don’t Bother Raising The Minimum Wage,” The Dollar Vigilante, March 26, 2013, accessed June 11, 2015, https://www.dollarvigilante.com/blog/2013/03/26/dont-bother-raising-the-minimum-wage.html ↩“Learn about How the Federal Reserve Was Started, What It Does, and Why It Matters Today," Federal Reserve History, accessed June 11, 2015, http://www.federalreservehistory.org/Purpose. ↩David Howden, “The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System,” 2014. ↩Matthew O'Brien, "Why the Gold Standard Is the World's Worst Economic Idea, in 2 Charts," The Atlantic, August 26, 2012, accessed June 11, 2015, http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/why-the-gold-standard-is-the-worlds-worst-economic-idea-in-2-charts/261552 ↩Josley Wales, "First Audit Results in the Federal Reserve’s Nearly 100 Year History Were Posted Today, They Are Startling!" Before It's News, September 1, 2012, accessed June 10, 2015, http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2012/09/first-audit-in-the-federal-reserves-nearly-100-year-history-were-posted-today-the-results-are-startling-2449770.html ↩Ernie Patrikis, "No, Don’t ‘Audit the Fed.,’" The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2015, accessed June 11, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/ernie-patrikis-no-dont-audit-the-fed-1426633745 ↩ Ivan Pongracic, "The Great Depression According to Milton Friedman," The Freeman Foundation for Economic Education, September 1, 2007, accessed June 11, 2015, http://fee.org/freeman/detail/the-great-depression-according-to-milton-friedman ↩Lawrence White, "Federal Reserve Policy and the Housing Bubble," CATO Journal 29, no. 1 (2009): 115-25, accessed June 16, 2015, http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2009/1/cj29n1-9.pdf. ↩