She’s Right Archives: Big Government
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12 August 2008
Limits on Democratic Government
Sorry that this week’s post is a day late, but at least it’s not a dollar short.
I have been dealing with some pretty heavy personal stuff, which, thankfully, is now over, so it is a little shorter than I would like. I am hoping, though, that this post will lead to some good discussion […]
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25 June 2008
More Regulation That Hurts Business and Consumer
It is no secret that I am not a proponent of massive government regulations in the name of so-called consumer safety.
For one thing, such regulations are often too cumbersome for small businesses to comply with, limiting consumer choice to large corporations with the resources to comply with the excessive regulation.
For another, I believe that the […]
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17 March 2008
I’m just wondering…
Who would consent to the police performing a voluntary search of their home?
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11 March 2008
Homeschooling Laws in Vermont and California: How They Are Connected and Why This Matters
I mentioned last week that homeschoolers in Vermont have been wrestling with the State Department of Education’s new interpretation of the recently revised Home Study statute.
I have been trying to think of a way to make this a story that is relevant to someone other than the small sub-set of Vermont homeschoolers who insist on […]
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28 February 2008
Philosophy vs. Reality
My regular readers know that I tend to lean pretty heavily libertarian and that my views on government typically reside in the philosophical realm, rather than reflect the reality of our current political system.
I am not sure if I have always been that way on this blog, but I am not about to go dig […]
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25 February 2008
The Government and Food Safety
Someone left a comment on on my post “The Future of Small Government Voters (part 2),” with a link to a post about the beef recall. The recall was due to the plant violating federal regulations by forcing downed cows to slaughter. The violations and abusive treatment of the animals were discovered […]
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18 January 2008
Brighter Days Ahead
I was getting ready to lay out my doom and gloom analysis of the state of our union, when my husband, aghast that I sounded so negative, said I was starting to sound like Pat Buchanan.
He was referring to Mr. Buchanan’s column on Town Hall from Tuesday, Subprime Nation, or really any column, for that […]
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16 April 2007
How much freedom will we give away for a dollar?
Er..make that 3.7 million dollars, I guess.
Two of my favorite Vermont bloggers share their perspectives on the primary enforcement seatbelt law being considered (i.e. they get to pull you over just for not having a seatbelt on).
Jeff Soyer weighs in at Alphecca.As does Geoffrey Norman at Vermont Tiger.
Take a look.
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2 April 2007
Free-Market Environmentalism
This was originally published 3/30/07 at 5:18 PM, which was Friday evening, so I bumped it up to the top of the blog.
I want to talk about the environment. This is one of those issues that really shouldn’t be partisan, so I want to explore why, I think, it is.
I think there are a […]
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30 March 2007
Jeremy Ryan on Iraq War Funding Bill
Jeremy Ryan has an interesting post about the Iraq war spending bill and some harsh words for the Democrats who voted for it. Ryan also notes that Ron Paul (Republican Presidential candidate) voted against it. Who says Republicans have no principles?
clipped from www.jeremyryan.org
The Democrats packed $21 billion in pork in the bill to […]
