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OPINION: Government Regulations Create Monopolies and Stifle Competition

May 5, 2026 Jorge Besada

From our freedom to use or transform our private property emerges the freedom to trade it with anyone we choose. This freedom to trade inadvertently transforms mankind into a global supercomputer where private sector companies are always engaged in the process of economic competition which motivates companies to innovate and copy the innovations of competitors. … Read more

ROPER: Democrats Have a Rural Voter Problem, and Clinging to Act 181 Won’t Help

March 25, 2026 Rob Roper

I read the Vermont Democrats’ post-mortem report following their 2024 election debacle, in which Republicans picked up 19 House seats, 6 Senate seats, and the lieutenant governorship (the first time an incumbent LTG was ousted from office since 1815), ending their supermajority status in both chambers. The key insight in the document leaves me wondering … Read more

ROPER: Subsidies and Regulation Made Childcare More Expensive, Less Available, and Less Effective

January 24, 2026 Rob Roper

The Vermont Futures Project’s Economic Action Plan has a page or so touching on childcare. It notes that “over the past decade, Vermont has seen a decline in childcare capacity, particularly with the closure of home-based providers.” Hmmm…. What happened a decade ago that would have precipitated the rapid closing of hundreds of home-based childcare … Read more

The Regulatory Question for the MAHA-MAGA Populists

March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 Dr. Robert Malone

The history of American populism and populist movements worldwide is a history of unrecognized grievances being forced out into the open by “the governed,” followed by failure to convert those bottom-up, decentralized politics into sustainable long-term policy changes. Both MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) and MAGA (Make America Great Again) populism have now accomplished political … Read more

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There’s A REAL Disconnect Between The Greens “Electrify EVERYTHING” and Doing it

June 15, 2023 Skip

There is a very real disconnect in the green’s “electrify everything” movement, and it is wrapped up in this one simple question: “Why is it that greens want everyone to drive electric cars but don’t want people to have electricity?”

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Federal Govt LIED to Us – They Are Taking Away Our Gas Stoves – And Going After Our Fridges, A/Cs, and Clothes Washers/Dryers

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Skip

And aren’t you just THRILLED with how well your new dishwasher works (sarcasm – I hate mine)? Thanks, Govt, for “looking out for me”! All by our faceless, unaccountable, unelected, and now, REALLY unassailable bureaucrats all in thrall to Global Warming.

“Democrat Leaders Are Not the Patriotic, Pro-American Worker Democrats of the Distant Past”

May 30, 2022 Don

How rich, ignorant, and/or uncaring must people be to not realize that President Biden’s policies have been disastrous, especially for middle- and lower-income Americans? Today’s over 8% inflation means a family with a $60,000 income last year now needs an extra $5000 to maintain the same modest lifestyle. The gasoline price jump from $2.099, just … Read more

Josiah Bartlett: NH Switches from Mandates to Guidance — A Year Late

May 3, 2021May 2, 2021 Op-Ed

On April 29, Gov. Chris Sununu announced that the state’s long list of mandated COVID-19 restrictions for various industries will expire on May 7, to be replaced by a Universal Best Practices Guidance.

Data Point – Rise in Federal Regulations

May 1, 2021 Skip

The Federal Register is where agency rules, notices, and new rules are kept. And except for Trump’s term, the Rules keep adding up – requiring specialized knowledge to keep out of court.

Quick Thought: Another Indication That We Are Moving to Electing Kings Than Having a Republic

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Skip

Of all places, I found a PDF over at Watts Up With That which is the largest climate site in the world that outlines what President Asterisk’s first orders of business.

Biden Transition … A Slide Toward Regulatory Hell

November 24, 2020

Should Joe Biden actually take control the U.S. economy is going to change direction. A Biden Administration will attempt to unleash the executive branch agencies. The agencies themselves expect Biden will be hands-off. The result will be a regulatory free for all.

The Election is November 3 … Choosing America

October 1, 2020

Americans, on November 3rd, we will choose someone to lead the nation. In making the choice we are choosing what kind of country we want to live in, work in, and raise their families in. We’ll be deciding what kind of America we believe in.

President Trump Issues Executive Order to Reduce Regulations to Aid Economic Recovery

March 11, 2021May 20, 2020 Steve MacDonald

In the interest of getting things done, not always my favorite words when it comes to government, President Trump pushed to waive, suspend, or do an end-around on existing bureaucratic barriers. As he advocates for an economic recovery, he is asking agencies, where possible (EO Archived here) to take it one step further.

Notable Quote – Veronique de Rugy

April 20, 2020 Skip

The large number of rules lifted by federal, state and local governments in response to this pandemic reveals the sad reality that many regulations serve little to no good public purpose. Hopefully, people will realize how counterproductive these rules were and will not allow them to be reinstated after the crisis is over. In the … Read more

Quick Thought: Seriously? Sununu is going to make criminals out of patients? You made it personal

April 9, 2020 Skip

Steve’s post on “….NH’s Gov. Sununu Enacted the Same Order” has just made it personal. Real personal. Nice to see that TMEW and her docs can now be criminalized just for treating a disease. Yet another day spent in taking her to medical appointments and play support tech on the different videoconferencing tools being used … Read more

No, I just expect that the tools I buy will actually work!

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Skip

This is in response to DCE’s post over at Weekend Pundit:

I can get behind this idea. If Trump wants to lock in the votes from some of the cold weather states all he needs to do is do for gas cans what he’s doing for dishwashers.

New England Gun Manufacturer Has Had Enough – Moving to Wyoming

November 22, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We’ve written more than a few stories about Connecticut. The ‘You Need a Liberal “Constitution” to live there‘ State has made it a mission to drive business away. Especially gun makers, who continue to flee this crappy little left-wing armpit of America.

The Truth About Income Inequality

November 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The title, taken from the tax prof blog, is the simples beginning to this piece. Income inequality is a significant burr in the Left’s backside. Sorry, that’s not quite right. It is a burr they are trying to stick to everyone else backside. Class Warfare divides, but is it as bad as they claim?

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If PG&E is The Problem California Democrats Are to Blame

January 20, 2023November 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The left creates disaster and misery everywhere that it goes unchecked, from urban plantations, and violent crime, to high taxes and government overreach. The poster child for these abuses is California, where the left is blinded by wildfires of failure, all their own making.

California Bureaucrats to Create NH State Laws?

February 4, 2023October 20, 2019 Jim Kofalt

In case you needed any more evidence of just how crazy the NH Democrats have gotten: NH Democrat Rebecca McWilliams (Concord) is proposing a bill that would (in effect) delegate the regulation of New Hampshire’s air quality standards to a group of left‑coast bureaucrats known as the California Air Resources Board (CARB).