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- Budget Session 2012 - Where It Stands on Liberty
March 6, 2012, 6:00 pm
The Wyoming Liberty Group's March 6th First Tuesday event features an update on the bills we've been monitoring from our Legislative Operations Room. The Wyoming Liberty Group panel will let you know how the legislators plan to spend your money.
That's Tuesday, March 6th at 6:00 pm, 1902 Thomes Ave. on the corner of 19th and Thomes. For more information, please call Becky Breining at 307-632-7020.
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Obamacare and the Tragedy of the Commons
Washington, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that it will apply a “one size fits none” policy to health insurance plans. Every woman will get contraception coverage, whether she wants it or not. If the individual mandate is a transfer … Continue reading
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Wyoming’s Ethanol Industry May Soon Have to Walk on its Own
Following World War II, auto manufacturers Mercedes Benz, BMW, Porsche and Volkswagen helped reinvigorate the West German economy by setting new standards in automotive technology and manufacturing. But behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany, an auto company was establishing … Continue reading
A Meditation on Handguns and Health Insurance
Question: What odd characteristic do handguns and health insurance have in common? I mean, aside from the fact that a handgun is a form of health insurance. Answer: You cannot legally buy either across state lines. (Unless you live in … Continue reading
Bureaucrat pension plans create false security and violate taxpayers’ rights
The Wyoming legislature failed to consider the pension reform bill HB0091 during the current legislative session, and that is bad news. In many states, plans that are supposed to pay government workers their promised pension do not have enough money. … Continue reading
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Vaccines and the Health Care Freedom Amendment
Last year, the Health Care Freedom Amendment (HCFA) passed both houses of the Wyoming Legislature with greater than 2/3 majority, the requirement to send a constitutional amendment to the people of Wyoming. The amendment will be on the November 2012 … Continue reading
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Change Death Penalty Drug or Change the Method?
Hanging on the wall of Capitol room S-1 is the prison booking photo of Annie Bruce, a former inmate of the Wyoming State Penitentiary convicted in 1908 of murdering her father by slipping a massive dose of strychnine (rat poisoning) … Continue reading
WyLiberty Joins Effort to Stop Forced Health Insurance Purchase under Obamacare
CHEYENNE: The Wyoming Liberty Group (WyLiberty ) today joins 17 public policy research organizations and a bipartisan group of 333 state legislators in a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief urging the Supreme Court to affirm the ruling that Obamcare’s individual mandate exceeds … Continue reading
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WyLiberty Joins Friend of the Court Brief in the Obamacare Supreme Court Challenge
The Obamacare (PPACA) challenge is scheduled for oral arguments in late March (just after its second birthday). In the meantime, the deadlines for briefs on various issues come and go, and—as this is the most important Supreme Court case in … Continue reading
Will Old Media Become Extinct or Make a Comeback Tour?
Two pieces of legislation weaving their way through the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate came to a crashing halt after a blackout on the Internet caused an uproar among potential voters that sent politicians scurrying. The Stop Online Piracy … Continue reading
Budget Session Must Focus on Long Term Economy
The Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) has done its preparations for the budget session, which starts on February 13, 2012. This is a good time to remind our legislators of the status of the Wyoming economy and what problems they really … Continue reading