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\[!\[Wyoming Liberty Group\](https://wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-lg-trees.png)!\[Wyoming Liberty Group\](https://wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-sm-trees.png)\](https://wyliberty.org/) \[\](#)- \[Home\](https://wyliberty.org/) - \[About\](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - \[Who We Are\](https://wyliberty.org/about/who-we-are) - \[Core Principles\](https://wyliberty.org/about/core-principles) - \[Staff &amp; Board\](https://wyliberty.org/about/staff) - \[Current Posts\](https://wyliberty.org/current-posts) - \[Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - \[Wyliberty Policy Compass\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/wyliberty-policy-compass) - \[Economic\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) - \[Education\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education) - \[Election Security Standards\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/election-security-standards) - \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) - \[Eye on the Issues\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/eye-on-the-issues) - \[Government Programs\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) - \[Health Care\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) - \[Keep Wyoming Strong\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/keep-wyoming-strong) - \[Legal\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) - \[Limited Government\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government) - \[Marijuana/THC\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/marijuana-thc) - \[Political\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/political-perspectives) - \[Property Rights\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights) - \[Regulation\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation) - \[Spotlight on WyLiberty\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/spotlight-on-wyliberty) - \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) - \[Transparency\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) - \[Get Involved\](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - \[Donation/Membership\](https://wyliberty.org/get-involved/donate) - \[Newsletter\](https://mailchi.mp/3d5c211df744/newsletter-sign-up) - \[Contact \](https://wyliberty.org/contact) - \[Search\](https://wyliberty.org/search) ## Enjoy Our ### Blog <a></a>\## \[Statist Slick Talk Sells Big Government\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/statist-slick-talk-sells-big-government) Monday, 04 August 2014 \[Economic\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) As I explained last week, the American economy is pulling ahead of Europe. One reason is that our welfare state, big and burdensome as it is, is not yet big enough to bring the private sector to a grinding halt. That does not mean we will never pay the price for a growing government. If we continue expanding our welfare state, we will eventually be... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/statist-slick-talk-sells-big-government) ## \[Playing Chicken with the FEC\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives/playing-chicken-with-the-fec) Thursday, 31 July 2014 \[Legal\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Since the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in our case Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission (that is, declined to hear the case), one of the issues raised in the case has only become more pressing. We argued that three men in Wyoming who wanted to spend as little as a few thousand dollars on ads criticizing the President and othe... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives/playing-chicken-with-the-fec) ## \[Be In The Race - Choice Grounded in Common Sense\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education/be-in-the-race-choice-grounded-in-common-sense) Tuesday, 29 July 2014 \[Education\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Racing automobiles is an extension of the joy and freedom empowered by the automobile in a free society. Since their invention, cars have enabled people to make individual choices in a way never before granted to the human race; when and where to go, how far, how fast, how many people to carry. Beyond that, the cars themselves are also a reflection... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education/be-in-the-race-choice-grounded-in-common-sense) ## \[A Model for Sustainable School Funding\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-model-for-sustainable-school-funding) Monday, 28 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Encampment, WY is home to 450 people and a high school with maybe a dozen graduates each year. It is a genuinely "local" school in every sense of the word. Except funding. If the Encampment school needs maintenance, the money comes from a fund built by one-time fees on new coal leases. The number of leases sold, in turn, depends mostly on demand fo... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-model-for-sustainable-school-funding) ## \[Pot, Welfare and a Libertarian Dilemma\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/pot-welfare-and-a-libertarian-dilemma) Sunday, 27 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) The debate over legalization of marijuana is both philosophical and medical. From the philosophical viewpoint it is about individual choice; the medical side is about addiction and marijuana-based medical products. As a direct consequence of the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado, there is now a third side to this issue, an economic... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/pot-welfare-and-a-libertarian-dilemma) ## \[The Realities of Juvenile Justice in Wyoming\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives/the-realities-of-juvenile-justice-in-wyoming) Friday, 25 July 2014 \[Legal\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) <a> !\[\](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/191/b2ap3\_medium\_Juvenile\_Graph\_2011\_rev.jpg) </a>Of the 249 juveniles incarcerated in Wyoming in 2011 (the most recent year with data available), 42, or 16.9 percent, were jailed for offenses that are not considered criminal in any other state. Rather than being jailed for violent crimes, such as assault and battery or robbery, or property crimes, such as theft, these youths have been incarcerate... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives/the-realities-of-juvenile-justice-in-wyoming) ## \[Welfare: Subsidizing States, not the Poor\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/welfare-subsidizing-states-not-the-poor) Thursday, 24 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Let's try a little thought experiment. First, think of your extended family, and pick out which ones you would consider poor. Next, imagine you meet Bill Gates and he says he'll give $10,000 to each of your relatives who is poor, and asks you for a list of those people. You may find a few more poor people the second time. This is the position the s... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/welfare-subsidizing-states-not-the-poor) ## \[Removing Coal from the Energy Mix\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/removing-coal-from-the-energy-mix) Thursday, 24 July 2014 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) The consequence for your electricity bill. In 2013, President Obama's Climate Action Plan laid out a plan to make the U.S. a leader in the effort to address global climate change. In June 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated rules for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. One option the EPA would allow ... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/removing-coal-from-the-energy-mix) ## \[America Still at Risk for Socialized Medicine\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/america-still-at-risk-for-socialized-medicine) Wednesday, 23 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Health Care\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) In 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - was constitutional. This was not surprising: after all, since the 1930s the federal government has mandated that Americans buy retirement benefits through Social Security. Now there is another legal challenge to the ACA on its way through the court ... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/america-still-at-risk-for-socialized-medicine) ## \[Civil Forfeiture is a Problem in Wyoming\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights/civil-forfeiture-is-a-problem-in-wyoming) Tuesday, 22 July 2014 \[Property Rights\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights) \[Timeless Topics\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Last week, at the meeting of the Joint Judiciary Committee of the Wyoming Legislature in Newcastle, I testified in favor of two bills that, if passed, will reform the practice of civil forfeiture in Wyoming. Both bills would bolster due process and property rights that are currently at risk under the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act. 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