The Freedom Factory

I read an article today that brought up two great points: Housing bubbles are worse in localities with high land use regulations, and federal housing policies geared towards subsidizing low-income homebuyers encourage folks who can’t afford to buy to do so anyway. Tag on ridiculously low federal funds interest rates for way too long and you have a recipe for disaster. Continue Reading

Be wary of the growth of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Unlike Congress, this agency is unaccountable to voters and is being used to push ultra-liberal environmental policy that heralds an unprecedented period of pervasive government. In “Lawnmower Men” the Wall Street Journal deciphers a vast new EPA regulatory proposal, showing how absurd (and dangerous) it portends to be.

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