- Randy Barnett on the government mandate to buy health insurance: “First Congress said it was a regulation of commerce. Now it’s supposed to be a tax. Neither claim will survive Supreme Court scrutiny.”
- Under Obama’s budget, debt held by the public would grow from 53% of GDP at the end of 2009 to 90% of GDP at the end of 2020. David Boaz: “It was a good idea to get science and democracy from the ancient Greeks. It’s not such a good idea to get fiscal policy from the modern Greeks.”
- Looking for the best way to explain the difference between being “pro‐free markets” and “pro‐business”? The Chamber of Commerce just made it very easy.