35 Years ago in reason

December 1974

"Far from being the poor, oppressed victims of the State, M.D.'s…are major supporters of government intervention into the medical marketplace. In the past Congressional session, the AMA sponsored or supported over 26 pieces of legislation, all calling for more government intervention, not less."

—Lynn Kinsky, "Goodbye AMA"

"Bureaucrats have proposed price controls, 'excess-profit' taxes, rationing, increased regulation, and nationalization. Such proposals are blighted grain and lean calves, and do not insure the future availability of energy."

—Paul Craig Roberts and N. Van Cott, "Bureaucratic Conspiracy and the Energy Crisis"

"Liberals are embarrassingly split these days on the subject of energy pricing. On the one hand are environmentalists…who favor slowing energy growth and see higher prices as a means to that end. On the other hand are populists…and some consumerists, who see red at the very mention of higher energy prices and 'windfall profits.'?"

—Trends, "Decontrolling Energy"

—December 1974