Host and Creator, Stossel TV
Intuition leads us to think-wrongly-that without government we'd be victims of fraud.
Central planners and liberal politicians are clueless about what really helps workers: a free economy.
Prohibiting people from profiting from their access to information makes the economy less fair and less free.
Obama's supporters seem to think it's enough to put this extraordinary man in office.
The New York Times declares "a big storm requires big government," and my liberal neighbors agree.
If the Republican candidate won't even eliminate intrusive bureaucracy, there's little hope.
Rules that "protect" government workers from arbitrary dismissal and require everyone be treated equally are bad for taxpayers and even unions.
Without big government, our possibilities are limitless.
Liberals and conservatives have real differences. We should state them.
A war on drugs-on people, that is-is unworthy of a country that claims to be free.
If America gets off the road to serfdom, Paul Ryan deserves much of the credit.
Most people see a world full of problems that can be solved by laws.
Advocates of America-as-world-policeman rarely grasp that their conception of "defense" endangers us by creating new enemies.
It's OK that China made our Olympics uniforms. We designed the planes that flew them to the games.
America's zeal for legislating has turned us all into criminals of one type or another.
From raising the minimum wage, to regulating internships, Washington doesn't allow young people to get experience.
We're always one massive spending bill away from having a better economy.
K-12 education is a virtual government monopoly--and monopolies don't improve.
No-discrimination insurance isn't insurance. It's welfare.
Politicians have proven they can be corrupted with or without massive campaign war chests.
If we want affordable and cutting-edge health care, there's only one approach that will work: open competition.
Obama should ask himself: "Would I start or expand a business without knowing what regulations or taxes government will impose next year?"
Employment rules appear to help workers. But they don't.
To get our money, businesses--if they can't look to the government for favors--need to give us what we want.
Let's start treating people as though their bodies belong to them, not to a controlling and "protective" government.
Once you decide nature is inherently healthy, moral and beautiful, the reasons to restrict human activity are endless.
If we must control diet to balance the government's budget, will the health squad next ban skydiving and extramarital sex?
We spend too much time waiting for orders-and money-from Washington.
No one can be trusted to manage the economy.
The Federal Reserve prints so much money that since it opened its doors in 1914, the dollar has lost more than 90 percent of its value.
The idea that government can "make life fair" is intuitively appealing to people-at least until they think about it.
We need to end the orgy of rule-making at once and embrace the simple rules that true liberals like America's founders envisioned.
The real evil bankers are the government cronies.
The level of conflicts on the street are reduced. Drug-related robberies are reduced. And now the police are not the enemies of the consumers.
