7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 2023
By Patrick Carroll Almost nobody doubts that the federal government wastes a lot of money. Every day we hear stories of fraud, mismanagement, and misplaced…
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Entrepreneur Sues USDA, FDA for Banning Verifiably Factual Labels on His Food Products
By Patrick Carroll In 2019, Michelle Przybocki nearly died. She became ill from digestive complications, and later learned she had a severe case of irritable…
How a Massachusetts Town Seized a Farmer’s $370K Property to Cover a $60K Tax Debt—and Kept the Change
By Patrick Carroll Alan DiPietro is an alpaca farmer in the town of Bolton, Massachusetts (pop: 5,376). He lives in an RV on the 34-acre…
The Biden Administration Is Banning Low-Cost Appliances—and Bragging About It
By Patrick Carroll It’s easy to get preoccupied with the big flashy things the government does, but sometimes it’s the small mundane things that really…
Young Montana Entrepreneur Is Being Legally Barred from Hauling Trash Because Established Players Don’t Want the Competition
By Patrick Carroll When Parker Noland launched his trash-hauling business at age 20 in the summer of 2021, he was excited about the opportunities that…
Governments Are Using Drones to Spy on Americans — Here’s How People Are Fighting Back
By Patrick Carroll Americans have long been concerned about government surveillance, and rightly so. Being watched by the government is incredibly disconcerting, especially when government…
Amish Farmer Faces Fines, Prison Time for Refusing to Comply with USDA Regulations
By Patrick Carroll For nearly 30 years, Amos Miller has owned and operated Miller’s Organic Farm, an all-natural Amish farm located in Bird-in-Hand Pennsylvania. Like…
The Semiconductor Industry Is Coming for Your Wallet — As Usual, Congress Is Complicit
By Patrick Carroll Of all the problems in the world right now, the chip shortage probably isn’t the chief concern for most people, but that…
Possession of Certain Hard Drugs to Be Decriminalized in British Columbia after Record Overdose Deaths
By Patrick Carroll The Canadian government announced last week that it will be exempting the province of British Columbia from certain federal drug laws. Specifically,…
Man Gets Back $30,000 the Government Stole from Him—11 Months after Drug Agents Seized It without Cause
By Patrick Carroll When Kermit Warren and his son Leo lost their hotel jobs in mid-2020 as a result of COVID-related layoffs, things were not…
Vaccine Passports Have Come to Canada; Don’t Expect the Canadian Constitution to Stop Them
By Patrick Carroll Of the many terms we’ve become accustomed to over the course of the pandemic, “vaccine passport” is perhaps one of the more…
Canadian Political Leader Arrested for Attending Small Anti-Lockdown Protest—Days After Trudeau Attended Massive Ontario Gathering
By Patrick Carroll Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), was arrested last Friday after speaking at an anti-lockdown protest in…
Canadian Restaurant Owner Charged With “Trespassing” After Reopening in Defiance of Lockdown Orders
By Patrick Carroll At 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 24, Adam Skelly opened his BBQ restaurant in Toronto and began serving customers. Under ordinary circumstances,…