Once again, Republicans are demonstrating that “property rights” is nothing more than a slogan to be used to attract votes. They are proposing legislation that will “crackdown” on corporate landlords through heavy taxation or similar penalties. The right to property means the freedom to produce, use, and trade material values, including housing. Imposing penalties on…
California routinely provokes rational individuals to scratch their head in bewilderment. The latest example is SB1327, a gun law modeled after a Texas abortion law. The Texas law allows citizens to sue those who are involved in performing abortions. The California law allows citizens to sue gun manufacturers, gun shops, and anyone who transports an…
While claiming to support freedom and property rights, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have repeatedly failed to uphold these principles. Both DeSantis and Abbott are hypocrites. States that prohibit vaccine mandates have no problem issuing vaccine mandates for children who wish to enroll in a school. Florida prohibits any entity in…
In an executive order last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott prohibited private businesses from requiring a “vaccine passport” for employees and customers. President Joe Biden wants to force businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccines. Despite these different approaches to vaccine mandates, Abbott and Biden are in agreement on the fundamental issue. When…
Demonstrating a lack of principles, in an interview last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he regrets not speaking out “much louder” at the beginning of the pandemic. I never thought in February, early March, that (coronavirus) would lead to locking down the country. I just didn’t. I didn’t think that was on the…
In mid-2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a plan for the state to build a border wall. To date, the program has raised a little more than $55 million in donations and completed 900 feet of wall. The state has committed $1 billion to the project. According to the Texas Tribune, as of December 31,…
While President Biden and Texas Gov. Abbott are taking very different approaches to vaccine mandates, they are in agreement on the fundamental issue. When it comes to vaccines, both believe that individuals should not be free to choose. Biden wants to require anyone working at a company with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated….
In an executive order, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has prohibited private businesses from requiring a “vaccine passport” for employees and customers. Abbott is wrong to issue such an order. When government—at any level—prohibits private businesses from issuing a vaccine mandate, it is requiring them to disregard their own judgment. In this context, that means that…
Sometimes, a guy just wants to have fun. In a move that both stunned and amused political pundits, this week Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order prohibiting private businesses from establishing attire mandates. When signing the order, Abbott remarked, “If we aren’t going to allow businesses to discriminate on the basis of vaccination…
Like most of the nation’s governors, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency when the pandemic first started. He then promptly shut down much of the state’s economy in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A year later, Abbott was one of the first governors to remove mask mandates and…
The Justice Department has announced that it is investigating instances of “digital redlining”—the use of algorithms to determine which loans to approve and which to reject. The department also announced that it has settled a case against Trustmark Bank for its treatment of blacks and Hispanics in Memphis. The bank will “contribute” $3.85 million to…
In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a plan for the state to build a wall along its border with Mexico. Trump’s plan to make Mexico pay for his border wall had a very loose relationship with reality from the beginning, and the same can be said about Abbott’s plan. In making his announcement, Abbott…