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Reason is the monthly magazine and website of “free minds and free markets” published by @ReasonFdn.
Washington, DC and Los Angeles
Joined September 2008
Becoming a taxidermist or hair braider shouldn't involve costly hurdles. Around 20 percent of American workers must hold a professional license to do their job. Why?. @MightyHeaton has an answer. And it's infuriating.
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It makes little sense, but that's what happens when you give the president unchecked, unilateral tariff powers.
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Anything that is transported or stored in steel or aluminum containers could now be subject to those taxes.
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Donald Trump is no stranger to wasteful spending. But these examples are especially egregious.
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Donald Trump is no stranger to wasteful spending. But these examples are especially egregious.
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Cracker Barrel's new logo isn't "woke"—and it's not the reason the company is struggling.
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The company's value was plummeting long before it nixed the Old Timer from its logo.
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Is Latin America shifting toward freer markets, especially with Javier Milei showing early success in slowing inflation in Argentina?.
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Is this the last gasp of Latin America's disastrous "pink tide"?
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Lena Dunham's new show spoofs our obsession with attachment theory.
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Lena Dunham's new show is a send-up of internet therapy culture.
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A judge granted environmentalist groups’ request for a preliminary injunction, ordering Alligator Alcatraz to wind down operations within 60 days.
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A federal district court judge granted environmentalist groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.
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Tariffs are among the worst taxes imaginable—narrow, arbitrary, unstable, and regressive.
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Tariffs are not a realistic tax base. They're among the worst taxes imaginable—narrow, arbitrary, unstable, and regressive.
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RT @nickgillespie: Watch! At @reason, I talk with @petersuderman . about what Marxists and Libertarians Have in Common--and why I hung out….
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Beer is a great example of why free markets are so wonderful. American consumers get access to unique styles and brews from parts of Europe, while American farmers gain new markets to sell hops and barley.
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The deal locks in the 15 percent tariffs that Trump has imposed on most European goods imported into the U.S., including beers and other booze that isn't made here.
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RT @emmma_camp_: Oh boy do I have a video explaining why throwing money at public schools doesn't necessarily make them better. https://t.c….
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ICE has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on custom-wrapped SUVs, trucks, and ads to boost recruitment numbers. None of it will America safer.
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The agency has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on custom SUVs, trucks, and recruitment ads.
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RT @JD_Tuccille: The First Amendment protects everybody from the government, whether citizen or not. via @reason.
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Offending government officials—even when it involves saying awful things—is a time-honored practice in the United States.
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RT @christianbrits: Even if it’s legal, Trump’s deployment of the goon squad in D.C. is completely un-American. The whole point of this cou….
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The president ordering federal agents onto the street is not how routine policing should work, even in the nation's capital.
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The world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery is now at the mercy of the Egyptian government.
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St. Catherine’s Monastery has been continuously inhabited for over 1,500 years. An Egyptian court ruling ended the monastery's longstanding separation from the government.
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Why Do So Many Jobs Require a License?
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Becoming a taxidermist or hair braider shouldn't involve costly hurdles.
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What will Jerome Powell say in today's address?
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Plus: Federal bureaucracy gets a redesign, Robert Moses messing things up (still), Syrian immigrant unemployment data, and more...
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RT @nickgillespie: In 2021, for @reason, I asked, 'Is California Over?'--the state is losing business and people and has one of the worst b….
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