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Can the Government Make you Buy Broccoli?
Check the All of the Above
The president angered his union base to please his green base by stopping the Keystone pipeline. Now he’s taking credit for building a part of the pipeline that doesn’t require his approval. He’s also taking credit for drilling that didn’t require his approval. This could anger his green base. He calls it his All of the Above Strategy.
Voltwagon
Fredrich Hayek’s 1944 classic Road to Serfdom has become a best seller again. He said that governments tend to plan production for political, rather than market, purposes. Government owned GM’s new Volt costs $41,000, runs on a battery, and gets 40 miles per charge.
