Muda69

https://reason.com/2019/08/20/americans-spend-nearly-as-much-on-illegal-drugs-as-they-do-on-booze-which-shows-what-a-ripoff-prohibition-is/ Yet the War on Peop.... err Drugs continues. The government shouldn't have any business telling an adult individual what they can't put into their body.

Baloney. Did you even read the article? Government regulation/zoning is the primary culprit here, not a limited supply of land.

So you have objective data showing that all school-aged children should not work at jobs outside of the home? Is so, links please?

https://reason.com/2019/08/19/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-and-its-going-to-stay-that-way/#comments Agreed. Onerous government regulation and zoning is causing this problem. "

24/7? I have a sixteen year old nephew who recently got a job at a local restaurant working something like 20 hours week, mostly after school. It's decent experience for him in the 'real world' and puts some spending money in this pocket.

New Study Defending NYC’s Minimum Wage Law is Fake News: https://mises.org/wire/new-study-defending-nyc’s-minimum-wage-law-fake-news It went on to project further job losses based on industry survey data: As AEI's Mark Perry noted, "it usually takes an economic recession to cause year-over-year job losses at NYC's full-service restaurants." In related news, we’ve seen significant growth in automation in cities like New York, in part due to the increasing cost of labor. Once again we see policies passed in the name of helping workers end up just benefiting businesses that can afford the upfront cost of automation, explaining decisions like Amazon’s recent expansion of their cashier-less grocery stores. .... Minimum Wage and Youth Unemployment Lastly, left entirely unaddressed in the study is any attempt to measure the costs of minimum wage increases on those most vulnerable to its effects, such as young workers without resumes, and those who are re-entering the workforce. As politicians arbitrarily increase the minimum wage, these are the workers at greatest risk of being priced out of the market. As such, we’d expect to see higher unemployment rates for these workers. The data suggests that this is precisely what we see. In July, national youth unemployment (16-24 year olds) was at 8.5%. The most recent data I can find for New York City youth unemployment is from 2017, showing the city unemployment rate for 20-24 year-olds was at almost 16%. To try to get a better comparison, national youth unemployment in 2017 averaged at 9.3%. Still, the NYC data’s focus on 20-24 year-olds means that a true apples-for-apples comparison of 16-24 year-olds would likely result in a much higher unemployment rate given that, nationally, the unemployment rate for 16-19 year-olds is substantially higher than their (relative) elders. While the disproportionally high NYC youth unemployment rates may not be entirely driven by minimum wage laws, basic economic analysis would suggest it plays a significant role in what the Brookings Institute has described as a looming “urban youth unemployment crisis.” Naturally, cities are responding not by ending their intervention in labor markets, but by creating new government programs. With that, a new opportunity for a bad economic study has been created.

Please elaborate.

Easier than your method for gaining essentially worthless brownie points.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2019/08/17/catholic-school-controversy-roncalli-accused-of-silencing-students-who-supported-ousted-counselor/2032262001/ Not surprised.

Yep, I need to do that again.

The High Cost of Occupational Licensing: https://mises.org/wire/high-cost-occupational-licensing

I'm pretty sure Night Hawk, aka BARRYOSAMA has met or beaten that regarding my posts. Almost daily he habitually downvotes virtually everything I post. Quite funny.

Catholic snubbing towards Brebeuf now extended to athletic teams: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/08/14/brebeuf-jesuit-controversy-extends-girls-golf-cross-country-meets/2010928001/ Methinks the Archdiocese is putting the screws to Brebeuf where students, parents, and alumni will feel it the easiest, extracurricular athletics, in the hopes these groups will pressure the Jesuits to changes their ways and come back into the fold.

We've Already Blown Past Last Year's Federal Budget Deficit: https://reason.com/2019/08/13/weve-already-blown-past-last-years-federal-budget-deficit/ This combined with this: Dow tumbles 600 points after bond market flashes a recession warning: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/investing/dow-stock-market-today/index.html Good times ahead........................

Andrew Luck's "Small Little Bone" Injury Is Apparently On The Move: https://deadspin.com/andrew-lucks-small-little-bone-injury-is-apparently-o-1837222894 This injury story is looking like it's going to spiral out of control, much like Mr. Luck's serious shoulder injury did.

https://reason.com/2019/08/14/the-case-for-legalizing-organ-sales/ Agreed. Government needs to let the free market work, in this case a voluntary transaction between two consenting adults.

https://mises.org/wire/abolish-federal-death-penalty Is the Death Penalty Ever Warranted? I am not an anti-death-penalty absolutist. That is, in some cases where the testimony and physical evidence is overwhelming — and the crimes are particularly heinous — the death penalty could be warranted, at least in theory. But given police corruption, incompetent prosecutors, and an over-reliance on circumstantial evidence in court, a great many death-penalty cases are built on a pretty shaky foundation. Moreover, it is extremely likely thatinnocent people have been executed in the United States whether through errors, or through outright fraud on the part of government officials. In other words, the death penalty is serious business, and given that government bureaucrats can't even run the DMV or the VA competently, there's no reason to assume their criminal-justice skills are anything deserving of our unconditional trust. Nevertheless, it is conceivable that the death penalty could be justly applied in some cases. There's No Need for a Federal Death Penalty When examining the federal death penalty, however, it quickly becomes apparent that it is simply unnecessary — and should be completely abolished. State laws already address the need to prosecute violent criminals. Murder, rape, assault, and other violent crimes are already illegal in every state of the Union. If Smith murders Wilson in, say, Pennsylvania, Smith can be tried for murder under Pennsylvania law. This is true even if Smith employs bombs, airplanes, or other tools associated with international terrorism. There is no need for an extra layer of federal criminal justice. For example, Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, was certainly eligible to be tried for murder under Oklahoma law. Those who perpetrated 9/11 were certainly eligible to be tried for murder under New York and Virginia laws. But McVeigh was tried for the federal crime of killing a federal agent. Zacarias Moussaoui was prosecuted in federal court for his role in the 9/11 attacks, specifically "conspiracy to murder United States employees," among other crimes. Although these sorts of killings are certainly illegal in the states where they occur, the federal government insists on having prerogatives to prosecute defendants under federal law also. This is often done to add an additional layer of possible prosecution, and so that defendants can be prosecuted more than once for the same crime. This is a violation of the Bill or Rights, of course (as explained by Justice Neil Gorsuch) but federal courts have looked the other way on this loophole for years. Besides, cases of terrorism or international crime rings are hardly what's behind most capital cases in federal court. We're not talking about Russian crime bosses or domestic supervillains. On the contrary, nearly all defendants in capital cases in federal court are brought to trial for run-of-the-mill crimes involving drug deals, bank robberies, or other acts that are already violations of state criminal statutes. Moreover, in some cases, federal prosecutors deliberately go against the wishes of local prosecutors. Lezmond Mitchell, for example, is a Navajo Indian who was convicted of murdering a Navajo woman and her granddaughter on Navajo land. He is now awaiting execution in a federal prison. But note the murders took place on Navajo land, and Navajo law does not allow the death penalty. Nonetheless, the federal government inserted itself into the case. According to an analysis by The Intercept: No one directly involved with the case who lived within 500 miles of the reservation demanded the death penalty. But then-US Attorney General John Ashcroft intervened to ensure the death penalty was on the table. Expanding Federal Powers The fact that a car theft had allowed the federal government to demand jurisdiction in the Mitchell case reflects a longtime strategy used by federal lawmakers to expand federal jurisdiction over time. By gradually adding more and more federal criminal offenses to the statute books, federal policymakers have made it possible for the federal government to insinuate iselfs into an ever growing number of crminal investigations. The US Constitution, meanwhile, only mentions three federal crimes: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. Only piracy involves crimes that necessarily occur beyond the jurisdiction of state laws against violent crime. Counterfeiting, in contrast, is merely a type of fraud. And fraud is already illegal in every state. Treason is only a real problem if it involves violent acts against others — in which case it is already covered by state laws against violent crime. All other federal crimes beyond these three are based on tortured legal reasoning designed to do an end run around the Tenth Amendment. They're justified under the "necessary and proper" clause or the commerce clause. They are redundant and largely function to greatly expand federal intervention into each and every American community. Beyond piracy, the entire federal apparatus for criminal prosecutions ought to be abolished. But the federal death penalty is a good place to start. Agreed. The federal criminal justice 'system' is out of control.