Reason Alert: Inflation, Private Dream City, Anti-LGBT Panic, and Facts About Police

Reason Alert Friday, June 3, 2022     Friday Funnies Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee.  By Patrick Chappatte Video: 10 Fun Facts About the Police  Fuzzy talks to his neighbor, Officer Dale!   By Austin Bragg Biden Says Fighting Inflation Is His Top Economic Priority. His Antitrust Policy Would Make Inflation Worse. Attacking big firms just for being big could drive up prices.  By Peter Suderman Politicians Cause Real Pain With Inflationary Policies  Inflation damages the economy while doing the greatest harm to the most vulnerable.   By J.D. Tuccille  Can a Post-'Takeover' Libertarian Party Improve on Its Historical Run of 2012–20? After winning its two highest-ever presidential vote percentages in 2016 and 2020, the Libertarian Party was taken over by activists embarrassed by those campaigns. Will they attract more votes? By Matt Welch Government Employees Got $872 Million in Bonuses Out of COVID Aid Cash  The federal bailout of state and local governments padded the paychecks of many public employees.  By Eric Boehm  The American Rescue Plan Bailed Out Unprofitable Government-Owned Golf Courses  Perhaps the government shouldn't be running golf courses in the first place?  By Eric Boehm  How President Biden’s Plan for Student Loan Forgiveness Would Make Student Debt Worse  The president's plan to forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower has several negative consequences.    By Jude Schwalbach  The Death of Walt Disney's Private Dream City?  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to end a wildly successful half-century experiment in municipal governance.  By Zach Weissmueller and Danielle Thompson Major Florida Legislation Improves the State’s Default Defined Contribution Plan  With this move, Florida continues to demonstrate its commitment to maintaining a retirement system that works for both taxpayers and public workers.    By the Pension Integrity Project  Anti-LGBT Panics Are Bad for Everyone's Liberty  Politicians respond to often unfounded fears with aggressive laws that interfere with individual and family choices.   By Scott Shackford  Bipartisan Support for Red Flag Laws Elides the Practical and Constitutional Issues They Raise Because there is no reliable way to identify future mass shooters, it is inevitable that many innocent people will lose their Second Amendment rights. By Jacob Sullum Video: Can't Find Baby Formula? Blame Tariffs and the FDA.  This crisis is the result of protectionism, regulation, and central planning.  By Eric Boehm and Regan Taylor  The FDA’s Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Is Based on Faulty Claims  None of the FDA's claims about the proposed menthol ban hold up.    By Guy Bentley  Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Transportation Finance  This report reviews developments in the infrastructure investment fund world, focusing on transportation infrastructure.   By Robert Poole  She Let the Kids, Ages 3 and 5, Wait Briefly in the Car. Now She Can't Be a Teacher.  Many parents are on the child abuse and neglect registry, and they don't even know it.  By Lenore Skenazy   If this email has been forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe to Reason's email newsletters, please go here. Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -