Tag: Smaller Government

Scottish Independence: A “Yes” vote threatens Celtic Welfare Socialism

According to Scottish Labour and the Better Together campaign, everyone north of the border gets around £1,200 per year in welfare transfers and extra public spending compared to the rest of those living in the UK—and it’s all funded by those living south of the border… In a speech...

“So you condone illegal drugs then?” – A Response

Following my posting of “Coloradans Light Up 2014: Sale of marijuana for personal use legalised“, I was challenged: “So you condone illegal drugs then?”  My response follows: The question of whether I “condone illegal drugs” presumes a relationship between one or more specific drugs and the law in a...

Coloradans Light Up 2014: Sale of marijuana for personal use legalised

High up in the Rockies, the good people of the State of Colorado are taking a bold, freedom-orientated step – a step that will also start to reduce the individual, familial, community and wider social harms done by making drugs illegal. For today, just over 80 years after the...