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When you've caused a problem, deflect! At least, that seems to be the strategy of Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who spent the last several years as part of an administration that presided over a growing mismatch between Americans' pay and the cost of living. Rather than take responsibility for the decline of the dollar's purchasing power, she blames businesses that were forced to raise prices as a result. And she wants to fix the problem she helped cause by restricting those prices, never mind the inevitable consequences for the availability of goods and s...
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In the ongoing debate over America's trade policy, politicians and pundits often claim that the public supports tariffs and other protectionist measures, such as those given to us by the Trump and Biden administrations. A new Cato Institute poll, however, reveals a more complex picture: Americans might like the idea of tariffs and "Buy American" policies, but their support shrinks when confronted with higher prices and other negative consequences. This disconnect—between abstract preferences and real-world actions with concrete downsides—challenges the protectionist narrative currently dominat...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined on Friday to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The agency has asked Lykos Therapeutics, which submitted the new drug application (NDA) in February, to conduct an additional Phase 3 clinical trial, which would take years and millions of dollars. It is a major setback that dismayed veteran advocates and others who see MDMA as a potentially life-changing psychotherapeutic catalyst for people struggling with longstanding psychological challenges that currently approved treatments have not ad...
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Regulations are driving the cost of housing through the solar-ready roof. Parody of Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt" written by Remy; performed by Remy; mastering by Ben Karlstrom. LYRICS: You need the lot biggerNeed this log thickerYou need to pay a really pricey, licensed pipe fitter You can't put floors on itOr put more doors on itYou need a sweaty dude to inspect on all fours on itI've got buyer's remorse on it… It's that permit approval the county is stuck onThat each minute passing you're spending a buck onThe constant code changes they're running amok onThe traffic studies you're stuck onI...
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman altogether flinch at the newfound media fawning over Vice President Kamala Harris' ascendancy to the top of the Democratic party's presidential ticket. 01:35—Cringe media honeymoon phase with Kamala Harris 21:23—GOP buyer's remorse with J.D. Vance 39:14—Weekly Listener Question 47:58—President Joe Biden proposes SCOTUS reforms 51:46—This week's cultural recommendations Mentioned in this podcast: "Kamala's Fabricated Gen Z Appeal," by Liz Wolfe "Media Coverage of 'Border Czar' Kama...
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In comments from 2021 that resurfaced last week, Sen. J.D. Vance (R–Ohio) said that childless Americans ought to pay higher taxes than those who have kids. "If you're making $100,000 [or] $400,000 a year, and you've got three kids, you should pay a different, lower tax rate than if you're making the same amount of money and you don't have kids," Vance said back then, during an interview with conservative activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk. Here's the good news for Vance: It's already true that childless Americans pay higher taxes than most of those who reproduce. That was true in 2021, and it...
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The largest study into the real-world consequences of giving people an extra $1,000 per month, with no strings attached, has found that those individuals generally worked less, earned less, and engaged in more leisure time activities. It's a result that seems to undercut some of the arguments for universal basic income (UBI), which advocates say would help lower- and middle-class Americans become more productive. The idea is that a UBI would reduce the financial uncertainty that might keep some people from pursuing new careers or entrepreneurial opportunities. Andrew Yang, the businessman and ...
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In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, Supreme Court Justice David Davis unequivocally dismissed the idea of an "emergency" Constitution: The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Davis was writing the majority opinion in Ex parte Milligan, ...
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This week's featured article is "Congress 'Can Regulate Virtually Anything'" by Jacob Sullum. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: "Deep in Thought" by CTRL and "Sunsettling" by Man with Roses The post <I>The Best of Reason</I>: Congress 'Can Regulate Virtually Anything' appeared first on Reason.com.
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Can Donald Trump unite the country? The former president's assertion on the final night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), where unity was the night's theme, was that yes, yes he can. "We rise together or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America," said Trump tonight in a speech that began with a heavy focus on the assassination attempt that very nearly took his life on Saturday. The night's preceding speeches were exceedingly light on policy. Sen. Steve Daines (R–Mont.) mentioned several GOP priorities in a sentence or less. Former Secretary...
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