---
title: Economic - Wyoming Liberty Group - Wyoming Liberty Group - Page 12 - Results from #110
description: Page 12 - Follow the money, it's the best basis for transparency and holding our government accountable. Economic theory, government hygiene and government efficiency are tools we must use to limit government size and spending. Without clear understanding of economics and the bottom line, the people won't be served and backdoor deals in government will go unchecked. - Results from #110
canonical_url: https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?start=110
language: en-GB
notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?start=110.
markdown-tokens: 3593
---

> **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?start=110. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content.
> **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above.


\[!\[Wyoming Liberty Group\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-lg-trees.png)!\[Wyoming Liberty Group\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-sm-trees.png)\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/) \[\](#)- \[Home\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/) - \[About\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - \[Who We Are\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/about/who-we-are) - \[Core Principles\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/about/core-principles) - \[Staff &amp; Board\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/about/staff) - \[Current Posts\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts) - \[Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - \[Wyliberty Policy Compass\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/wyliberty-policy-compass) - \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) - \[Education\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/education) - \[Election Security Standards\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/election-security-standards) - \[Energy and Resources\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) - \[Eye on the Issues\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/eye-on-the-issues) - \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) - \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) - \[Keep Wyoming Strong\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/keep-wyoming-strong) - \[Legal\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) - \[Limited Government\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government) - \[Marijuana/THC\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/marijuana-thc) - \[Political\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/political-perspectives) - \[Property Rights\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights) - \[Regulation\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation) - \[Spotlight on WyLiberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/spotlight-on-wyliberty) - \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) - \[Transparency\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) - \[Get Involved\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - \[Donation/Membership\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/get-involved/donate) - \[Newsletter\](https://mailchi.mp/3d5c211df744/newsletter-sign-up) - \[Contact \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/contact) - \[Search\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/search) ## Learn More ### Economics <a></a>\## \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) Follow the money, it's the best basis for transparency and holding our government accountable. Economic theory, government hygiene and government efficiency are tools we must use to limit government size and spending. Without clear understanding of economics and the bottom line, the people won't be served and backdoor deals in government will... Follow the money, it's the best basis for transparency and holding our government accountable. Economic theory, government hygiene and government efficiency are tools we must use to limit government size and spending. Without clear understanding of economics and the bottom line, the people won't be served and backdoor deals in government will go unchecked. \[More\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Health Regulations Big Cost to Casper Hospital\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/health-regulations-big-cost-to-casper-hospital) Monday, 25 August 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Suppose Congress mandated that supermarkets like Wal-Mart must give away groceries to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. Anyone who wanted to could walk in, demand milk, bread, baked beans and ice cream and then walk out without paying. It would be up to the supermarket to send us a bill and hope we pay it. Needless to say, such a law wo... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/health-regulations-big-cost-to-casper-hospital) ## \[Reality vs. Socialism\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/reality-vs-socialism) Friday, 22 August 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Back in July I wrote about the global socialist rebound, part of which involves the emergence of post-Chavez Venezuela. The new president, Nicolas Maduro, has doubled down on socialism and its fatally bad economic model, where daily life is dictated by shortages of everything from bread to electricity. Last year Maduro dictated "fair" pricing on el... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/reality-vs-socialism) ## \[Statist Slick Talk Sells Big Government\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/statist-slick-talk-sells-big-government) Monday, 04 August 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) As I explained last week, the American economy is pulling ahead of Europe. One reason is that our welfare state, big and burdensome as it is, is not yet big enough to bring the private sector to a grinding halt. That does not mean we will never pay the price for a growing government. If we continue expanding our welfare state, we will eventually be... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/statist-slick-talk-sells-big-government) ## \[A Model for Sustainable School Funding\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-model-for-sustainable-school-funding) Monday, 28 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Encampment, WY is home to 450 people and a high school with maybe a dozen graduates each year. It is a genuinely "local" school in every sense of the word. Except funding. If the Encampment school needs maintenance, the money comes from a fund built by one-time fees on new coal leases. The number of leases sold, in turn, depends mostly on demand fo... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-model-for-sustainable-school-funding) ## \[Pot, Welfare and a Libertarian Dilemma\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/pot-welfare-and-a-libertarian-dilemma) Sunday, 27 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) The debate over legalization of marijuana is both philosophical and medical. From the philosophical viewpoint it is about individual choice; the medical side is about addiction and marijuana-based medical products. As a direct consequence of the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado, there is now a third side to this issue, an economic... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/pot-welfare-and-a-libertarian-dilemma) ## \[Welfare: Subsidizing States, not the Poor\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/welfare-subsidizing-states-not-the-poor) Thursday, 24 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Let's try a little thought experiment. First, think of your extended family, and pick out which ones you would consider poor. Next, imagine you meet Bill Gates and he says he'll give $10,000 to each of your relatives who is poor, and asks you for a list of those people. You may find a few more poor people the second time. This is the position the s... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/welfare-subsidizing-states-not-the-poor) ## \[America Still at Risk for Socialized Medicine\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/america-still-at-risk-for-socialized-medicine) Wednesday, 23 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) In 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - was constitutional. This was not surprising: after all, since the 1930s the federal government has mandated that Americans buy retirement benefits through Social Security. Now there is another legal challenge to the ACA on its way through the court ... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/america-still-at-risk-for-socialized-medicine) ## \[A Sober Look at the Addictive Pot Tax\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-sober-look-at-the-addictive-pot-tax) Friday, 18 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) The issue of legalized marijuana is slowly carving out a spot for itself on the Wyoming political scene. In January the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, seductively abbreviated NORML, submitted a proposal for a 2016 ballot initiative in Wyoming, seeking to: make it legal for anyone 21 or older to use marijuana;allow medical use a... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-sober-look-at-the-addictive-pot-tax) ## \[With Government, Less Is More\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/with-government-less-is-more) Wednesday, 16 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Wyoming has more state and local government employees per 1,000 private-sector employees than any other state. Since big government leads to low growth, it is fair to assume that with a smaller government our state GDP would be higher and we would all prosper. We would be able to find better-paying jobs, our state would see more business investment... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/with-government-less-is-more) ## \[“Don’t Hike Minimum Wage; Lower Taxes”\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/don-t-hike-minimum-wage-lower-taxes) Tuesday, 15 July 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Published in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on April 18, 2014 "The politician ... attempts to remedy the evil by increasing and perpetuating the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder." - Frederic Bastiat, "The Law," 1850 - Last week, while discussing locally-generated echoes of the national minimum-wage-raise debate, I made t... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/don-t-hike-minimum-wage-lower-taxes) \[ First Page \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html) \[ Previous Page \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=100) \[ 4 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=30) \[ 5 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=40) \[ 6 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=50) \[ 7 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=60) \[ 8 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=70) \[ 9 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=80) \[ 10 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=90) \[ 11 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=100) \[ 12 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ 13 \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=120) \[ Next Page \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=120) \[ Last Page \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic?format=html&amp;start=120) !\[logo white 002\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/general\_art/logo\_white\_002.png) \*\*Wyoming Liberty Group\*\* P.O. Box 9 • Burns, WY 82053 Phone: (307) 632-7020 ##### Quick Links - \[ Legal\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/legal-center) - \[ News Releases\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/news-releases) - \[ Podcasts\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/podcasts) - \[ Policy\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/policy) - \[ Videos\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/videos) ##### Support - \[ Blog Tags\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags) - \[ Contact Us\](https://white-clair-78.tiiny.site/) - \[ Newsletter\](https://mailchi.mp/3d5c211df744/newsletter-sign-up) - \[ Privacy Policy\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/privacy-policy) - \[ Login/out\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/login-out) Search Copyright © 2026 Wyoming Liberty Group. \[\](#)- \[ Home\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/) - <a>About</a> - \[ Who We Are\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/about/who-we-are) - \[ Core Principles\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/about/core-principles) - \[ Staff &amp; Board\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/about/staff) - \[ Current Posts\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts) - <a>Topics</a> - \[ Wyliberty Policy Compass\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/wyliberty-policy-compass) - \[ Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) - \[ Education\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/education) - \[ Election Security Standards\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/election-security-standards) - \[ Energy and Resources\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) - \[ Eye on the Issues\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/eye-on-the-issues) - \[ Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) - \[ Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) - \[ Keep Wyoming Strong\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/keep-wyoming-strong) - \[ Legal\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) - \[ Limited Government\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government) - \[ Marijuana/THC\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/marijuana-thc) - \[ Political\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/political-perspectives) - \[ Property Rights\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights) - \[ Regulation\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation) - \[ Spotlight on WyLiberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/spotlight-on-wyliberty) - \[ Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) - \[ Transparency\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) - <a>Get Involved</a> - \[ Donation/Membership\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/get-involved/donate) - \[ Newsletter\](https://mailchi.mp/3d5c211df744/newsletter-sign-up) - \[ Contact \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/contact) - \[ Search\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/search) \[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0))