[![Wyoming Liberty Group](https://wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-lg-trees.png)![Wyoming Liberty Group](https://wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-sm-trees.png)](https://wyliberty.org/) [](#)- [Home](https://wyliberty.org/) - [Core Topics](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - [Energy & Natural Resources](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/subtopic-energy-and-natural-resources) - [Economics & State Budget](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/wyliberty-econ-statebudget) - [Government Transparency - Regulation & Legal Reform](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/wyliberty-gov-transparency-regulation-legalreform) - [Education](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/wyliberty-education) - [Marijuana/THC](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/subtopic-marijuana/thc) - [Health Care](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/wyliberty-healthcare) - [Campaign Finance & Election Intergrity](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/wyliberty-campaign-finance-election-integrity) - [Criminal Justice](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/wyliberty-criminal-justice) - [About](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - [Who We Are](https://wyliberty.org/about/who-we-are) - [Core Principles](https://wyliberty.org/about/core-principles) - [Staff & Board](https://wyliberty.org/about/staff) - [Publications](https://wyliberty.org/about/publications) - [Milestones & Impacts](https://wyliberty.org/about/milestones-impacts) - [Categories](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - [Wyliberty Policy Compass](https://www.wylibertyresearch.org/policy-compass) - [Economic](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic) - [Education](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education) - [Election Security Standards](https://wyliberty.org/blog/election-security-standards) - [Energy and Resources](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) - [Eye on the Issues](https://wyliberty.org/blog/eye-on-the-issues) - [Government Programs](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) - [Health Care](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) - [Keep Wyoming Strong](https://wyliberty.org/blog/keep-wyoming-strong) - [Legal](https://wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) - [Limited Government](https://wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government) - [Marijuana/THC](https://wyliberty.org/blog/marijuana-thc) - [Political](https://wyliberty.org/blog/political-perspectives) - [Property Rights](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights) - [Regulation](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation) - [Spotlight on WyLiberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/spotlight-on-wyliberty) - [Timeless Topics](https://wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) - [Transparency](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) - [Participate](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) - [Donation/Membership](https://wyliberty.org/get-involved/donate) - [Newsletter](https://mailchi.mp/3d5c211df744/newsletter-sign-up) - [Contact ](https://wyliberty.org/contact) - [Search](https://wyliberty.org/search) ## Learn More ### Economics ## [The burden of ever-inflating government](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/the-burden-of-ever-inflating-government) Monday, 12 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/cartoons) ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/684/b2ap3_large_Inflated-HC-print.jpg) We struggle under the burden of ever-inflating government. Just let go! Down-to-earth free-market alternatives to ballooning government worked in the past and can work again. [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/the-burden-of-ever-inflating-government) Tags: [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Committee Cuts Executive Building from Capitol Project](https://wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government/committee-cuts-executive-building-from-capitol-project) Monday, 12 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Limited Government](https://wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government) In a rare example of decision making, the Capitol Oversight Committee voted unanimously to approve a new design option for the Herschler building, one without an executive building. This will likely be the first of many reductions in the scope of the over-budget Capitol Square project. It's too bad it takes a fiscal crisis for our governing class t... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government/committee-cuts-executive-building-from-capitol-project) Tags: [Politics](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/politics) [Government Waste](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-waste) [Government Spending](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-spending) [Capitol Renovation Project](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/capitol-renovation-project) [Capitol Renovation](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/capitol-renovation) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Reading Law](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/reading-law) Sunday, 11 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Transparency](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/682/b2ap3_large_reading.legal.texts.cover.jpg) Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts, Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner. Thomson/West, 2012. $69.93 new, $43.27 used, and Kindle edition at Amazon.com. As they say on the Internet, IANAL. I am not a lawyer. So what am I, a non-lawyer, doing reviewing a book on reading legal texts? A book that might well be a law school text or part of an... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/reading-law) Tags: [Transparency](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/transparency) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Liberty Squashed by the Legislature](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/liberty-squashed-by-the-legislature) Friday, 09 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/cartoons) ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/680/b2ap3_large_04.-Liberty-Index_web.jpg) This comic represents the Wyoming Liberty Index, maintained by the Wyoming Liberty Group but scored by volunteers. [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/liberty-squashed-by-the-legislature) Tags: [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Mead’s Latest Medicaid Gambit](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) Friday, 09 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Health Care](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi No single provision of Obamacare has been more disastrous than Medicaid Expansion. It's cost taxpayers billions more than promised and hurt the very people it was intended to help. Now Governor Mead wants to try yet again to expand this ruinous government program in Wyoming. Following an event at an oil recovery facility in Rivert... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) Tags: [Southern Illinois Healthcare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/southern-illinois-healthcare) [Obamacare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/obamacare) [Medicaid Expansion](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/medicaid-expansion) [Medicaid](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/medicaid) [Matt Mead](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/matt-mead) [Kentucky](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/kentucky) [Illinois](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/illinois) [Foundation for Government Accountability](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/foundation-for-government-accountability) [CREG](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/creg) [Colorado](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/colorado) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [A flagrant example of media bias](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-flagrant-example-of-media-bias) Monday, 05 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/cartoons) ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/671/b2ap3_large_04.-Media-Bias_web.jpg) When we spotted a flagrant example of media bias, we thought this cartoon would help explain it. [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/a-flagrant-example-of-media-bias) Tags: [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Government-run health care](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/government-run-health-care) Friday, 02 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/cartoons) ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/669/b2ap3_large_03.-Health-Care_web.jpg) Government-run health care. [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/government-run-health-care) Tags: [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [With federal funds come federal shackles](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/with-federal-funds-come-federal-shackles) Thursday, 01 October 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/cartoons) ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/667/b2ap3_large_02.-Federal-Funds.jpg) With federal funds come federal shackles. [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/with-federal-funds-come-federal-shackles) Tags: [Cartoons](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Private Property Principles Can Solve Casper’s Smoking Ban Dilemma](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights/private-property-principles-can-solve-casper-s-smoking-ban-dilemma) Wednesday, 30 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Property Rights](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights) by Wyoming Liberty Staff Core property rights principles can help resolve Casper's ongoing debate about smoking in bars better than some one-size-fits-all regulatory regime. The right to exclude others can empower individual bar owners to sort out how much or little smoking occurs in bars across Casper. Therefore, Casper does not need a citywide ba... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights/private-property-principles-can-solve-casper-s-smoking-ban-dilemma) Tags: [Local Government](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/local-government) [Property Rights](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/property-rights) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Charter School Battle Heats Up in Wyoming](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education/charter-school-battle-heats-up-in-wyoming) Tuesday, 29 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Education](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education) by Wyoming Liberty Staff Wyoming is no stranger to the ugliness of the school choice battle. When it comes to the state monopoly over education, parents are almost always the losers. Currently, local school districts are the only body with the authority under the law to approve an independent public charter school. These elected school boards have ... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education/charter-school-battle-heats-up-in-wyoming) Tags: [Charter Schools](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/charter-schools) [Parental Rights](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/parental-rights) [Public Education System](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/public-education-system) [School Choice](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/school-choice) [Wyoming Legislature](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-legislature) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Corporate Welfare and its Insidious Destruction](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/corporate-welfare-and-its-insidious-destruction) Monday, 28 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Government Programs](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) When the Wyoming Business Council proposes a handout for a private business, the focus is on the positive—jobs, economic diversification, the flag and apple pie. When it brings these proposals before the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB), the costs of these handouts—wasted resources, cronyism and the damage to unsubsidized competition—go unmen... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/corporate-welfare-and-its-insidious-destruction) Tags: [Corporate Welfare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/corporate-welfare) [Economic Development](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/economic-development) [Government Taxation](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-taxation) [Sales Tax](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/sales-tax) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Corporate Welfare’s White Elephants](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/corporate-welfare-s-white-elephants) Thursday, 24 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Transparency](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) Maureen Bader and Glenn Woods talk about Wyoming Business Council's funneling of public money for private benefit and in Gillette and other Wyoming communities. [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/corporate-welfare-s-white-elephants) Tags: [Video](https://wyliberty.org/videos) [Corporate Welfare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/corporate-welfare) [Government Spending](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-spending) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Cheyenne Wants a Home for a White Elephant to Roam](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/cheyenne-wants-a-home-for-a-white-elephant-to-roam) Wednesday, 23 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Government Programs](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) Wyoming faces a multi-million dollar deficit in the 2017-18 biennium and the specter of plummeting revenue looms large on the horizon. Why then, is the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) about to rubber stamp funding to help lift a new $18 million terminal off the ground at an airport that just last year lost 50 percent of its customer seating ... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/cheyenne-wants-a-home-for-a-white-elephant-to-roam) Tags: [State Loan and Investment Board](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/state-loan-and-investment-board) [Matt Mead](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/matt-mead) [Legislature](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/legislature) [Government Spending](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-spending) [Corporate Welfare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/corporate-welfare) [Cheyenne Regional Airport](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cheyenne-regional-airport) [Business Subsidies](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/business-subsidies) [Budget Cuts](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/budget-cuts) [Budget](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/budget) [2016 Budget Session](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/2016-budget-session) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Wyoming’s Collision Course with the Cadillac Tax](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-s-collision-course-with-the-cadillac-tax) Thursday, 17 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Health Care](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi Wyomingites pays more for health insurance than residents of any other state. And thanks to Obamacare, we're about to pay a lot more. Starting in 2018, employer-based health plans that exceed $10,200 in premiums for individuals and $27,500 for families will be hit with a whopping 40 percent "Cadillac Tax." If you receive health in... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-s-collision-course-with-the-cadillac-tax) Tags: [Health Pocket](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/health-pocket) [Lloyd Larsen](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/lloyd-larsen) [Obamacare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/obamacare) [Ralph Hayes](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/ralph-hayes) [Wyoming](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming) [Wyoming Department of Insurance](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-department-of-insurance) [Wyoming State Group Insurance Program](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-state-group-insurance-program) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [The Failure of the Fed](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/the-failure-of-the-fed) Tuesday, 15 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Transparency](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. – The Matrix, 1999 What if I were Morpheus, and you had just taken the red pill? Where... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/the-failure-of-the-fed) Tags: [Transparency](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/transparency) [Welfare State](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/welfare-state) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Are You One of The Favorites Who Benefits from “Public Benefit” Spending?](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/are-you-one-of-the-favorites-who-benefits-from-public-benefit-spending) Monday, 14 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Government Programs](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) Wyoming's Legislative Service Office (LSO) released a report evaluating Public Purpose Investments (PPI), the use of the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund (PWMTF) to subsidize loans in the state. The report found that PPIs returned less financially than the Treasurer's regular portfolio. This is important because no matter how politicians try to... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/are-you-one-of-the-favorites-who-benefits-from-public-benefit-spending) Tags: [Wyoming Legislature](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-legislature) [Public Purpose Investments](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/public-purpose-investments) [Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/permanent-wyoming-mineral-trust-fund) [Legislature](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/legislature) [Government Spending](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-spending) [Economics](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/economics) [Corporate Welfare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/corporate-welfare) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [Direct Primary Care: Wyoming’s Opportunity for Affordable Healthcare](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/direct-primary-care-wyoming-s-opportunity-for-affordable-healthcare) Wednesday, 09 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Health Care](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi In a promising moment of bipartisan agreement, members of Wyoming's Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee began drafting legislation that will allow patients and physicians to contract directly with each other and escape our disastrously overregulated insurance system. This legislation will strengthen every Wyoming res... [ Continue reading](https://wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/direct-primary-care-wyoming-s-opportunity-for-affordable-healthcare) Tags: [Constitution](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/constitution) [Direct Primary Care](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/direct-primary-care) [Eric Barlow](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/eric-barlow) [Health Care Freedom Amendment](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/health-care-freedom-amendment) [Obamacare](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/obamacare) [Physician Foundation](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/physician-foundation) [Qliance](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/qliance) [Wyoming](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming) [Wyoming Department of Insurance](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-department-of-insurance) [Wyoming Legislature](https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-legislature) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## [School Choice Provides Real Taxpayer Savings](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education/school-choice-provides-real-taxpayer-savings) Wednesday, 02 September 2015 [Wyliberty](https://wyliberty.org/blog/economic/blogger/derrickcook) [Education](https://wyliberty.org/blog/education) by Wyoming Liberty Staff This fall Wyoming legislators are busy attending interim Committee meetings on a variety of subjects, all of which will be addressed in the cold winter months of February and March during the 2016 Budget Session. Current trends indicate long-term budget problems for Wyoming. This April I wrote a blog entitled, The Urgent Ca... 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