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\[!\[Wyoming Liberty Group\](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) ## Enjoy Our ### Blog <a></a>\## \[Wyoming Asset Forfeiture Reform and the Art of the Possible\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives/wyoming-asset-forfeiture-reform-and-the-art-of-the-possible) Friday, 06 November 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Legal\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) by Stephen Klein On Wednesday the Joint Judiciary Committee of the Wyoming Legislature voted to adopt a committee bill to reform civil asset forfeiture under the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act ("WCSA"). The law as it exists today allows Wyoming police to seize and the state to keep ("forfeit") property that they suspect is related to the drug tr... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives/wyoming-asset-forfeiture-reform-and-the-art-of-the-possible) Tags: \[Property Rights\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/property-rights) \[Civil Forfeiture\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/civil-forfeiture) \[2016 Budget Session\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/2016-budget-session) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Do Voters Believe That Elections Work?\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/do-voters-believe-that-elections-work) Thursday, 05 November 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Transparency\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) by Wyoming Liberty Staff On November 10th in a Special Election Cheyenne's voters will decide whether to transfer executive power from their elected mayor to an administrator working for the City Council. Beyond the details of the proposal, Cheyenne voters must answer a bigger question: Do voters believe that elections work? This question is about ... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/do-voters-believe-that-elections-work) Tags: \[Voting Rights\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/voting-rights) \[Politics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/politics) \[Local Government\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/local-government) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Families need to pay more in gasoline taxes?\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/families-need-to-pay-more-in-gasoline-taxes) Monday, 02 November 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/710/b2ap3\_large\_Cliff-print.jpg) </a>A cabal of special interest groups seems to have convinced Wyoming's governor and more than a few legislators that families need to pay more in gasoline taxes. But with the possibility of a Taxmageddon hitting already overburdened families in January, the last thing the legislature should be doing is hiking fuel taxes. \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/families-need-to-pay-more-in-gasoline-taxes) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[The government is crying in its cups about a lack of money\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/the-government-is-crying-in-its-cups-about-a-lack-of-money) Friday, 30 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/708/b2ap3\_large\_Hail-web.jpg) </a>The government is crying in its cups about a lack of money. However, according to the Heritage Foundation, Taxmageddon means Wyoming taxpayers would face an $836.5 million tax increase. This includes: $288 million in Bush-era tax rates: $216 million because of expiring payroll tax cuts: and $332.5 million in new Obamacare taxes. Imagine if the gove... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/the-government-is-crying-in-its-cups-about-a-lack-of-money) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Are the ads we created considered ‘advocacy’?\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/are-the-ads-we-created-considered-advocacy) Wednesday, 28 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/704/b2ap3\_large\_Scissors-print.jpg) </a>A Wyoming grassroots group, made up of three regular guys, asked the Federal Election Commission (FEC) if the ads they created would be considered 'advocacy.' If the ads were, it would mean the group would have to register with the government just to speak about issues like gun rights, land rights and health care they consider important. The paperw... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/are-the-ads-we-created-considered-advocacy) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[The FEC continues to ignore Supreme Court rulings\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/the-fec-continues-to-ignore-supreme-court-rulings) Monday, 26 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/703/b2ap3\_large\_FEC-deaf-print.jpg) </a>For reasons only known to the FEC, it continues to ignore Supreme Court rulings. It's time for that to stop because ironically, campaign finance laws do more than big money ever could to shut people up and confine participation in politics to the wealthy and connected. It's time to overturn vague and overbroad laws, and let Free Speech live up to i... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/the-fec-continues-to-ignore-supreme-court-rulings) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[A behemoth budget bill\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/a-behemoth-budget-bill) Friday, 23 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/700/b2ap3\_large\_Flying-bills-web.jpg) </a>It's been a busy budget session and our cartoon this time tells it like it is. Not only do our citizen legislators have to wade through a behemoth budget bill, they have another 250 that they have to vote on, whether they know what they're about or not. This makes it all the more important for citizens to keep an eye on what's happening and let leg... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/a-behemoth-budget-bill) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[You are battling a government that is every day more like an octopus\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/you-are-battling-a-government-that-is-every-day-more-like-an-octopus) Monday, 19 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/695/b2ap3\_large\_Octopus-2-print.jpg) </a>Does it seem like you have less and less of your own money to spend and jobs are harder to come by? That might be because you are battling a government that is every day more like an octopus; while you confront an ever increasing burden of government head on, its tentacles reach around and pick your pocket with hidden taxes. \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/you-are-battling-a-government-that-is-every-day-more-like-an-octopus) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Delayed Decisions Dig a Deeper Fiscal Hole\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/delayed-decisions-dig-a-deeper-fiscal-hole) Monday, 19 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Transparency\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) Governor Mead announced he will cut approximately $200 million from the current fiscal year's spending. This apparent burst of fiscal conservatism came as a result of a clause in the 2014 budget bill directing the governor to review agency budgets and reduce them if it looks like the fall in tax revenue will result in a deficit. Revenue has been on... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/delayed-decisions-dig-a-deeper-fiscal-hole) Tags: \[Government Taxation\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-taxation) \[Rainy Day Fund\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/rainy-day-fund) \[Minerals Industry\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/minerals-industry) \[Matt Mead\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/matt-mead) \[Government Spending\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-spending) \[Budget Cuts\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/budget-cuts) \[Budget\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/budget) \[2016 Budget Session\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/2016-budget-session) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[WINhealth Loses Under Obamacare: A Cautionary Tale\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/winhealth-loses-under-obamacare-a-cautionary-tale) Thursday, 15 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi With just a few weeks until open enrollment, WINhealth has decided to leave Wyoming's health insurance exchange. The insurer hoped that Obamacare's federal bailout fund would pay for its losses. However, it only paid insurers a fraction of what it promised. Wyoming legislators rejected Medicaid expansion last year because they wor... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/winhealth-loses-under-obamacare-a-cautionary-tale) Tags: \[Blue Cross Blue Shield\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/blue-cross-blue-shield) \[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid) \[Charlie Scott\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/charlie-scott) \[Congressional Budget Office\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/congressional-budget-office) \[Medicaid\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/medicaid) \[Medicaid Expansion\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/medicaid-expansion) \[Obamacare\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/obamacare) \[Risk Corridor\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/risk-corridor) \[Stephen Goldstone\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/stephen-goldstone) \[WINhealth\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/winhealth) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[School Districts Strangle School Choice\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/education/school-districts-strangle-school-choice) Tuesday, 13 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Education\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/education) by Wyoming Liberty Staff "This is the biggest anti school choice vote by a local school board in state history." Sandy Shanor, Chair of Laramie County School Board #1 In a historic 5-2 vote last week in Cheyenne, the state's largest school district passed a solidly anti school choice resolution for use by the Wyoming School Boards Association (WSBA... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/education/school-districts-strangle-school-choice) Tags: \[Charter Schools\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/charter-schools) \[Education\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/education) \[School Boards\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/school-boards) \[School Choice\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/school-choice) \[Wyoming Legislature\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-legislature) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[The burden of ever-inflating government\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/the-burden-of-ever-inflating-government) Monday, 12 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/684/b2ap3\_large\_Inflated-HC-print.jpg) </a>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://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/the-burden-of-ever-inflating-government) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Committee Cuts Executive Building from Capitol Project\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government/committee-cuts-executive-building-from-capitol-project) Monday, 12 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Limited Government\](https://mail.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://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/limited-government/committee-cuts-executive-building-from-capitol-project) Tags: \[Politics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/politics) \[Government Waste\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-waste) \[Government Spending\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-spending) \[Capitol Renovation Project\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/capitol-renovation-project) \[Capitol Renovation\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/capitol-renovation) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Reading Law\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/reading-law) Sunday, 11 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Transparency\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/682/b2ap3\_large\_reading.legal.texts.cover.jpg) </a>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://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-transparency/reading-law) Tags: \[Transparency\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/transparency) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Liberty Squashed by the Legislature\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/liberty-squashed-by-the-legislature) Friday, 09 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/680/b2ap3\_large\_04.-Liberty-Index\_web.jpg) </a>This comic represents the Wyoming Liberty Index, maintained by the Wyoming Liberty Group but scored by volunteers. \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/liberty-squashed-by-the-legislature) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Mead’s Latest Medicaid Gambit\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) Friday, 09 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.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://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) Tags: \[Southern Illinois Healthcare\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/southern-illinois-healthcare) \[Obamacare\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/obamacare) \[Medicaid Expansion\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/medicaid-expansion) \[Medicaid\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/medicaid) \[Matt Mead\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/matt-mead) \[Kentucky\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/kentucky) \[Illinois\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/illinois) \[Foundation for Government Accountability\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/foundation-for-government-accountability) \[CREG\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/creg) \[Colorado\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/colorado) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[A flagrant example of media bias\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/a-flagrant-example-of-media-bias) Monday, 05 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/671/b2ap3\_large\_04.-Media-Bias\_web.jpg) </a>When we spotted a flagrant example of media bias, we thought this cartoon would help explain it. \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/a-flagrant-example-of-media-bias) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Government-run health care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/government-run-health-care) Friday, 02 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/669/b2ap3\_large\_03.-Health-Care\_web.jpg) </a>Government-run health care. \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/government-run-health-care) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[With federal funds come federal shackles\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/with-federal-funds-come-federal-shackles) Thursday, 01 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/categories/cartoons) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/667/b2ap3\_large\_02.-Federal-Funds.jpg) </a>With federal funds come federal shackles. \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/with-federal-funds-come-federal-shackles) Tags: \[Cartoons\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/cartoons) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) \[ \](https://mail.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Private Property Principles Can Solve Casper’s Smoking Ban Dilemma\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/property-rights/private-property-principles-can-solve-casper-s-smoking-ban-dilemma) Wednesday, 30 September 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Property Rights\](https://mail.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. 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