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More reasons why.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
In "Why Are Gas Prices Climbing?" (May 3 issue), you describe how government regulation and taxes drive up the price of gasoline. This is far from the only way that the government increases the cost of driving. Government mandates and regulations have driven up the cost of vehicles.
Air conditioners can no longer use Freon, which is more efficient than alternative refrigerants and requires expensive modifications to new and existing A/C components. Then there is the so-called safety equipment mandated by the Nanny State. This equipment adds thousands of dollars to the price of the ...
- What's the matter with Chicago and Seattle and New York and Boston ...? We rank...
- Magazine article from: Reason Balko, Radley Dawdy, Philip Welch, Matt Thornton, Paul Walker, Jesse Harsanyi, David August 1, 2008 700+ words
...to smoke a joint today than it was 20 years ago (except in New York City--see below), but it's getting much more difficult...yore is now just a movie cliche.) The city is second only to New York in the use of surveillance cameras in public spaces and has...
- EDITORIAL: Nanny State.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Lima News (Lima, OH) September 13, 2007 700+ words
...risk of death in a motorcycle accident by 37 percent, The New York Times reported. Although motorcycles account for less than...know now?" NTSB board Chairman Mark Rosenker said in The New York Times story. We think he has it wrong. It's not about what...
- Nanny-state Conn. a glimpse of our future.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Buckingham, Virginia November 15, 2005 700+ words
...on, get in the right lane and pass on the right, just because I can. Folks, hand-held cell phones were banned first in New York, now Connecticut, and probably soon, Massachusetts. The creeping erosion of freedom is slow and sure, because lawmakers...
- DYING TO GET A GOOD VIEW; Two tourists have already fallen to their deaths on...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) September 26, 2009 700+ words
...this very spot, I reflected nervously, that American tourist and 57-year-old motherof-two, Christine Spooner, from New York state, last Sunday paused to take a photograph - and slipped and fell to her death. A local guide who witnessed the tragedy...
- When daddy is a nag.(the 'nanny' state, with its liberal programs, has been...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Brownstein, Ronald June 1, 1998 700+ words
...line between the daddy state and the nanny state? That question probably isn't keeping...s start by defining terms. The "nanny state" is the phrase conservatives have long...conservatives and centrist Democrats, the nanny state has seemingly been in retreat since...
- The Conservative Nanny State.(The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use...
- Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch December 1, 2006 700+ words
The Conservative Nanny State Dan Baker CEPR Press 1611 Connecticut...lulu.com In "The Conservative Nanny State: How The Wealthy Use The Government...documents and illustrates a number of 'nanny state' policies that advantage the wealthy...
- Stop Letting 'Nanny State' Hover Over us
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times April 22, 1996 700+ words
...April Fool!"; it really was the nanny state, represented by armed force, ready...lives? A good start to rolling back the nanny state would be juries of sensible people...not the railroad's." Today the nanny state, tomorrow the police state. Let...
- 10 WORST NANNY STATE POLICIES
- Magazine article from: Review - Institute of Public Affairs Berg, Chris August 1, 2009 700+ words
...one of the most stark examples of how Nanny State regulations treat individuals as childish...informed. 8: The internet filter Few Nanny State initiatives have had such bipartisan...for the internet filter, like so many Nanny State measures, is the protection of children...
Source: HighBeam Research, More reasons why.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)