By Peter Boettke: Posted at The Austrian Economist Christopher Warren published a book entitled Congress as Santa Claus in 1932. He put the following question to his readers: If a law to donate aid to any farmer or cattleman who has had poor crops or lost his cattle comes within the meaning of the phrase [...]
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The U.S. Constitution Forbids Congress From “Playing Favorites” With Federal Tax Money.
Has the federal government risen above its constitutional right to tax and spend billions of dollars on pork? What argument do we have which puts a seemingly all powerful federal government back in its constitutional place and restores the principle of federalism? James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, established a concept of dual sovereignty, [...]
