Think tanks

Think tanks

Cry Wolf Quotes

Minimum wage laws may very well be the most anti-poor laws envisioned by modern government policymakers.

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LaFaive, Michael D., Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
11/01/1997 | Full Details | Law(s): Minimum Wage

If a murderer kills you, it’s homicide. If a drunk driver kills you, it’s manslaughter. If the FDA kills you, it’s just being cautious…Our own federal government’s bureaucratic and apparently unaccountable Food and Drug Administration [blocked drug approvals while Americans] died in agony from a disease other nations controlled for years.

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The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) newspaper ads in publications, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
06/21/1993 | Full Details | Law(s): Abolish the FDA

The complexity of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and the added state provisions can be costly to employers of any size. The administrative burden and potential for overlap with other benefits can have a serious impact on workforce productivity.

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CORE Inc., “the largest independent provider of absence reporting and clinical management services” in the U.S..
01/01/2000 | Full Details | Law(s): Family Medical Leave Act

[Recycling] neither conserve[s] scarce resources nor help[s] to protect the environment.

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Cato Institute