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There’s Nothing Conservative About Telling People To “Get In Line”

There were “lines for everything” in the former Soviet Union. That’s what Hedrick Smith conveyed to rapt readers in his 1976 book, The Russians. As frustrated Americans endured long waits for price-controlled gasoline in the 1970s, Smith reminded Americans of how good they had it through Russians for whom shopping was an endless, frequently fruitless […]

Elizabeth Warren’s Payment Scams Act Will Subsidize the Scammers

By John Tamny / banking, Elizabeth Warren, Maxine Waters, price control, Protecting Consumers from Payment Scams Act, Richard Blumenthal, Subsidies / October 11, 2024

For the longest time banks have relied on the law to protect the private property of their account holders. Ironically, those same banks increasingly find themselves in the unenviable position of protecting themselves from the law. Consider Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Protecting Consumers from Payment Scams Act, co-sponsored with Sen. Richard Blumenthal & Rep. Maxine Waters. Warren, Blumenthal

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