Keep up the good work there, boys. Via Bill Sardi @ LRC
(Smoking is healthier than fascism) You’d think that the Germans, of all people, would be able to grasp this concept. To a small extent, you’d be right. A German court recently overruled a piece of legislation that bans smoking in small bars and pubs. Except they got the argument all wrong. The ruling establishes that the ban is, in principle, constitutional. The ruling is made on the basis of the law being “discriminatory” towards...
Leasing was the slightly more benevolent version of “planned obsolescence,” which almost ruined the industry in the 1970s. Throughout the last 20 years or so, it has become increasingly hard for the average person to finance the purchase of a car over a reasonable period of time (less than 3 years) without a significant initial cash outlay. About a quarter of the national market leases cars instead of buying them, because even though they...