Petula Dvorak has a column in the Washington Post today. She argues that “paid sick leave would be good medicine for the workforce.” What she is referring to is “mandatory paid sick leave.”

The Montgomery County, Maryland Council has voted to require restaurants to post calorie counts of foods they sell. Once again, we have government passing “feel-good legislation” which supposedly is going to save people from themselves while at the same time is increasing the cost of doing business for the business owner. Increased costs for the business — increased costs for consumers.

In this morning’s Washington Post Michelle Singletary is jumping for joy over new rules that regulate bank overdraft fees for transactions that take place at automated teller machines or with debit cards. Her words: “it took a deep recession that finally the need to protect consumers is outweighing the almighty concern for business to make a buck.”

He is preparing emergency legislation that would guarantee paid sick days for anyone diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. Guarantee, not by the government but by the business owner who is risking time and capital to run a business.

The United States Supreme Court heard argument in a case this week and free enterprise and capitalism are at stake. The case is about a lawsuit that mutual fund investors filed against the funds advisors, claiming that the fees charged by the advisors were “too high.” They rely on a 1970 amendment to the Federal [...]

According to this morning’s Wall Street Journal, the health care bill currently on the table would appoint a “health choices commissioner” who will decide what counts as “essential benefits” in an insurance contract and which would require all insurance policies to have these benefits. An insurance company should be able to create a contract that [...]

The way out of a slow economy is not to give another $5 billion to GMAC.

Moves to reduce bank profits by regulating overdraft fees are immoral.