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John Stossel is a longtime award-winning broadcast journalist who hosts "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. His newest book is "No, They Can't: Why Government Fails, but Individuals Succeed." To find out more about John Stossel, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage.
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The FDA kills smokers

by John Stossel -- "The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health." That's what the Food and Drug Administration tells us on its website. My intuition makes me grateful that the more…

The FDA kills

by John Stossel -- It would be nice if politicians and regulators left us alone. But they don't. They always want to do more. Recently, there have been shortages of some medicines. more…

The stupidity of 'Buy American'

by John Stossel -- One sign of economic ignorance is the faith that "Buy American" is the path to prosperity. My former employer, ABC News, did a week's worth of stories claiming more…

Competition rescues kids

by John Stossel -- For years, American education from kindergarten through high school has been a virtual government monopoly. Conventional wisdom is that government must run the schools. But government monopolies don't more…

Wall Street protesters are half right

by John Stossel -- What's there to say about Occupy Wall Street? The answer isn't so simple. Some complain about taxpayer bailouts of businesses. Good for them. In a true free market, more…

Government: The job killer

by John Stossel -- President Obama says government will have to build the nation out of the economic trough. "We're the country that built the intercontinental railroad," Obama says. "So how can more…

Needed: Free city-states – in America

by John Stossel -- Here's my fantasy: Libertarians are elected to the presidency and to majorities in Congress. What would happen next? Well, if libertarians were "in charge," you'd have more freedom more…

Governments don't create prosperity

by John Stossel -- Politicians say they create jobs, but they really don't. Or rather, they rarely create productive jobs. Government has no money of its own. All it does is take more…

Who would have thought? Exciting schools!

by John Stossel -- School spending has doubled over the past 30 years. Yet what do we get? More buildings and more assistant principals – but student learning? No improvement. If you more…

Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi!

by John Stossel -- Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi! There, I said it. To the extent people believe there are trust funds with their names on them, Social Security is absolutely a Ponzi scheme. more…