Would you rather Apple keep the money to pay workers and invest in R&D, or give it to the government and have it disappear into the black hole of special interests and lobbyists?

WRONG. If you increase business costs, businesses will have to increase prices, layoff workers, decrease pay, decrease R&D, etc. Economic intervention impacts the entire economy.

The Supreme Court did not "approve" of strip searches. They "approved" of the idea that states set arrest rules, not the federal government.

I didn't read the justices' reasoning, but there is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits a state from deciding its own strip search rules. Any restrictions on search/seizure only apply to the federal government, not the states.

Thanks for gambling my $$$.

Drug shortages are also causing nice people to turn to the streets to get their medicine. Gee, that sounds safe. Thanks DEA!

Because there were no schools before the Dept of Education was created in 1979...

If you put a checkbox on the 1040 tax form that would let you keep your money instead of having it go to fund federal Mars missions, 99% of taxpayers would check it. Same would go for overseas wars, foreign aid, etc.

Traditional publishers are using the last-resort tactic of government force. Also, the idea that a price could be "harmful" is ludicrous. A price cannot cause bodily injury, it cannot stalk or threaten you, it cannot forcibly take your money. If a price increases dramatically, you are free to seek alternatives.

FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS

My reward for being a good designer/coder was to oversee a large design/code team. I miss designing/coding.

A corporation alone cannot harm or control you. It can only do that with the help of government.

How about the states pay for their own stuff? Why should someone from Ohio pay for California's earthquake system?

The last 30 years have seen the biggest increase in regulation. Look at the size of the federal register.

How about paying for what you use?