“Heavy smokers and drinkers do not alter their habits, they simply spend more of their income on the taxes punishing their bad decisions. Thus higher cigarette taxes don’t trick chain smokers into a healthy lifestyle, it just makes them poor.… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“Heavy smokers and drinkers do not alter their habits, they simply spend more of their income on the taxes punishing their bad decisions. Thus… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“Discouraging the formation of dynasties is particularly important. If a billionaire dies and leaves his money to his family, there are going to be a bunch of worthless nephews sitting around half-finished castles playing Nintendo all day. Since not everybody has a billionaire uncle, this would be unfair to poor people, who may not be able to afford Nintendos. Rich… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share
“We have more generals today than we did at the end of World War II, and more troops in Germany than during our occupation… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“At one point, field bocce was the only sport at the University of Oklahoma which included “dueling to the death” in its bylaws to settle a very specific and unlikely possible dispute. (This dispute never actually arose, although it nearly did, and Evan and I would have killed each other without hesitation out of respect for the game, had it… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share
“We have more prisoners locked up on drug charges than the continent of Europe has in total prisoners. It’s” — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“Another thing to consider is that with any given substance, studies indicate only about 2 percent of the population goes overboard and can’t handle… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“Over the last year I’ve noticed that a surprising amount of Americans hate one or the other. I have a theory: solar panels and… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“So we call it “the estate tax,” which sounds very adult and respectable and vaguely French Revolution. Nobody really thinks of themselves has owning… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“There are good and bad arguments to all energy sources. But both get muddled in emotion, because either energy source becomes a cultural totem.… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“The small and seemingly benign remit of student bodies has far-reaching effects. The whole idea behind student council is to prepare future citizens to… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“In the Middle Ages it was a lot more fun to blame things like crop failure or redheads on witches, then set mouthy old… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“My state’s constitution seems to contain a provision requiring that once every two years we must pass a bill which dazzles the entire country… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
