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August 11, 2026

Idaho’s Flock Cameras, Prop 1, and Free-Market Economics

This episode runs through Idaho’s fastest-moving fights: license-plate flock cameras and the Fourth Amendment privacy questions they raise, a local-government transparency story out of Lava Hot Springs, and the case for tariffs over federal income tax. It covers the labor market, immigration, and Prop 1, the ballot measure that would roll back Idaho’s abortion trigger law. The back half is a free-market economics lesson...

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August 7, 2026

Idaho Prop 1, Flock Cameras & Why Groceries Get Taxed

Idaho Prop 1 goes before voters on November 3rd, and this episode makes the case against it. Also on the table: the Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting and ten years of constitutional carry, flock cameras and the drift toward mass surveillance, and a plain-English economics lesson on elasticity that explains why the state taxes groceries, gas, cigarettes, and cell service — the goods people cannot...

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August 8, 2025

Ballot Initiative Wars: When Legislature Fails, Citizens Must Act

Bob and Ron Nate examine Idaho’s ballot initiative battles, including Howard Reinerson’s grocery tax repeal effort backed by 87% of Idahoans versus pro-abortion measures. They discuss Arizona’s school choice triumph causing 25% public school enrollment drops, Idaho’s questionable $1.2 billion rainy day fund, constitutional property tax elimination plans, and a compelling vision for limited government where citizens barely notice the state exists....