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Stossel
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Stossel is a weekly American talk show, hosted by John Stossel, highlighting current consumer issues with a libertarian viewpoint. The television program debuted on December 10, 2009, on the Fox Business Network and airs Thursdays. It originally aired at 8:00 pm EST, but was moved to 9:00 pm EST, the time slot during which it currently airs. In 2013, Fox News Channel began to replay the show on Sundays at 10:00 pm EST.
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4John Stossel takes on global warming in the debut of his new show, "Stossel."
Tonight’s show is about government’s promises. The “reformers” say they will improve American health care, and slow the growth in costs. To believe that Congress will do this is magical thinking.
John Stossel explores Ayn Rand's classic novel, Atlas Shrugged.
John Stossel takes on the cozy relationship between Big Business and Big Government.
John Stossel takes on the issue of whether we need the government to spur innovation in the energy industry, and asks if energy independence is unrealistic.
John Stossel takes on the "obesity crisis" in America.
John Stossel reports that the media have missed one of the biggest trends of the century - nearly everything has been getting better.
John Stossel asks if the growth of Big Government is leading us down the "road to serfdom."
Stossel looks at America's public education system and asks, "Are we imprisoning our kids?"
Stossel asks who owns your body and why should the FDA control what you put in your body?
Stossel asks if government prohibitions on drugs, sex, kidney sales, and polygamy do more harm than good.
Stossels asks whether government licensing is just a scheme to protect established businesses.
Stossel looks at Cleveland -- America's "Most Miserable City," according to Forbes -- and asks why cities like this are struggling so much what they can do to fix it.
Stossel looks at the unfunded liabilities behind Social Security and Medicare, and asks "Are we stealing from our children?"
Stossel takes on the "junk science" coming from the Left and the Right.
Stossel talks with a panel of experts about what it means to be a "libertarian."
Stossel looks at our gigantic tax code and suggests alternatives to this "tax insanity."
Stossel takes on some myths about capitalism, bottled water, private property, and the pesticide DDT.
Stossel takes on myths about free trade.
Stossel says "give me a break!" to government bullies.
Stossel looks at government's bans on betting.
Stossel talks about free speech and whether or not obscenity, flag burning, and hate speech should be protected.
Stossel takes on the big myths about "going green."
Stossel looks at Milton Friedman’s 1980 “Free to Choose” TV series and the lessons we could learn from it.
Stossel takes a look at the War on Drugs and asks if it is worth the fight.
Don't believe guns can be a "great equalizer" and empower people — especially smaller people, like women — to defend themselves against criminals who are bigger and stronger?
The show covers personal injury lawyers who say they’re protecting the little guy, but keep up to 40% of what they win. Stossel examines what these lawsuits do to the cost of products, which has a bui…
Stossel takes a look at the new threats to freedom, like Congress's drive to create more Federal crimes. If you live an active life, build something, start or run a business, it's pretty much impossib…
We hear constantly about immigration and the problems immigrants create. But the media overlook one of our worst immigration policies: how America rejects skilled immigrants who want to come to the U.…
This time around, Stossel tackles a serious issue of "sex and the rules put around it in the US." The topic is serious and "for adults only" warning were issued before The show.
When a private company operates a public facility under contract to government, it must perform. If it doesn't, it will be "fired" — its contract won't be renewed. Government is never fired. Contract…
When President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law 20 years ago, he had good intentions. Everyone wants to protect the disabled, but did those good intentions have nasty, unintended consequences…
Everyone says he likes small business. Even big-government types. Then they find all kinds of reasons to make business owners jump through hoops for the right to operate.
On this program, John analyzes the results of the Tuesday mid-term elections in the USA, with the help of his guests. John attempts to answer the question, did some voters shy away from certain candid…
Do you believe in psychics, astrology, ghosts? Polls show that about a quarter of Americans believe in such paranormal nonsense. But if any of that were true, you'd think the astrologers, or psychics…
Who gives to charity? ...and other issues surrounding private charitable giving, its benefits, and what happens at the intersection of private charity and forcibly taxpayer funded social welfare progr…
This week, a special Stossel show in front of a live audience of students at the liberal University of North Carolina, where Stossel talks to students about free speech and political correctness. At U…
From John Stossel's blog: How can we trust what politicians say? They pander to voters, manipulate facts...and break promises. This week, I criticize President Obama and Mitt Romney for doing just tha…
From John Stossel's blog: On this week's show, we debate myths. Myths like... The federal government must lead disaster relief. Congressman Ron Paul will tell us why we don't need FEMA to save us. Pri…
From John Stossel's blog: Is President Obama's re-election, along with pro-big government Senators, a total loss for individual liberty? It does mean four more years of increased government spending a…
From John Stossel's blog: I peer into my crystal ball on this week's show to predict what President Obama's next term will bring. The media says we must obsess about a fiscal cliff! But Congressman Ro…
From John Stossel's blog: People who eat the wrong stuff may get sick. So I'm told government experts need to save us. Bunk. One of those "experts" is NY state legislator Felix Ortiz- he helped get tr…
Politicians claim they make our lives better by passing laws. But usually the laws go wrong. Examples: Work rules protect employees from greedy companies. Wall Street Journal Reporter Anne Jolis says …
From John Stossel's blog: I don't know if God exists. I'd like to believe, but... In this week's show, atheists and believers weigh in on some life's most important questions: How was life created? Wh…
From John Stossel's blog: Americans give a lot to charitable causes--much more than people in other countries. Good for us. And now there are new ways to give: Social impact bonds combine philanthropy…
From John Stossel's blog: The future looks bleak. Government grows bigger, debt grows, and politicians constantly pass new regulations. But there is good news. Technology helps us avoid clumsy governm…
From John Stossel's blog: When tragedy strikes, what do you do if your company is at the center of it? What if you manufacture the Bushmaster rifle? What if you run BP when it spills oil? On this week…
From John Stossel's blog: This week, a showdown between the 2 states. Their differences reflect the battle for America's future. Moving to California was once the dream for many Americans. Its populat…
From John Stossel's blog: President Obama told John Boehner that America does not have a spending problem. But we do! I was astonished to learn that in 2006, when George W. Bush was President, then-Se…
From John Stossel's blog: Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest gambling day of the year. Have you placed your bets? Be careful, even friendly bets between friends are illegal in about half the states. For…
From John Stossel's blog: Exciting things are happening in education suddenly. In some places, charter schools bucked the unions, and got results. Inner-city kids do well on benchmark tests. They are…
From John Stossel's blog: This week, STOSSEL takes a special trip to Washington, D.C. to hear from more than 1,000 students who want to advance liberty. Former New Mexico Governor, Gary Johnson, and C…
President Obama says the sequester is like taking "a meat cleaver to the budget." I wish that were true. This week, I grab a meat cleaver and point out what ought to be cut. Despite the big spenders' …
From John Stossel's blog: Public schools do a lousy job... and reformers who try to make improvements run up against the "BLOB." It's this Jabba-the-Hutt like thing that can barely be budged - the tea…
From John Stossel's blog: I argue that America has become a country where no one can know what is legal. Kids who open lemonade stands are now shutdown by police. I tried to open a lemonade stand le…
From John Stossel's blog: Tonight, students from around the world at the "Students for Liberty" conference discuss liberty, and specific issues that affect students. Many say they benefited from inter…
From John Stossel's blog: Tyranny is the stuff of dictatorships. We call this week's show "Green Tyranny" because government's regulations always go too far. At first, the EPA did good things. Environ…
"The Chosen Ones" are people selected by government to get perks... special favors, tax breaks, cronyism... what I call crapitalism. As government grows and gives out more favors... it creates "A Grea…
From John Stossel's blog: Liberals are fond of quoting Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes who said, "taxes are what we pay for a civilized society"---but at the time taxes were just 10% of GD…
From John Stossel's blog: The education BLOB--- that immovable jelly-like ball of teachers' and janitors' unions, the school board bureaucrats, PTAs, etc.---just keeps growing. As the number of studen…
From John Stossel's Blog: Obamacare promises to cover the uninsured, and somehow... lower costs. How can it do both? Wyoming senator, and licensed orthopedic surgeon, John Barrasso, explains that Obam…
From John Stossel's blog: Each state has different rules, regulations and taxes. It's confusing... but it's also a good thing. It creates competition. When one state does something stupid... people ca…
From John Stossel's blog: Grit is the stuff of life. Greatness is often achieved by overcoming obstacles. Patrick Dorinson, a radio host who calls himself the cowboy libertarian, says the nanny state …
From John Stossel's blog: Government is at war against the little guy. Bureaucrats pass thousands of pages of regulations every year to "keep people safer" and "make the marketplace more fair." Today …
From John Stossel's blog: Much of what we think we know... is not so. People assume the auto industry hates regulation, but Heartland Institute energy analyst James Taylor says big oil companies like …
From John Stossel's blog: "Austerity." The word means "self-denial" but politicians rarely "deny" themselves anything. Despite the media wailing about "austerity," there have been few real cuts. Few i…
From John Stossel's blog: The American government is at war. We have the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, and also wars against business, "hate" and food. WAR ON TERROR We now spend almost $800 bill…
From John Stossel's blog: My parents were born in Germany. They couldn't find work in Europe so they came here to pursue the American Dream. As a libertarian I say ... let people come! There should be…
From John Stossel's blog: America is said to be a "free" country. But what if you want to have a drink? A cigarette? Make a bet? government wants to stop you, to protect you from yourself. DRINKING AN…
From John Stossel's blog: 65 years ago, the novel 1984 suggested the future would bring government spying through telescreens that were even in bedrooms. Big brother would be watching. Some believe re…
From John Stossel's blog: Grit is the stuff of life. Greatness is often achieved by overcoming obstacles. Patrick Dorinson, a radio host who calls himself the cowboy libertarian, says the nanny stat…
From John Stossel's blog: America drowns in law. There are 175,000 pages of federal regulations that you must obey, or some lawyer can wreck your life. For every pound of good the regulations do, th…
From John Stossel's blog: This week my show comes from Las Vegas, Nevada, amidst FreedomFest, "the world's largest gathering of free minds." Over a thousand libertarian-minded people debate the questi…
From John Stossel's blog: In 1950, when I was three-years-old, Detroit was the richest city in America. Now it's the biggest U.S. city ever to declare bankruptcy. FOX2 Detroit Reporter, Charlie LeDuff…
From John Stossel's blog: Often... what we think we know... is not so. WEATHER MYTHS: It's hurricane season and I'm told that because of global warming there are more hurricanes and that hurricanes ar…
From John Stossels blog: PAY GAP: Men get paid more than women. I separated the men and women in my studio audience and asked those with jobs to, anonymously, write down how much money they earned. Fo…
From John Stossel's blog: America is not a police state. But: SWAT Raids: There are an estimated 150 SWAT raids in America every day. "Rise of the Warrior Cop" author, Radley Balko, says America's pol…
From John Stossel's blog: What you think you know... is often wrong. Sunday I look at seven MYTHS... LIES... AND COMPLETE STUPIDITIES: • FOOD... MYTH: Government should help people make healthy choi…
From John Stossel's blog: This week my show comes from Las Vegas, Nevada, amidst FreedomFest, "the world's largest gathering of free minds." Over a thousand libertarian-minded people debate the quest…
From John Stossel's blog: I hate Bashar Al-Assad and what he's done in Syria. But I also hate what's going on in North Korea, Iran, Somalia, China, Russia, The Congo and other places around the world.…
From John Stossel's blog: SPACE TRAVEL: People once assumed that only government would, or could, launch people into space. NASA got us to the moon, after all. But that was more than 40 years ago. In …
From John Stossel's blog: THE BLOB: America's school children have been trapped in a government-run monopoly, a so-called "public" school system that bores them to tears. Attempts at improvement are …
From John Stossel's blog: Keep the government shut? That sounds nuts, but remember that this is just a partial shutdown, and my hope is that this pause in some government spending -- will be a teachi…
From John Stossel's blog: Are you a victim? I'm a stutterer. Had today's disability laws existed when I began working, I wonder if I would have overcome my speech problem, or just given up and colle…
From John Stossel's blog: The debt limit was raised again, but this doesn't address America's real problem: unsustainable government spending. THE PROBLEM: Dan Mitchell, a senior fellow at CATO, and…
From John Stossel's blog: FED 101: I've done hundreds of TV shows, but always avoided one topic: the Fed. It's so complicated! Luckily, there's a new documentary out about the Fed called, "Money For …
From John Stossel's blog: THE PROBLEM: Rep. Michael Burgess, a doctor turned congressman, says America is supposed to be different from Europe. But most discussion about Obamacare starts with the ass…
From John Stossel's blog: PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING: Leonard Gilroy publishes the Privatization Report for the Reason Foundation. He explains how private companies often perform government services, inclu…
From John Stossel's blog: IS THIS AMERICA'S LIBERTARIAN ERA? For the first time, several libertarians are members of Congress, and more Americans say they want government "to do less." Reason editors…
From John Stossel's blog: GOVERNMENT CHARITY: Newsday columnist Ellis Henican says what most Americans believe: it's mostly government's job to help the poor and those in trouble after disasters like…
From John Stossel's blog: Happy Thanksgiving! On this week's show, I give thanks for property rights, because without them, we would be poor, cold and hungry. People like the idea of sharing and co…
From John Stossel's blog: HOLLYWOOD HYPOCRITES: Kevin Sorbo, former star of the TV series Hercules, pushes back against celebrities who say they "know how to fix the world." Jason Mattera, author of …
From John Stossel's blog: MARKETS UNDER ATTACK: "The problem with Obamacare isn't too much socialism, it's still too much capitalism," says Bill Maher on HBO. On MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell said, "We …
From John Stossel's blog: Was this a good year for freedom? I look at the good, the bad and the ugly in 2013 with David Boaz of the CATO Institute, Sabrina Schaeffer of the Independent Women's Forum …
From John Stossel's blog: GOVERNMENT CHARITY: Newsday columnist Ellis Henican says what most Americans believe: it's mostly government's job to help the poor and those in trouble after disasters like…
