Due to tighter travel restrictions and increased processing fees, crossing the Canadian-U.S. border legally has become more difficult for those convicted of driving under the influence, arrested for attending a peace rally, or in possession of a medical-marijuana card. International travel is just one realm in which the growth of government harassment and onerous red tape has increased the transaction costs of everyday living.
The Freedom to Cross a Border
By Wendy McElroy
This
article
appeared in
the Winter 2011/12 issue of The Independent Review.
Other Independent Review articles by Wendy McElroy | |
Winter 1999/00 | The Liberty Debate on Participation in Politics |
Winter 1997/98 | Benjamin Tucker, Liberty, and Individualist Anarchism |