Red State Socialism

Before leaving DC for their Memorial Day “District Work Period,” the Senate began consideration of a $955 billion renewal of federal agricultural programs. These programs distort the marketplace by providing subsidies to growers of certain commodities, thus encouraging their over-production. Much of the Farm Bill can acutely be described as “corporate welfare,” as the payments [...]

Tim Carney provides a useful look at how the unholy alliance of Big Business and Big Government lobbyists convinced many supposedly “free-market” senators to abandon their alleged principles and vote for the National Internet Tax Mandate: When do 21 Republican senators vote for higher taxes? Answer: When the biggest businesses and local politicians hire top [...]

Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul’s latest Texas Straight Talk on President Obama’s attempt to nationalize K-12 education via the “Common Core” initiative. As Dr. Paul points out, the Obama Administration is building on the the Bush Administration’s massive expansion of the (unconstitutional) federal education bureaucracy via  “No Child Left Behind.” As the [...]