National Blog - page 120
The Phony Job Recovery
Last Friday saw the release of a bombshell jobs report, with headlines exclaiming that the US economy added over 250,000 jobs in July, far in excess of any forecasts. The reality was far more grim. Those “jobs” weren't actually created by [...]
Campaign for Liberty Opposes Federal Bailouts For State Catastrophic Funds
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition letter in opposition to the Homeowners Insurance Protection Act (HR 4847). Instead of protecting homeowners, HR 48477 puts taxpayers at risk of having to bailout underfunded "state catastrophic [...]
A Tipping Point for Liberty: An Important and Timely Book
The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity has done a service to everyone looking for intellectual ammunition against statist lies and propaganda. They've published A Tipping Point for Liberty: Exposing and Defeating Leviathan [...]
Liberty at the Movies?...Star Trek Beyond
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise. Therefore, it's appropriate that Star Trek: Beyond, the third installment of the "new" Star Trek timeline and the 13th Star Trek film, is the number-one film in America and a certified [...]
Conventional Tyranny
The IRS isn't the only government agency that has a problem with the American tradition of anonymous political speech, prior to last week's RNC convention the Cleveland Police Chief issued a "warning" to protesters not to cover their [...]
TSA Leaves Passengers Defenseless Against The Joker
Suicide Squad, the latest entry from DC Cinematic universe opens this week. Since this movie features several villains from Batman's "rogue gallery" and Batman makes a cameo appearance, TSA agents are no doubt stepping up their efforts to stop [...]
The World's Greatest Healthcare Plan?
Well no, but it is a good first step.. Representative Pete Sessions (TX-32) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have introduced what they are calling the "world's greatest health care plan" (HR 5284/S. 2985). While the plan itself does not live [...]
Americans Are Going to be Disappointed in Election Outcome
It is a sad commentary on the state of political life in the United States that our political conventions have become more like rock music festivals than competitions of ideas. There has been a great deal of bombast, of insults, of name-calling, [...]
A Chance to Learn About The Consitution
If you're in, or near, Mount Dora Florida on Saturday August 13 and Sunday August 14, you may want to attend "How Does the Constitution Help You? Pursue life, liberty, and happiness..." a one-day course in Constitutional law taught by [...]
The Path to Fed-Exit
I recently proposed that the liberty movement capitalize on Brexit with “Fed-exit”: a campaign to “secede" from the Federal Reserve. Fed-exit could be accomplished with a few simple policy changes.Passing Audit the Fed is a good first step [...]