National Blog - page 167
The New Militarism: Who Profits?
Militarism and military spending are everywhere on the rise, as the new Cold War propaganda seems to be paying off. The new “threats” that are being hyped bring big profits to military contractors and the network of think tanks they pay to [...]
Congress Should Kill the Death Tax
If there's one thing Americans should agree on, it's that death should not be a taxable event. Over the past five years, Campaign for Liberty has participated in an effort to fully repeal the estate tax, or death tax as it ought to be known, [...]
Can Congress Effectively Oversee the Vast Surveillance State?
According to a new report from the Associated Press, the Senate Intelligence Committee is creating a sort of "secret encyclopedia" of America's surveillance programs. Surprisingly, this hasn't picked up as much media attention as it [...]
Protect Taxpayers, Defund the OECD!
Campaign for Liberty has joined with 19 other free-market organizations in requesting Congress stop giving taxpayer money to the Organization for Economic Corporation and Development (OECD). Instead of promoting "economic development" this [...]
Who will spy on us when we use the roads?
Last year, the Department of Homeland Security announced a plan to create a database of license plates in order to facilitate tracking our movements. However, following an outcry from those concerned about civil liberties, the DHS announced [...]
Plain Packaging coming to a convenience store near you?
Plain Packaging is the newest craze of the Nanny Statists. As the name suggests “plain packaging" is a regulatory scheme requiring products be sold in a plan box that simply identifies the type of product and the name of the manufacturer. In [...]
DEA tracking your calls since 1992
In my recent remarks on the PATRIOT Act I remarked that a lot of the PATRIOT Act consisted of proposals the Justice Department had been seeking for years but was unable to get through Congress until the panicked atmosphere following the 9-11 [...]
The Feds have been listening to your calls for decades
While most people now know, thanks to Edward Snowden, that the National Security Agency has been monitoring your telephone calls in the name of "security" after 9-11, a recent investigation by USA Today revealed that the U.S. Government has been [...]
Ron Paul Groped by TSA!
Tonight, while traveling home to Houston, TX, C4L Chairman Ron Paul was groped by TSA agents while passing through security. A long opponent of the TSA, Dr. Paul, voted against creating the massive department while in Congress. Ron Paul is [...]
The IRS and Congress Both Hold Our Liberty in Contempt
This week the Justice Department announced it would not charge former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner with contempt of Congress. Some members of Congress requested that Lerner be charged with contempt after she refused to [...]