National Blog - page 171
Big Government spends money to see if Big Government is bad
They could have just asked me... President Obama's budget proposes spending $15 billion dollars to conduct a study on “Reducing Unnecessary Occupational Licensing Requirements.” Occupational licensing is the scheme by which [...]
NOT THE BEES
Interested in taking up beekeeping? Move to Virginia, where you can get government subsidies to raise bees: The Virginia General Assembly created the Beehive Grant Fund to promote the establishment of new beehives. Under the program, [...]
This Congress should embrace ideas to expand liberty
for a change... Brian Darling suggests the new Congress show its commitment to liberty by blocking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms new regulations banning certain types of bullets, reducing "mandatory minimum “sentences for [...]
Last Week's Forum at Cato Institute
By Zachary Nickerson Last Wednesday, the CATO Institute held a book forum on “Renewing the Search for a Monetary Constitution: Reforming Government’s Role in the Monetary System” with one of the editors of the book, Professor Larry [...]
Is the Fed Arguing in Bad Faith?
Paul-Martin Foss examines the Fed's claim that the Audit the Fed bill would allow Congress to dictate monetary policy and let Congress "look over the Fed's shoulder" in real time, to see if the Fed's claims have any credibility (SPOILER ALERT [...]
Don’t Be Fooled by the Federal Reserve’s Anti-Audit Propaganda
In recent weeks, the Federal Reserve and its apologists in Congress and the media have launched numerous attacks on the Audit the Fed legislation. These attacks amount to nothing more than distortions about the effects and intent of the audit [...]
Campaign for Liberty supports efforts to end Harvest Price Subsidies
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition in support of Representative Jeff Duncan's Harvest Price Subsidy Prohibition Act (HR 892/S. 463). As suggested by the title, this legislation repeals Harvest Price Options. Harvest Price Options [...]
Is the Congress Stacking the Deck on Internet Gambling?
Congress adjourned early this week (HOOORAY) because of an impending snow storm. This storm has forced the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations of the House Judiciary Committee to postpone their scheduled [...]
Ron Paul Testimony Before the Senate Banking Committee
Ron Paul reads his written submitted testimony to the Senate Banking Committee hearing on Federal Reserve Reform on March 3, 2015 Testimony of Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing [...]
Happy Birthday, Murray Rothbard!
Today is Murray Rothbard's ninety-fifth birthday. With the Federal Reserve and its apologists continuing to spread the myth that Audit the Fed would somehow compromise their precious "independence," I can think of no better way to celebrate [...]