National Blog - page 175
"The Fed Lobbies Congress Using Public Funds"
Over at Washington Post's "Wonkblog," Matt O'Brien opines that "Rand Paul has a new conspiracy theory about the Fed"... So what is this alleged, "new conspiracy theory"? "The Fed, with unlimited power to print money," Paul says, "now [...]
"Champion of the Middle Class" Senator Warren Opposes Audit the Fed
Today, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren publicly came out against Senator Rand Paul's bill to Audit the Federal Reserve. Despite previous statements attacking both Wall Street and the Federal Reserve, Senator Warren's statement appears to [...]
Is the Fed planning another bailout?
And if they do, will they tell us ... My old colleague, Paul-Martin Foss, former Monetary Policy aide for Ron Paul and founder and President of the Carl Menger Center for the Study of Money and Banking, has a fascinating article on the [...]
Vaccine Controversy Shows Why We Need Markets, Not Mandates
If I were still a practicing ob-gyn and one of my patients said she was not going to vaccinate her child, I might try to persuade her to change her mind. But, if I were unsuccessful, I would respect her decision. I certainly would not lobby the [...]
The Fed running scared, attacks Audit The Fed And Rand Paul
As reported by The Hill, multiple Federal Reserve Presidents have started publicly attacking "Audit the Fed" which was introduced by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul last month. (But remember, the Fed must not be audited to remain "independent" from [...]
Michael Bloomberg: Racism in Defense of Gun Control is no vice
Former New York City Mayor and anti-gun fanatic Michael Bloomberg recently suggested that "Cities need to get guns out of … hands” of persons who are “male, minority, and between the ages of 15 and 25.” So Bloomberg thinks that [...]
Federal loans...the next buble to burst?
The January/February issue of Politico has an interesting article on the $3 trillion in loans the federal goverment has giving out for higher education, housing, exports, "clean-energy" firms, ships (yes ships) and (of course) foreign countries. [...]
Oppose the ‘Sheldon Adelson’ Internet Gambling Ban Bill
An ever-increasing number of Americans, especially young Americans, are rejecting the surveillance state, the nanny state, and the crony state. Sadly, but not unexpectedly, too many in Washington have not yet gotten the message. For example, this [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Tribute to Ronald Reagan
Today is former President Ronald Reagan's birthday. Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul was an early supporter of Ronald Reagan, being one of just four Representatives to endorse Reagan's 1976 primary challenge to incumbent President Gerald [...]
Gallup CEO: Unemployment rate a big lie
Jim Clifton, CEO of the influential polling company Gallup, is the latest to blow the whistle on how the government is manipulating the unemployment statistics to manufacture the illusion of an economic recovery: Here's something that many [...]