National Blog - page 180
Governor Kasich: if you oppose ObamaCare, you are a bad Christian
Ohio Governor John Kasich is traveling around the country stumping for a balanced budget amendment. On one of his stops, he was asked how he could square his support for fiscal responsibility with his support for bringing ObamaCare's Medicaid [...]
Bipartisanship in action
Last week, the US Senate voted on an amendment to the Keystone Energy bill that would create a new "Tenant Star" energy program. The Tenant Star program authorizes the Department of Energy to develop "best practices" to improve energy [...]
Minimum wage hikes, soda taxes, and tiger selfies?
The start of a New Year brings a raft of New State and Federal Laws. Many of these laws are anti-liberty and fly in the face of sound economics. For instance, 20 states and many cities are raising their minimum wage. Residents of Berkeley [...]
Industrial Hemp Farming Act, H.R. 525, Reintroduced!
Rep. Thomas Massie announced today that he and Jared Polis, along with 45 other bipartisan cosponsors, reintroduced a bill "to allow commercial cultivation of industrial hemp." This legislation was sponsored in the past by C4L Chairman Ron Paul, [...]
Ron Paul's State of Liberty 2015
C4L Chairman Ron Paul recorded his own State of the Union response to President Obama's speech last night. Watch the video below!
Despite the Snow, Audit the Fed is Good to Go!
C4L President John Tate received an update from VP of Policy Norm Singleton on Audit the Fed earlier, and Senator Rand Paul will indeed be introducing the Senate companion to H.R. 24 today. While the list isn't publicly available yet, insiders [...]
Education is Too Important Not to Leave to the Marketplace
This week, events around the country will highlight the importance of parental control of education as part of National School Choice Week. This year’s events should attract more attention than prior years because of the growing rebellion [...]
Want to Really Help Students? Make it Legal to Pay Them!
Everybody from the President, to the libertarians, to populists, Republicans, Democrats, and me, is a champion of the middle class. Anyone who has an understanding of the free market and sound money actually knows exactly what the answer is for [...]
Maybe Obama should hire Ron Paul
As a speechwriter.. Last night, as is traditional, President Obama's State of the Union told the story of several Americans who have overcome adversity or benefited from the President's policies. One of the stories he told was that of Rebekah [...]
Statism of the Union
The centerpiece of President Obama's State of the Union was something he called "middle-class" economics. Not surprisingly, Obama’s definition of a “pro-middle class” economic policy is a laundry list of new spending programs and mandates. [...]