National Blog - page 183
Campaign for Liberty to Congress: Preserve Internet Freedom
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition of free-market groups in signing a letter to the House and Senate leadership opposing the "Restoration of America's Wire Act," legislation that would impose a federal ban on online gambling. This [...]
Defeat of USA FREEDOM Act is a Victory for Freedom
It will not shock readers to hear that quite often legislation on Capitol Hill is not as advertised. When Congress wants to do something particularly objectionable, they tend give it a fine-sounding name. The PATRIOT Act is perhaps the best-known [...]
Campaign for Liberty to Congress: NO Lame Duck ObamaCare bailouts!
Campaign for Liberty has signed a letter to Congress requesting they prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to bail out insurance companies who have chosen to participate in ObamaCare. Text of the letter is available below and [...]
Knife Control Isn't a Joke Anymore
By Harrison Dean Here’s a great article that discusses the recent attempts to push more knife control in the UK, and its relationship to our liberty here at home: Among second amendment advocates, it’s been frequently argued that any [...]
Audit the Fed Not Going Away
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty released the following statement today from C4L President John Tate regarding Congressman Thomas Massie and Senator Rand Paul’s plans to reintroduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (“Audit the [...]
Will the Internet Tax Mandate ruin (ugly) Christmas Sweaters?
Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting story on "The Big Business of Ugly Christmas Sweaters." The article points out how many small businesses and online entrepreneurs,, are profiting from selling "ugly" Christmas sweaters: The novelty [...]
Campaign for Liberty stands against Internet Sales Tax
C4L Vice President of Policy Norm Singleton spoke at a press conference last week against the Internet Sales Tax. C4L members should be on the lookout for attempts to pass the Internet Sales Tax in the lame duck session.
Does Congress support Global ID cards?
Maybe. This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3398, the "Girls Count Act." The purpose of this act is to protect the rights of girls in developing countries. This is certainly an admirable goal; after all, who could object to [...]
Campaign for Liberty joins coalition against wasteful spending in the NDAA
Campaign for Liberty has cosigned a coalition letter calling on Congress to reject President Obama's request that this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorize spending $202.9 million on the Long Range Anti-ship Missile (LRASM) [...]
My Experience with Obamacare
Last December, I was shopping around for a new health insurance policy. Since healthcare.gov was still a non-functioning website (in fact I may have about 4 accounts with healthcare.gov, but who knows), I quickly found ehealthinsurance.com, which [...]