National Blog - page 186
Ted Cruz to Obama and Congress: Don't Break (or Tax) the Net!
Texas Senator Ted Cruz recently penned an editorial in The Washington Post denouncing various schemes to increase government control over the Internet, including the National Internet Tax Mandate: First, we must abandon the idea of further [...]
Just in time for Christmas...a tax increase
Be prepared to pay more for your Christmas tree this year, thanks to a new "Christmas tree tax" imposed by the government. What evil anti-Christmas tree Grinch is behind this? The Christmas tree industry! You see, the revenues raised from the tax [...]
C4L Urges NO Vote on USA Freedom Act
Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture on the USA Freedom Act. The legislation is sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and while it does slightly curtail the NSA's ability to spy on law Americans, it also extends the [...]
Another day, another civil liberties violation
Via The Wall Street Journal: The Justice Department is scooping up data from thousands of cellphones through fake communications towers deployed on airplanes, a high-tech hunt for criminal suspects that is snagging a large number of innocent [...]
C4L Strongly Opposes Online Gambling Ban
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, Campaign for Liberty issued the following statement from C4L President John Tate strongly opposing the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (S. 2159/ H.R. 4301), which would institute a federal ban on online [...]
Internet Gambling Ban: A Winner for Sheldon Adelson, A Losing Bet for the Rest of Us
Most Americans, regardless of ideology, oppose “crony capitalism” or “cronyism.” Cronyism is where politicians write laws aimed at helping their favored business beneficiaries. Despite public opposition to cronyism, politicians still seek [...]
The Failure of the Overseas Drug War
By Harrison Dean After spending over seven billion dollars, the U.S. Government has not only failed to stop the production of opium, but its production is at record highs. According to the BBC: The special inspector general for Afghanistan [...]
Breaking on Senate NSA Reform Bill
Campaign for Liberty has learned Senator Rand Paul will oppose the Senate NSA reform bill if it contains language renewing Patriot Act provisions. Senator Reid has filed cloture on the bill.
Cleveland rocks
Last Tuesday, Cleveland's voters passed an ordinance removing red light cameras (more accurately named scameras, as they are a scam on drivers) from their city. Installed in the name of safety (it's for the children!), red light scameras [...]
Don’t be fooled: Net neutrality is all about cronyism
There are two articles out that go into greater detail as to why Campaign for Liberty is against so-called "Net Neutrality." The first is an excellent article over at Rare that does a good job of explaining one problem with Net Neutrality: [...]