National Blog - page 225
DC's War on the Sharing Economy
Reason TV has a great video on the "sharing economy" which includes services such as Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar. Of course, government bureaucrats are eager to shut down these popular alternatives to traditional services.
Nineteen-year-old faces life in prison for allegedly making pot brownies
Do you think this is reasonable? A 19-year-old is facing life in prison for allegedly making pot brownies. From My Fox DC: A 19-year-old Texas man accused of making and selling brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil faces a felony charge [...]
Bill Kristol: Moderation in pursuit of Neoconservatism is a virtue
William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, and one of the most influential neoconservatives in the country, is not happy with Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's recent message "The IRS asked for a fight. How about a revolution?” Mr. [...]
USA FREEDOM Act Won't Stop NSA Spying
Did Edward Snowden place too much faith in the American system of government? When Snowden first met with Greenwald, he emphasized that his biggest fear about blowing the whistle on the largest surveillance scheme in human history was that [...]
Are heroes of Main Street foes of taxpayers?
Last week, the National Retail Federation, one of the business organizations working to pass the National Internet Sales Tax Mandate, released their list of "Heroes of Main Street." Conspicuously absent from that list where any of the [...]
Ron Paul's influence continues to grow
Because of his strict adherence to the Constitution and his fiscal conservationism, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul voted against all legislation authorizing spending taxpayer money for congressional gold medals. He usually was [...]
Obama Administration plans health insurance company bailout
The Obama Administration is quietly planning to bail out health insurance companies with billions of your tax dollars. From the LA Times: The Obama administration has quietly adjusted key provisions of its signature healthcare law to potentially [...]
NDAA mark-up should be transparent
Tomorrow the Senate Committee on Armed Services will mark-up the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). However, you might not be able to see the mark-up online or on C-SPAN. That is because Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) [...]