National Blog - page 235
Taking from the poor to give to the rich
Bonnie Kristian has an excellent article over at Rare about how government programs, such as Medicare, Obamacare, and Social Security, transfer wealth from the relatively young and poor to the relatively old and rich. Between 1984 and 2009, [...]
Ft. Hood: An Avoidable Tragedy
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk on Friday's tragic shooting in Fort Hood, Texas. Ft. Hood: An Avoidable Tragedy Last week we saw yet another tragedy at Ft. Hood, Texas, as a distraught Iraq war [...]
Retiring Rep. Moran Complains Congress is Underpaid
In a country where the median household income is $53,046, outgoing Rep. Jim Moran (VA-8) complained yesterday that, despite what Americans believe, members of Congress are underpaid. “I think the American people should know that the members [...]
Clapper: NSA conducts warrantless searches on American's emails and phone calls
In a letter to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, confirmed that the National Security Agency has used a 'loophole' to search the private communications of US Citizens. According to The [...]
Has Your Representative Cosponsored Audit the Fed?
Thanks to our members and supporters, Campaign for Liberty is fast closing in on 218 cosponsors (majority support) for Audit the Fed in the U.S. House for the third Congress in a row! Currently, H.R. 24 stands at 204 cosponsors. Is your [...]
Got Freedom?
"If anybody believes in liberty, they ought to believe in the right of every individual to drink raw milk," C4L Chairman Ron Paul said in this free segment from the Ron Paul Channel. He was discussing a Politico article about two new bills [...]
Ron Paul Classic: End the Mandate
Since March marked the fifth year anniversary of the passage of the "Affordable Care Act," (Obamacare), and since Monday was the deadline to register for the Obamacare exchanges, this seems like a good time to revisit then-Congressman Ron Paul's [...]
US government tried to overthrow Castro with Twitter-like social media site
The United States government attempted to overthrow the Cuban government by creating a social media app to cause unrest in the communist country. From CNN: The AP says U.S. government officials developed an app called ZunZuneo -- named after [...]
EPA exposed humans to high levels of pollutants
According to a recently released government report, the Environmental Protection Agency has been performing experiments on humans, exposing them to high levels of pollutants, in order to measure their effects. From The Daily Caller The agency [...]