National Blog - page 260
Rand Paul: Youth with me on NSA issue
By: Jessie Markell Last week, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said, “I think as we have a fuller debate on these discussions you’re going to find that not only Republicans are with me on this issue, the youth are.” As a former Young Americans [...]
Kill the Death Tax
A particularly pernicious "temporary" tax was forced upon the American people in 1916 to help fund the American intervention into the first World War. This was the fourth time Congress had passed an "estate tax" for "defense purposes." Each time [...]
Ron Paul: The Federal Reserve Has Lost Control of Interest Rates
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement in response to the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to continue its failed bond buying program: “Chairman Bernanke and the [...]
Internet Sales Taxes: a headache for small business owners
Small business owner Justin Krauss explains how the National Internet Sales Tax Mandate burdens small businesses: Each of this country’s 10,000 different taxing jurisdictions has its own laws for applying sales tax to all sorts of goods — [...]
A Pattern of Totalitarianism Emerges
By: Luke Marrazzo Over the past few months the American people have witnessed numerous examples of an administration which has no concept of individual liberty. President Obama has been working, often in the open, to strip a complacent public [...]
What We Have Learned From Afghanistan
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman's Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk on what the US Government's support for a renewed Taliban presence in Afghanistan tell us about US foreign policy (SPOILER ALERT: it is tragic waste of lives and [...]
House Vote on Industrial Hemp Passes
Thursday morning, the House passed an amendment on industrial hemp to the Farm Bill offered by Representatives Jared Polis (CO), Earl Bluemenauer (OR), and Thomas Massie (KY), by a vote of 225-200. This amendment was debated Wednesday [...]
Red State Socialism 2
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Press Conference in Opposition to Internet Sales Taxes
This morning, C4L President John Tate participated in a press conference with a group of freshman legislators from the House and Senate, including Senators Paul and Cruz, along with Representatives Thomas Massie (KY-4), Steve Daines (MT), Ron [...]
George Orwell call your office
Tomorrow the House Committee on Intelligence will hold what I am sure will be a fair and balanced hearing on "How Disclosed NSA Programs Protect Americans, and Why Disclosure Aids Our Adversaries."