National Blog - page 37
Central Banking is Socialism
Last week, the Federal Reserve responded to Wall Street’s coronavirus panic with an “emergency” interest rate cut. This emergency cut failed to revive the stock market, leading to predictions that the Fed will again cut rates later this [...]
Good news &. . . (maybe) more good news?
Earlier this week, Campaign for Liberty supporters sprung into action the moment we got wind of the plot to ram through renewal of the Deep State’s most abusive spying powers with emergency “must pass” coronavirus spending. Thanks to [...]
Rand Paul, Thomas Massie Prime for Liberty
Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul have reintroduced the PRIME Act (H.R. 2859/S. 1620). This legislation exempts slaughterhouses from federal inspections as long as the slaughterhouses are in compliance with [...]
Trump’s Betrayal of Julian Assange
One thing we’ve learned from the Trump Presidency is that the “deep state” is not just some crazy conspiracy theory. For the past three years we’ve seen that deep state launch plot after plot to overturn the election. It all started [...]
Trump’s Budget: More Warfare, Slightly Less Welfare
Listening to the howls from Democrats and the applause from Republicans, one would think President Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget is a radical assault on the welfare state. The truth is the budget contains some minor spending cuts, [...]
A shame?
"I think it'd be a shame to let these authorities expire . . . We should extend these authorities." ~Sen. Lindsey Graham After more than a year of grandstanding about the Deep State’s spying abuses, Senator Graham just made it abundantly clear [...]
Can the Fed Save Us from Climate Change?
The 1978 Humphrey-Hawkins Act requires the Federal Reserve to “promote” stable prices and full employment. Of course, the Fed’s steady erosion of the dollar’s purchasing power has made prices anything but stable, while the boom-and-bust [...]
This Week in Congress
The House is in session Tuesday through Friday. The big event of the week is tomorrow’s mark-up of the USA FREEDOM Act extension in the House Judiciary Committee. If you have not yet, please sign your Stop the Surveillance State Petition [...]
Last Week in Congress Wrap-Up
Last week, the Senate passed a resolution (S.Res. 68) prohibiting the President from launching a military attack against Iran without approval from Congress. The bill passed with a vote of 55-45. The following seven Republicans joined every [...]
Ron Paul Classic: No Federal Regulations of Tobacco
The $1.4 trillion spending deal that Congress passed and the president signed just before Christmas contained a provision banning tobacco sales (including e-cigarettes) to anyone under 21. So, an 18-year-old can join the military, fight, kill, [...]