National Blog - page 99
Is Donald Trump listening to Ron Paul?
At least on education and land policy... Last week, President Trump signed two executive orders that supporters of limited, constitutional government and individual liberty should support. The executive orders do not create new laws or [...]
Save Liberty, Shut Down the Government
Congress ended the week by passing a continuing resolution keeping the government funded for one more week. This stopgap funding bill is designed to give Congress and the White House more time to negotiate a long-term spending bill. Passage of a [...]
The (mostly) good, the bad, and the ugly in Trump's tax plan
Yesterday, President Trump unveiled a tax "reform" plan. Here is the (mostly) good, a few bad, and one ugly piece of the plan: The Good 1. Lowers taxes for millions of Americans; 2. Removes many Americans from the tax rolls; 3. [...]
This week in Congress: Will the Government Shut Down?
Not likely, but we can always hope. . . The House is coming back from its two-week "spring break." The big item on the agenda is the Continuing Resolution (CR), which funds the government. Some Democrats have threatened to block passage of [...]
Liberty at the movies: Do Not Resist
Anyone who doubts that America is well on its way to becoming a police state should watch Do Not Resist, a new documentary available for free download at Amazon.com. Do Not Resist examines the militarization of police. Like the best [...]
This week in Congress
The big issue confronting Congress is passage of a long-term spending bill. Late Sunday night, the House and Senate announced that a deal had been reached. The deal spends 1.7 trillion dollars and does not contain any spending reductions. [...]
Stupid government trick: fining an engineer for doing math
Be careful if you are doing math in Oregon without an engineering license . . . even if you are an engineer. Or you may be fined by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying. That is what happened to Mats [...]
When is government-run healthcare not goverment-run health care?
When it's supported by Republicans of course. . . One of the main features of the "compromise" reached between conservative and moderate House Republicans on legislation "repealing-and-replacing" ObamaCare is to provide $15 billion of new [...]
"I love Wikileaks"
“I love Wikileaks,” candidate Donald Trump said on October 10th on the campaign trail. He praised the organization for reporting on the darker side of the Hillary Clinton campaign. It was information likely leaked by a whistleblower from [...]
The state of the liberty movement in the Trump era
My friend Jack Hunter, Editor of RARE Liberty, recently wrote a piece asking (and answering) an important question: Who are We? The Liberty Movement in the Trump Era. In the article, Jack recounts the history of the modern libertarian -- or [...]