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New Jersey repeals law requiring license to shovel snow
This is not a joke.... While preparing for a blizzard, New Jersey repealed a state law requiring young people to get a permit before shoveling snow for money: Just days ahead of an expected blizzard on the East Coast, New Jersey has [...]
Campaign for Liberty supports AFIRM Act
Campaign for Liberty is supporting the Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures Act (AFIRM) Act (HR 3973). The AFIRM Act makes a series of pro-taxpayer changes to the crop insurance program. Specially, the bill institutes a [...]
Liberty at the movies: Joy
Want to celebrate this week's historic Audit the Fed Senate vote by taking in a pro-market movie? Try Joy, the latest from director David O. Russell. Joy is based on the real-life story of entrepreneur Joy Mangano, inventor of the Miracle [...]
Ron Paul Discusses Yesterday's Historic Audit the Fed Vote
In an interview with US News & World Report, C4L Chairman Ron Paul discussed his thoughts on yesterday's historic Audit the Fed vote in the U.S. Senate: Though the Senate blocked the measure, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Rand's [...]
Ben Bernanke keeps getting it wrong
I know your shocked.... In anticipation of tomorrow's Senate vote on Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke has resumed his attacks on the bill. Fortunately, the indispensable Paul-Martin Foss of the Carl Menger Center, refutes Bernanke's [...]
Federal Reserve: Bizzaro Robin Hood?
Bizzaro World is a land featured in the Superman comics where everything is the opposite of our world. While Bizzaro World is a fictional creation, at times it seems that some individuals and institutions from Bizarro World have stepped off the [...]
RON PAUL: When Peace Breaks Out With Iran
This has been the most dramatic week in US/Iranian relations since 1979. Last weekend ten US Navy personnel were caught in Iranian waters, as the Pentagon kept changing its story on how they got there. It could have been a disaster for [...]
Here's How Your Senators Voted on Audit the Fed
Below and here is the Senate roll call vote on Audit the Fed: YEAs ---53 Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Capito (R-WV) Cassidy (R-LA) Cochran [...]
RON PAUL: The Federal Reserve Should Be Put On Notice
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, 53 Senators stood with the American people and against the big banks and Wall Street by voting in favor of Audit the Fed, S. 2232. Senator Rand Paul introduced the legislation in November 2015 using Rule XIV, [...]
Campaign for Liberty Urges “YES” Vote on Audit the Fed
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, Campaign for Liberty called on the U.S. Senate to pass Audit the Fed, Senator Rand Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act, S. 2232. Campaign for Liberty has called on the Senate to take up Audit the Fed [...]