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Ron Paul Supports Keeping Massie-Lofgren Amendment
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul released the following statement after reports that House Leadership plans to remove the popular Massie-Lofgren NDAA amendment that reformed NSA spying programs from the Omnibus [...]
Your deadbeat Uncle Sam...
Ever have a friend or family member who is constantly in debt and whose idea of fiscal responsibility is to get an increase in their credit card limit in order to pay off their debts? Well, we all have such a relative... our Uncle Sam. Since [...]
Cities using tax dollars to lobby for Internet Sales Tax
It's not enough that politicians in Washington want you to pay taxes on everything you buy on the Internet. Your city and state are likely using your tax dollars to lobby politicians in Washington to raise your taxes! States and localities are [...]
Va Governor signs bill exempting non-ACA insurance plans until 2017
On November 19th, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe(D) signed into law SB 5014, which allows health insurance companies to continue offering non-ACA compliant plans through 2017. This comes as welcome relief for the nearly 250,000 Virginians who [...]
Liberty at the Movies: Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Those who enjoy good movies with libertarian themes should not miss Mockingjay, Part 1, the third and second-to-last movie in The Hunger Games series. For those unfamiliar with the series, The Hunger Games takes place in a dystopian society [...]
Judge Napolitano Schools Jon Stewart on Capitalism
Judge Andrew Napolitano appeared on The Daily show on Monday night to talk about his new book, Suicide Pact: The Radical Expansion of Presidential Powers and the Lethal Threat to American Liberty. At one point in the conversation, Stewart [...]
Study: Net Neutrality Will Mean $17 Billion Tax Hike
According to a new study from the Progressive Policy Institute, President Obama's call to regulate the Internet like a public utility would mean a $17 Billion tax hike for Americans. From The Hill: Reclassifying Web service would likely force [...]
Campaign for Liberty opposes Police Militarization in NDAA
Campaign for Liberty has joined a letter to the Chairs and Ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees requesting they resist efforts to include language expanding the 1033 program--which provides military equipment to local [...]
Who Wants to be Defense Secretary?
It seems nobody wants to be Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration. The president’s first two Defense Secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, both complained bitterly this month about their time in the administration. The [...]
Lame Ducks raise taxes on Duck Hunters
Last week, the Lame Duck Congress voice voted a $119 million tax hike on... duck hunters. The House did this by passing the "Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014" (H.R. 5069), which raised the "fee" hunters must pay to obtain a permit to hunt on [...]