National Blog - page 115
What to excpect in the Lame Duck: Cures and Creates?
In addition to spending increases and the Obamacare bailout, another issue that may come up in the Lame Duck is the "Cures Act". As I wrote when the Cures Act was passed in 2015, this bill: "...deals with federal funding for medical research. [...]
Iceland Today, the US Tomorrow?
During the 2008 economic crisis, Iceland’s government froze offshore accounts held by foreign investors in that country’s currency, the krona. Recently, the government of Iceland announced it would unfreeze the accounts if the account holders [...]
What To Expect in the Lame Duck: Obamacare Bailouts?
Passing legislation funding the government is not the only issue facing Congress when it returns for the "lame duck" session. For example, Congress will also need to stop the Obamacare bailout. The law, which even Bill Clinton calls [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Repeal, Don't Reform The IMF
Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank held their annual meetings in DC. Since my invitation was lost in the mail, I'm not sure if the IMF's role in Iceland's backdoor theft of private capital via direct taxation and [...]
Liberty at the movies: Hell or High Water, Equity, Don't Breathe
Hell or High Water, Don't Breathe, and Equity are three "small" films that, while not pro-liberty or even explicitly political, cast an interesting look at life in the post-"great recession" era. Don't Breathe has (justifiably) become the [...]
Campaing for Liberty calls for real oversight and transparency of intelligence agencies
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition of groups from across the political spectrum in calling for reforms of the intelligence committee to provide for more effective oversight of federal intelligence agencies, as well as give more [...]
The Nobel Committee Redeems Itself
From its 2008 blunder of giving Barrack Obama the peace prize, this year's Nobel Prize in literature went to legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. While this may seem an odd choice, Dylan's lyrics have long been recognized as poetry. Dylan [...]
Campaign for Liberty to Congress: Don't Let The Post Office Raise Prices!
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition against the Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 5714), legislation introduced by House Government and Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz. Under the guise of postal "reform" this legislation would [...]
Fifteen Years Into the Afghan War, Do Americans Know the Truth?
Last week marked the fifteenth anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan, the longest war in US history. There weren’t any victory parades or photo-ops with Afghanistan’s post-liberation leaders. That is because the war is ongoing. In [...]
As Iceland goes, so goes the world?
During the 2008 market meltdown, Iceland imposed capital controls on foreign investors in "offshore Krona funds" (Krona is Iceland's currency). Now Iceland's government has announced it is lifting the controls. So lovers of liberty should [...]