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All I Want for Christmas is a (Real) Government Shutdown
The political class breathed a sigh of relief Saturday when the US Senate averted a government shutdown by passing the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill. This year’s omnibus resembles omnibuses of Christmas past in that it was drafted in [...]
Why is the idea of auditing the Federal Reserve more popular than ever?
Check out this interview that C4L's own Matt Hawes and Norm Singleton did with Rare on our efforts to audit the Federal Reserve:
US Sanctions on Russia May Sink the Dollar
The US government's decision to apply more sanctions on Russia is a grave mistake and will only escalate an already tense situation, ultimately harming the US economy itself. While the effect of sanctions on the dollar may not be appreciated in [...]
Sorry, Chamber of Commerce, Fed Transparency Is More Important
Last week, like a parent admonishing their child, the Chamber of Commerce published a condescending attack on Senator Paul's attempt to force a vote on Audit the Fed in exchange for votes on nominees to the Fed's Board of Governors. While the [...]
Audit the Fed Surpasses 218 Cosponsors
Today, Campaign for Liberty announced that H.R. 24, Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill, which was reintroduced this Congress by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), is now cosponsored by a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives for the third [...]
Audit the Fed Not Going Away
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty released the following statement today from C4L President John Tate regarding Congressman Thomas Massie and Senator Rand Paul’s plans to reintroduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (“Audit the [...]
Ben Bernanke Turned Down for Mortgage Refinancing
You know it's bad when a former chairman of the Federal Reserve can't even get a loan. Ben Bernanke revealed yesterday that he was turned down for a refinance loan. From Bloomberg: The former Federal Reserve chairman, speaking at a conference [...]
Ron Paul on CNBC: Give Free Markets A Chance
Austrian economists define inflation as an increase in the money supply, which in turn leads to higher prices for goods and services. This is important to note for a number of reasons, but most importantly for the point made by Ludwig von [...]
Tax Reform is Useless Without Spending Reform
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on why supporters of limited government, free-markets, and individual liberty should not get excited about the chatter about tax "reform" emanating from the Beltway. [...]
Yellen: Print More
Speaking today in front of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Janet Yellen called for continued action from the Fed to prop up the struggling US economy. From Bloomberg News: “A high degree of monetary accommodation remains [...]