The Never Ending Campaign for Liberty
As you can see from the video below, paying money to the state was “patriotic” then, just the politicians say it is now.
However one thing has changed. Back then the propaganda said spending makes you an enemy of America: “Every dollar you spend for something you don’t need, is a dollar spent to help [...]
Remember that story about how unfettered free-markets, limited-government, and massive deregulation are what Big Business wants so they can exploit the working class?
Turns out it’s not true. Take a look at who the Chamber of Commerce thinks are the most pro-business politicians, and which ones don’t make the cut:
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., had the most [...]
The Obama administration has nationalization down to a science:
Offer company loads of taxpayer money at virtually zero cost.
If company says no, threaten company with regulatory crackdown until it relents.
Add strings to money company already accepted (ex post facto), including the power to fire CEOs.
When companies try to payback money, refuse to accept payment, and tell them to [...]
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To coincide with the release of his new book, the prolific Thomas Woods, one of my favorite writers, has an article in Human Events:
According to Bob Higgs we may as well call the so-called stimulus bill “swimming-pool economics.” It’s based on the idea that if you take water from the deep end and pour [...]
The American Conservative magazine is one of my favorites. It is one of only three political magazines I have a subscription to - the others being Reason and Liberty.
But this article, by Patrick Choate, is infuriating. Choate argues for bailing out the Detroit Three, which he mistakenly refers to as the “American auto industry” (after [...]
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Yeah that’s about right…
But even this clever cartoon is a little generous to socialism.
After all, under socialism, if someone refuses to pay they are compelled to pay, literally at the point of a gun. And I don’t just mean in Communist countries. If you refuse to pay taxes here in the U.S. ultimately the money [...]
That needs to be the theme right now for everyone who cares about the free-market.
(Naturally there already is a facebook group.)
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How do you solve problems created by government mistakes? That’s easy… more government!
Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most-ardent opponents of off-shore drilling: ‘We (the government) should own [...]
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