National Blog - page 139
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 [...]
Man who saw the last crisis thinks we are on the verge of another one
Looking for an entertaining movie about the 2008 financial crisis? Well you are in luck because one is playing at a theater near you. The Big Short tells the true story of a group of financial professionals who realized the housing boom was [...]
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 [...]
RON PAUL: Oregon Standoff: Isolated Event or Sign of Things to Come?
The nation's attention turned to Oregon this week when a group calling itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom seized control of part of a federal wildlife refuge. The citizens were protesting the harsh sentences given to members of the [...]
Murray Rothbard on Audit the Fed
Today is the twenty-first anniversary of Murray Rothbard's death. I had the privilege of knowing Dr. Rothbard, and he was not only one of the smartest people I ever meet, but he was a genuinely nice person who was fun to be around. Unlike so many [...]