National Blog - page 150
Medicare's victims
Last month marked fifty years since Congress created the Medicare program. Medicare is often pointed to as proof that yes, Virginia, government can run a health care program that provides quality care to its beneficiaries. Even many of those [...]
Do licensing laws help or hurt?
One of the earliest examples of government interference in health care is the laws requiring individuals to obtain a state license before they are legally allowed to practice medicine. Even many who oppose every other government interference [...]
DC's War on CrossFit
In DC's latest war on consumers, entrepreneurs, and anyone who dares to offer competition and better services than entrenched interests, the Washington, DC Board of Physical Therapy is set to soon release regulations that could reek havoc on [...]
Ron Paul: Are we a Nation of Wimps?
Earlier this year, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul wrote a very important essay, "Are We a Nation of Wimps." As the title suggests, the essay examines the way the people demand that the government provide them with economic and personal [...]
We're Number Twenty!
The CATO Institute, the Fraser Institute of Canada, and the Liberales Institute of Switzerland recently put out a ranking of the world's freest countries. Of course,the United States was number one, after all we are constantly told by our [...]
Hurrah for the Nanny State
Otherwise we would be helpless to resist phony mayonnaise and stop our children from drinking too much soda. The ever vigilant folks at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have discovered a new threat they must protect us from: organic [...]
RON PAUL: Blame the Federal Reserve, Not China, for Stock Market Crash
Following Monday’s historic stock market downturn, many politicians and so-called economic experts rushed to the microphones to explain why the market crashed and to propose "solutions” to our economic woes. Not surprisingly, most of those [...]
WATCH: Ron Paul Discusses Stock Market on Fox Business
C4L Chairman Ron Paul was on Fox Business talking about the Federal Reserve and the stock market. Watch below: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
End federal grants to revive federalism
One of the most disturbing (and least discussed) trends in the United States is the way federal grants for programs ranging from health care to education to housing to transposition have turned the states into administrative units of the federal [...]
The Federal Reserve is Not Your Friend
Rand Paul and investor Mark Spitznagel have an op-ed from Reason that talks about how the Federal Reserve's policies benefit the wealthy and Wall Street at the expense of the average American. When it comes to money, politicians are often seen [...]