National Blog - page 196
It doesn't know when to stop.
While some find growing mistrust in government officials and institutions alarming, George Will recently countered that worry by stating on a Fox News panel, "I think we have much more to fear from excessive faith in government than from too [...]
ObamaCare bailout coming in lame duck?
According to Stephen Moore, writing in Investor's Business Daily, in September, House leadership scuttled plans to vote on legislation blocking a taxpayer-bailout for insurance companies. The legislation in question would ensure that health [...]
IRS cares about its own privacy...taxpayer’s privacy not so much
In a story that should come as no surprise to Campaign for Liberty members, the Washington Examiner reports that the IRS has failed to adequately comply with hundreds of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. In some of the FOIA requests [...]
Raul Labrador speaks at LPAC 2014
Watch Congressman Raul Labrador (R-ID) speak at LPAC 2014:
More proof that government is out of control and dangerous
Next time some statist tries to tell you that our deficits are because the government is just not taxing us enough, remind them that federal tax revenues are at historic highs and are projected to increase. Despite the new revenue, government [...]
How the Nanny State ruined Saturday Morning
Readers of a certain age may remember when kids began their weekends by gathering around the television to watch Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, and other Saturday Morning cartoons. Today, network programming on Saturday morning looks like any other day [...]
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:
The Real Status of Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq
After 13 years of war in Afghanistan – the longest in US history – the US government has achieved no victory. Afghanistan is in chaos and would collapse completely without regular infusions of US money. The war has been a failure, but [...]
Allan Greenspan: Ben Bernanke is wrong, Ron Paul is right
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke famously told Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul that gold is not money. Perhaps Bernanke should have a talk with his predecessor. In his “Golden Rule - Why Beijing Is Buying,” an article [...]
Rand Paul LPAC 2014 Address
Senator Rand Paul speaks to 2014 LPAC attendees: