National Blog - page 229
How government makes your beer 44 percent more expensive
Bonnie Kristian has a great article over at Rare about how government regulation not only increases the cost of beer, but stifles competition in the marketplace: The last six-pack of beer I bought ran me about $11. It was a craft Altbier from [...]
Rand Paul Holds Fed Nominees, Requests Vote on Audit the Fed!
In a letter addressed to Senate Dictator Majority Leader Harry Reid, acquired by Campaign for Liberty, Senator Rand Paul notified Reid that he objects to any vote on four Fed nominees without also holding a vote on S. 209, the Federal Reserve [...]
Movie Review: Fed Up
This weekend I saw the new movie Fed Up, a documentary focusing on the obesity epidemic in the United States. As expected, it implied that the federal government needs to take a greater role in regulating the food industry. But much to my [...]
Obamacare contractor pays workers to do nothing
An investigative report out of KMOV shows that Serco, which has a federal contract worth upwards of $1.2 Billion, is paying workers to do nothing. According to a current employee, "the main thing is that the Data Entry side does not have [...]
Norman Singleton on Truth Trial
I’ll be appearing on Jonathan Emord’s Truth Trial tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss, among other issues, Campaign for Liberty's efforts to obtain House and Senate roll-call votes on Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill. You can get more [...]
Scott Garrett: Audit the Fed and Rein in TSA
One of the representatives who cosponsored Audit the Fed this week, thus helping us once again get a majority of the House on the bill, is Representative Scott Garrett (NJ-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government [...]