National Blog - page 31
Can the Fed End Racism?
House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters and Senator Elizabeth Warren have introduced the Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act. This legislation directs the Federal Reserve to eliminate racial disparities in income, employment, [...]
Trump and Biden Squabble While America Burns
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden spent most of last week’s first Presidential debate trading insults and interrupting each other. The result was a debate with very little discussion of actual issues or policies. In [...]
Ron Paul Remains Unstoppable
This piece appeared originally at mises.org and is authored by Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute. When Dr. Ron Paul suffered a health scare during his live Liberty Report show last Friday, I was perhaps less worried than most. His [...]
There is no small government party in DC
On Tuesday, the House passed a Continuing Resolution keeping the government funded until December 11. The bill also extends the highway trust fund for a year and blocked a planned increase in Medicare Part B premiums and allows FEMA to access [...]
The War on Assange is a War on Truth
It is dangerous to reveal the truth about the illegal and immoral things our government does with our money and in our name, and the war on journalists who dare reveal such truths is very much a bipartisan affair. Just ask Wikileaks founder [...]
H.R. 666(6) means biochips required
Implanting microchips in people to track them used to be something that only appeared in futuristic movies. Unfortunately, the future is now. These are the kinds of ideas that big government and their so-called “public-private [...]
Forced into submission
If Florida can finally drop the charade, why can’t the rest of the states? The governors of states across the U.S. are proving to be the worst kind of authoritarians we could ever imagine. Using fear tactics and executive overreach, they [...]
Question 'The Science'? Go To Gulag!
In the Soviet Union it was forbidden to dispute the wisdom of the “party line.” That’s because Marxian communism was viewed as the scientifically inevitable progression of mankind. For Marx and Lenin, the “science was settled.” [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Restore America’s Budget Plan
On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a 30-year projection of the federal budget. The report shows that if current spending trends continue, the national debt will be at 195% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2050. That’s [...]
This week in Congress wrap up
The House was in session from Monday through Thursday. The Senate was also in session and considered nominations. In a normal election year, this would have been one of the last weeks of session before Congress adjourned so members could go [...]