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Coronavirus and Congress
As you likely already know, Congress has, for the most part, been out of session for the last two months. The only exceptions have been when they came together to pass major legislation dealing with the coronavirus situation. As is typical of [...]
What If the Lockdown Was All A Big Mistake?
From California to New Jersey, Americans are protesting in the streets. They are demanding an end to house arrest orders given by government officials over a virus outbreak that even according to the latest US government numbers will claim fewer [...]
Not a normal year
In any other “normal” year, many of us would be gathering with family and friends this weekend to celebrate the Easter holiday.But this is anything but a normal year. Back in 1916, the Irish chose Easter as a time to rise up [...]
It isn’t different this time . . . it’s worse
On Friday, March 27, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the huge $2.2 TRILLION coronavirus bailout bill, and President Trump immediately signed it. And with the calamity of the stock market over the past few weeks and all the [...]
Like Freedom? Then You Won’t Like the FREEDOM Act
Last Monday, a bipartisan group of Senators and a coalition including libertarian and progressive activists thwarted a scheme to ram through the Senate legislation renewing three provisions of the USA FREEDOM Act (previously known as the USA [...]
Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and ‘Digital Certificates’
In my first week in the House of Representatives in 1976, I cast one of the two votes against legislation appropriating funds for a swine flu vaccination program. A swine flu outbreak was then dominating headlines, so most in DC were frantic to [...]
A Healthcare PATRIOT Act?
According to a story in Politico, the White House Coronavirus Task Force is considering creating a national surveillance system to track Americans’ health information. Supporters of this initiative claim it would enable the federal government [...]
End the Shutdown; It’s Time for Resurrection!
For many millions of Christians, Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Others may celebrate the arrival of spring and the promise of new life. Whatever one’s beliefs, after several weeks of mandatory “stay at home” [...]
Will Coronavirus End the Fed?
September 17, 2019 was a significant day in American economic history. On that day, the New York Federal Reserve began emergency cash infusions into the repurchasing (repo) market. This is the market banks use to make short-term loans to each [...]
SPECIAL SUNDAY ALERT
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul penned the following piece regarding reports that Congress may attach legislation imposing new price controls on health care providers as part of the multi-trillion COVID-19 spending bill. The bill is [...]