National Blog - page 39
Trump’s Budget: More Warfare, Slightly Less Welfare
Listening to the howls from Democrats and the applause from Republicans, one would think President Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget is a radical assault on the welfare state. The truth is the budget contains some minor spending cuts, [...]
This Week in Congress
The Senate is done with impeachment, so they are back to nominations. The House is in session Monday through Thursday. The House is currently scheduled to consider H.J.Res. 79, which removes the time limits for states to ratify the Equal Rights [...]
Can the Fed Solve Climate Change
Remember Solyndra? That was the green energy company that received over half a BILLION taxpayer dollars in federal “loan guarantees” from the Obama stimulus plan . . . and then promptly went bankrupt. Solyndra became the [...]
A Million Iraqis Asked Us To Leave. We Should Listen.
You wouldn’t know it from US mainstream media reporting, but on Friday an estimated million Iraqis took to the streets to protest the continued US military presence in their country. What little mainstream media coverage the protest received [...]
Ron Paul, Thomas Massie, and Jim Bovard: Armed School is a Safe School
A tragedy was avoided last month when an armed shooter in a Texas Church was stopped by armed parishioners. This reinforces the fact that the best way to stop bad people with guns is good people with guns. That’s why it is so wonderful that [...]
Ron Paul Classic: No Federal Regulations of Tobacco
The $1.4 trillion spending deal that Congress passed and the president signed just before Christmas contained a provision banning tobacco sales (including e-cigarettes) to anyone under 21. So, an 18-year-old can join the military, fight, kill, [...]
Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations
This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of [...]
Is the Draft Coming Back?
During recent increased US-Iran confrontation, so many people viewed the Selective Service website to find out about the draft that the website crashed. People were right to be concerned about a return of the draft. With the ongoing military [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Dr. Paul v Nancy Pelosi on Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
Since today is the March for Life, it seems appropriate to look back on one of the highlights of Ron Paul’s efforts to end taxpayer-supported abortion -- his 1997 amendment to the foreign operations appropriations bill forbidding the use of [...]
Classic Ron Paul: The Real Reason Clinton Should Have Been Impeached
With the Senate impeachment trial dominating headlines this week, it seems appropriate to look back on what Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul said about the 1998 impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton. At a press conference the week [...]