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Come and Take it!
The 127 American troops who defended Fort Morris in Sunbury, Georgia on November 25, 1778 were no match for the rapidly approaching British Army . . . They knew their hastily constructed fort’s walls would go up in smoke the moment a [...]
Are Recessions Inevitable?
Stocks fell last week following news that the yield curve on Treasury notes had inverted. This means that a short-term Treasury note was paying higher interest rates than long-term Treasury note. An inverted yield curve is widely seen as a sign [...]
Ron Paul: End the Fed Now
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding the Federal Reserve’s announced plans to implement a real time payment system: “Consumers already have numerous options to make real-time payments, so the [...]
Congress Spending Surge is National Suicide
With a national debt approaching $23 trillion and a trillion dollar deficit for this year alone, Congress last week decided to double down on suicidal spending, passing a two year budget that has the United States careening toward catastrophe. [...]
Will Persian Gulf 'Tanker War' Become a Shooting War?
The UK got a taste of its own medicine this week as Iran seized a British tanker, the Stena Impero, just two weeks after UK Royal Marines seized a tanker near Gibraltar carrying two million barrels of Iranian oil. As could be predicted, the US [...]
Who Are the Real Extremists?
The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have re-ignited efforts to pass “Red Flag” laws, which allow the government to take away a person’s guns without due process, and expanded background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun. [...]
‘Red Flag’ Laws Are the Wrong Solution to Mass Shootings
Campaign for Liberty is battling back against an onslaught of gun control legislation from BOTH parties. I’ve written many times about the threats we’re facing, especially with regards to so-called “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation [...]
Endgame for the Fed?
The Federal Reserve, responding to concerns about the economy and the stock market, and perhaps to criticisms by President Trump, recently changed course on interest rates by cutting its “benchmark” rate from 2.25 percent to two percent. [...]
True Budget Hawks are Foreign Policy Doves
During my presidential campaigns, well-meaning supporters would sometimes suggest I stop emphasizing opposition to overseas intervention and focus on fiscal issues. I disregarded the advice, not only because adopting a noninterventionist foreign [...]
Making headway against the banksters
C4L staff have been pounding the pavement on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, visiting and calling offices, and mobilizing grassroots activists in targeted districts in support of Audit the Fed. In fact, we've visited 192 offices in just the past [...]