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Press Release: Wyoming Joins Neighboring States and Ends Taxation of Precious Metals
For Immediate Release: March 14, 2018 Contact: Cathy Ide, wyoming@campaignforliberty.com Wyoming Joins Neighboring States and Ends Taxation of Precious Metals Cheyenne, Wyoming - Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and Wyoming [...]
Classic Ron Paul: Greenspan punish savers
One of the major victims of the Federal Reserve's low-interest rate policies are those Americans who rely on savings. Last October, John Mauldin explained how the Fed has adversely impacted savers: Here’s the federal funds rate from 2007 to [...]
The Phony Job Recovery
Last Friday saw the release of a bombshell jobs report, with headlines exclaiming that the US economy added over 250,000 jobs in July, far in excess of any forecasts. The reality was far more grim. Those “jobs” weren't actually created by [...]
Economic Placebos
By Zac Nickerson Earlier last week American business magnate Steve Wynn was interviewed on Ralston Live, a show on Nevada’s KNPB Public Television channel 5. World Net Daily (WND) reported on the interview in an informative article which you [...]
Statism of the Union
The centerpiece of President Obama's State of the Union was something he called "middle-class" economics. Not surprisingly, Obama’s definition of a “pro-middle class” economic policy is a laundry list of new spending programs and mandates. [...]
This Week in Congress: Tax Reform Update
Congress is expected to start voting on amendments to the tax reform bill as early as Thursday. Here are some amendments that Campaign for Liberty members will find of interest: 1. An amendment imposing a carried interest tax, which has the [...]
The Right Lessons from Obamacare's Meltdown
The decision of several major insurance companies to cut their losses and withdraw from the Obamacare exchanges, combined with the failure of 70 percent of Obamacare's health insurance “co-ops, ” will leave one in six Obamacare enrollees with [...]
Message to Government: Hands Off Uber!
By Danny Lewis Popular ride sharing services, such as Uber, are under attack from legislatures across the nation. Local and state governments are already taking action that could affect Uber and thousands of its customers. The New York [...]
Baptists, Bootleggers, and Balderdash
By Zac Nickerson George Will recently wrote an article for the Washington Post entitled “When Bootleggers and Baptists Converge”. In the article he discusses how the State has become both sides of the Bootleggers and Baptists economic [...]
A Task the Government Has Made Easier
A great message, in easily sharable form: