How much are we spending on the Drug War? How about the FDA? According to the Drug War Clock at drugsense.org, the Drug War cost the US $15 billion so far this year. In addition, President Obama’s budget request for the FDA t
Apparently a man showed up at a volunteers meeting for Elizabeth Warren’s Massachusetts Senatorial campaign in order to do the following: announce he is unemployed, identify himself as anti-Occupy Wall Street and pro-Tea Party, call Elizabeth Warren a socialist whore, claim that Obama was born in a foreign country, and then walk out, all in (more…)
I don’t know where Peter Schiff gets the patience to go down to Wall Street and try to explain economic principles to the protesters there. To their credit many are reasonable, but others won’t accept his arguments even though they have none of their own. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGL-Ex1CD1c]
It is my view that the corporate tax rate should be zero for the exact reasons laid out in this mainstream media report intended, as usual, to make us conclude the opposite of the truth–in this case that corporations should pay more taxes. Biggest Public Firms Paid Little US Taxes, Study Says Complex corporate tax (more…)
In a truly free society there would be no way for anyone to amass great wealth or earn high levels of income without offering a product or service commensurately valuable to the individuals in society—the nature of voluntary exchange guarantees that. But do we have a truly free society? People are upset about a CBO report showing an increase in income inequality between the highest earning 1% and lesser paid earners. But why exactly? I don’t think people are upset because they think it’s unfair
The Vatican has just released a Note on Financial Reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. I am reading it with horror on many levels. As I attempt to fully digest its contents (without losing my lunch), I thought I would pass along the following great article on a similar subject by Tom (more…)
Dr. Paul crushes it, as usual. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfth22IuyXU]
If you have seven minutes and want a chuckle, watch this video: Marriott TV
When my seven-year-old daughter asked me this question last night, I was gutted. Do I, the daughter of a Harley-riding, ultra-conservative, flag-fying war veteran, love America? I, the liver of the American Dream? Granddaughter of orphan and immigrants, waitress and community college student-turned-Harvard and Stanford grad, do I love America?
It defies credulity to think anyone actually believes the following virtually universal mainstream account of the Occupy Wall Street story: