Campaign For Liberty — The Beat Goes On

Campaign For Liberty — The Beat Goes On: "“All the leaders have said we have to raise the debt limit, so we’re going to,” said Plouffe, who managed President Obama’s 2008 campaign. “In that process, we should be able to reduce the deficit.”"

Use the Dollar or Else - Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. - Mises Daily

Use the Dollar or Else - Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. - Mises Daily: "A nation that is confident about its money's future would not fear currency competition. A nation with a dying money uses every possible means to crush the competition. That is precisely what is happening in the case of the so-called Liberty Dollar."

"NotHaus operated very close to the line in terms of legality. He put the dollar sign on his coins, for example, and sold them with numbers."

The dollar sign isn't unique to the U.S.A.

It's Time to Rethink Everything - Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. - Mises Daily

It's Time to Rethink Everything - Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. - Mises Daily: "Ron is a vehement opponent of abortion, and he explains why in ways that will bring readers around to his perspective (which is that of a man who has delivered thousands of babies). Then he moves to the entirely different area of public policy, pointing out that a centralized edict on this subject runs contrary to every moral and practical dictate of human liberty. A centralized pro-life policy is as wrong as a centralized mandatory-legalization policy. He wants a repeal of Roe. He doesn't want state funding. But if a community wants to permit the practice, while he would certainly oppose that at the local level, his view is that the federal government should have nothing to say about it either way."

On the Ryan plan | Cranach: The Blog of Veith

On the Ryan plan | Cranach: The Blog of Veith: "President Clinton’s own assistant health and human services secretary, Peter Edelman, resigned in protest, predicting that abolishing welfare would throw a million children into poverty. On the contrary. Within five years child poverty had declined by more than 2.5 million — one of the reasons the 1996 welfare reform is considered one of the social policy successes of our time."

The "Honest Services" Fraud Statute Threatens the Rule of Law | David Rittgers | Cato Institute: Commentary

The "Honest Services" Fraud Statute Threatens the Rule of Law | David Rittgers | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The 'honest services' statute criminalizes 'a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.' This criminalized an employee lying to his employer, and as Justice Scalia pointed out, 'would seemingly cover a salaried employee's phoning in sick to go to a ball game.' Prosecutors were able to get those convicted up to five years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, or both."

This Is Going to Hurt | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary

This Is Going to Hurt | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Of course, everyone is against 'fraud, waste, and abuse.' And certainly there is a great deal of that in the federal budget. But there is no line item called 'fraud, waste, and abuse.' One can't go in and simply slice waste off the top of the budget. Rather, it is marbled throughout in ways that often defy easy cutting. Moreover, one person's boondoggle is another person's critical program."

How ObamaCare Strokes the Fat Cats | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary

How ObamaCare Strokes the Fat Cats | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "An 18-month congressional probe found that the AARP stands to make $55 million to $166 million in one year alone from seniors switching from Medicare Advantage to AARP Medigap plans. Over the next 10 years, it would earn more than $1 billion from new customers. Business is good if you can get the government to put your competitors out of business."

"The program doesn't even require companies or unions to demonstrate any 'financial need' for the subsidy. As a result, it enables companies to incentivize early retirement for older employees, saving the companies money and improving their balance sheets — with taxpayers footing the bill."

"The major pharmaceutical firms got a requirement that all insurers must cover their products. That's one reason why Big Pharma spent more than $150 million on ads in favor of the bill."

"Even large insurers played the game: They got a mandate requiring everyone to buy their product. Sure, they'll have to adjust to some costly new regulations, and those added benefits will be expensive, but they can simply pass the costs on to consumers via higher premiums. After all, what can consumers do? If they decide not to buy insurance, the government will punish them."