Spending the Economy into Oblivion
by Rep Ron Paul With news this week that Congress is poised to consider a new stimulus package, I am forced to again ask a question that seems silly in Washington:Â How will we pay for this? While a few Members of Congress have raised the issue, it certainly was not the primary concern of [...]
Repeal the 17th Amendment
by John MacMullin, Mises.org Nearing election time again, we are reminded that the there are no checks and balances available to the states over federal power or over Congress itself in any area. However, in the history of our country, it was not always this way. In the original design by the Framers of the [...]
Where Do We Go From Here?
by Ed Noyes, SuperLiberty.com “If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.†Laurence J. Peter, US educator & writer (1919 – 1988) Where are we going? What is the destiny of America? Who is responsible to save our nation? It seems apparent that at this time in our [...]
Capitalism Without Capital?
by Rep Ron Paul It has been long understood that our federal government is going deeper into debt, consistently raising the debt ceiling and demonstrating no fiscal restraint. In recent years, debt ceiling increases have been placed in “must pass†legislation as a means to guarantee that Republicans as well as Democrats would vote for [...]
Constitution? More of a “Guideline” Really
by History Matters, Church v State The title of this post is loosely taken from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: “…the code is more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual rules” Readers of my posts here will know that I think the courts often get very far from the original [...]
The Proper Role of Government
by Ed Noyes, SuperLiberty.com It is amazing how far away we as a nation have strayed from the original vision of the founders with regards to the proper role of government. We have, in fact, devolved 180 degrees from that original purpose. Government was intended to be the protector of the rights of the people. [...]
The Do-Something Congress
by Rep Ron Paul It has not been a good week for the Republic. It took quite a bit of trampling of the Constitution, but the bailout bill passed, as I suspected it would. The bailout failed the first time it was brought to the House. Undaunted, the Senate pressed on by attaching the bailout [...]
The Mother of all Bailouts and the 10th Amendment
by Savage Baptist, No Blog of Significance Look, here’s the text of the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Simple enough, ain’t it? If the Constitution [...]
