NAFTA 2.0: Free Trade or Central Planning?
by Ron Paul Last week the United States, Mexico, and Canada agreed to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Sadly, instead of replacing NAFTA’s managed trade with true free trade, the new...
Big Spender: Don’t Expect Any Cuts Under Trump
by Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute Even before Trump was elected it was already clear that no one should expect him to cut spending and rein in annual budget deficits. Trump has always been about buying votes with more and more spending. Moreover, there is no...
Republicans’ Responsibility for Socialism’s Comeback
by Ron Paul According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey, 70 percent of Americans, including about 50 percent of Republicans, support Medicare for all, the latest incarnation of single-payer health care. Republican support for a health plan labeled “Medicare for all” is...