Federal Power
The American Empire and Your Liberty
Empire abroad is a massive threat to your liberty at home. Ultimately, as many founders warned, we could have either empire or liberty. But not both. The fundamental characteristics of a growing empire undermine the very foundation of the constitutional system. Empire...
Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, and Dismantle the Standing Army
โThere are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined...
Slouching Toward Fascism
Fascism is a governmental system in which the means of economic production and delivery of services are privately owned but government-controlled. Throughout history โ before even getting to its racism and wars โ fascism has led to the glorification of the state and...
Thomas Paine: Fear, Government Power and Standing Armies
From the earliest days of the republic, politicians have used fear to expand government power. This was the strategy the Federalist Party used to get a standing army. Thomas Paine called them out on it. The founding generation was extremely wary of standing armies....