Federal Programs
California Law Requiring Local Approval of Police Militarization Beginning to Have Effect
MONTCLAIR, Calif. (March 10, 2022) – On Jan. 1, a California law went into effect that creates oversight and accountability for federal programs that militarize local police. We’re beginning to see the practical impact of this new law. The new California...
The Government’s Kill Switch for Your Car, Your Freedoms and Your Life
“A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.” —Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle If we haven’t learned by now, we should beware of anything the government insists is for our own good. Take the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Investment and...
How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution: 1937–1944 Part II: The Stage is Set
The first installment in this series described America’s limited and frugal federal government from 1789 until the 1930s. This second installment explains how the stage was set for radical change. Crisis and Depression In October 1929, a financial bubble broke. As...
Trust Funds: Real and Imaginary
It is interesting that the basic framework of the U.S. unemployment compensation program was first established in the Social Security Act of 1935. Although both programs have trust funds, one is real, and one is imaginary. Due to the COVID-19 “pandemic,” state...