Sowing More Big Government with the Farm Bill

by Rep Ron Paul Recently Congress sent the latest Farm Bill to the president. The bill features brand new federal programs, expansion of existing subsidies, more food stamps and more foreign food aid. This bill hits the taxpayer hard, while at the same time ensuring...

Why Liberty?

At the recent Libertarian Party Convention, Anthony Gregory gave a great talk on supporting the principles of liberty.  In short, it’s not politics.  It’s right vs wrong. Here’s an excerpt: We choose to defend liberty because, in a sense, we have...

Another Casualty of War: The Economy

by Rep Ron Paul This week, as the American economy continued to suffer the effects of big government, the House attempted to pass two multibillion dollar “emergency” spending bills, one for continued spending on the war in Iraq , and one increasing...

Who Is Responsible for the Housing Bubble?

by Rep Ron Paul The House passed two bills attempting to rehabilitate the housing and mortgage market this week.  There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of criticism and blame for the bad decisions, and rightly so. Lenders and banks do share much of the blame for...