My colleagues at Watchdog.org and its state-level affiliates were the first in the nation to break the story that the federal $787 billion stimulus package “has doubled the size of the House of Representatives, according to Recovery.gov, which says that funds were distributed to 440 congressional districts that do not exist.”
That includes Michigan. In its [...]
Mises Daily by Robert Higgs | Posted on 9/9/2009 12:00:00 AM
As soon as I saw the headline of an August 10 article by financial columnist Peter Cohan, I knew that something was terribly wrong. It reads: “How did the politics of small government lead to big government bailouts?” This is akin to asking, [...]
By James Bovard
When Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, there was euphoria across the land and millions of people cheered in the streets of Washington. Many people are convinced that American democracy has been redeemed and that the federal government no longer poses a peril to individual rights. Since the people’s choice is now [...]
Mises Daily by Laurence M. Vance | Posted on 4/3/2009 12:00:00 AM
[This talk was given at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference at the Mises Institute.]
Our current income tax system, inaugurated in 1913 with the adoption of the 16th Amendment, began with a 1 percent tax on taxable income above $3,000 ($4,000 for married couples). [...]
Posted on Mises Daily by Doug French | Posted on 3/26/2009 12:00:00 AM
New president Barack Obama’s $3.55 trillion budget serves notice that if you thought government couldn’t get any bigger or more intrusive, think again. The budget “represents real and dramatic change,” according to the President. But really the Obama plan is just [...]
It appears that we are witnessing, not only an all out assault on the greatest free-market system in the world, but the re-engineering of American society. The statements made by, then candidate, Barack Obama, that this economic recovery will be from the bottom-up, and the, “don’t you believe in spreading the wealth around,” were [...]
We at the For Freedom’s Sake blog want to take this opportunity to congratulate President Barack Obama on his inauguration as the nation’s first African-American president. This is truly a historic event and one that deserves the focus and pause of the whole nation to give thanks for the implications of this inaugural celebration. We [...]
