Americans Certainly Do Need a Payroll Tax Cut by Laurence M. Vance September 6, 2019 For most employees in the United States there are three different federal taxes taken out of their paychecks by their employers: income tax withholding, ...
Friends of Freedom, Do Not Despair by Richard M. Ebeling September 5, 2019 Friends of freedom can easily become despondent when they look at what appear to be the ideological and political trends that fill the media ...
America’s Lost Liberties, Post-9/11 by John W. Whitehead September 4, 2019 “These are the times that try men’s souls.” ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis Take heed, America. Our losses are mounting with every passing day. What began ...
Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action: Marking 70 Years of Continuing Relevance by Richard M. Ebeling September 3, 2019 September 2019 marks 70 years since the appearance of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, one of the truly great “classics” ...
Another Worthless Republican Plan by Laurence M. Vance September 2, 2019 The national debt, budget deficit, federal budget, and congressional spending have all skyrocketed during the time that Donald Trump has been in office — ...
The American Gulag by John W. Whitehead August 29, 2019 “The exile of prisoners to a distant place, where they can ‘pay their debt to society,’ make themselves useful, and ...
The Hitler Phenomenon by Jacob G. Hornberger September 6, 2019 At the very beginning of this article, let me first state that I am not saying that Donald Trump is Adolf Hitler. Then why am I bringing it up? Because everyone agrees that when it comes to the subject of dictatorship, Hitler provides the gold standard. He is the model dictator in everyone’s books. Therefore, we can safely use him as a ...
The Trumpster Phenomenon by Jacob G. Hornberger September 5, 2019 One of the fascinating aspects of the Donald Trump presidency has been the rise of the Trumpster phenomenon. Trumpsters are conservatives who have become steadfast and unwavering followers and supporters of Trump. There are two distinguishing characteristics of Trumpsters: (1) their unconditional support of whatever Trump decides to do to “make America great again”; and (2) their refusal to tolerate or countenance any criticism or ...
Trump’s Berlin Wall, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 4, 2019 In my August 30 article, entitled “Trump’s Berlin Wall,” I wrote: In any event, desperate to appease his statist supporters before Election Day, President Trump is proceeding apace with the construction of his Berlin Wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Never mind that he has never succeeded in getting congressional approval for his massive public-works project. In the finest tradition of dictators everywhere, he has ...
The Real Purpose of Public Schooling by Jacob G. Hornberger September 3, 2019 Leave it to the Chinese Communist Party and the New York Times to indirectly teach Americans about public schooling. In an article entitled “The High School Course Beijing Accuses of Radicalizing Hong Kong,” the Times writes: China’s ruling Communist Party has long seen education as a crucial ideological tool for nurturing loyal citizens. Under Xi Jinping, the country’s authoritarian leader, the party has ramped ...
The Libertarian Angle: For a New Liberalism August 30, 2019 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard Ebeling discuss Richard's new book,
The Libertarian Angle: The Coming Recession? August 22, 2019 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talking about deficit spending, the inverted yield curve, and monetary ...
The Libertarian Angle: More Mass Killings in America August 6, 2019 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard Ebeling discuss the recent shootings in El Paso and ...
The Libertarian Angle: Fiscal Debauchery August 1, 2019 How high can the debt ceiling go? How much can Congress spend? Both seem limitless. FFF president ...