April 15: A Discomforting Reminder of the Past by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2016 April 15, the date by which American citizens scramble to file their federal income tax returns and pay their income taxes, serves as a discomforting reminder of America’s past: the fact that Americans didn't do this type of thing for some 125 years after the enactment of the Constitution. That’s not because income taxes are some sort of new invention ...
Why Libertarians Can Win by Jacob G. Hornberger April 8, 2016 I received a very interesting email this week, asking the following question of me: “What keeps you from giving up, abandoning all hope, and despairing when so few people seem to be able to grasp that freedom is better than control?” Those of us living today obviously live in a statist society, consisting primarily of the following major infringements on liberty, ...
Hornberger’s Video Tidbit: Clinton’s Gun Control Inanity by Future of Freedom Foundation April 8, 2016
Minimum-Wage Smartness in Switzerland by Jacob G. Hornberger April 7, 2016 Two years ago, Swiss voters had a national referendum that would have set the nation’s minimum wage at $25 an hour, ten dollars more than what is being proposed in the United States. I’ll bet you’ll never guess how the referendum came out. It went down to defeat, big time. 76.3 percent of voters voted no to the referendum. Why ...
Hypocritical Attacks on Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger April 6, 2016 The most interesting aspect of the widespread animus against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is that none of it is substantive. It’s all personal. It has nothing to do with Trump’s political or economic philosophy. That’s because Trump stands for the same philosophy and the same programs that his critics believe in. Consider, for example, this article in yesterday’s ...
The Evil of Sanctions by Jacob G. Hornberger April 5, 2016 Last Friday the New York Times carried an article entitled “A Hole in North Korean Sanctions Big Enough for Coal, Oil and Used Pianos,” which pointed out that North Koreans are circumventing U.S. and UN sanctions through illegal trade with China. This is something that U.S. officials, as well as many in the mainstream press, have lamented and ...
Give Trump Some Credit by Jacob G. Hornberger April 4, 2016 Whatever you might think about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, he deserves some credit: At least he has raised questions about the U.S. foreign policy of perpetual war and foreign interventionism, which has thrown GOP conservatives, the neo-cons, and the Washington, D.C., establishment—including, no doubt, the CIA and the entire military-industrial complex -- into an absolute tizzy. After all, to ...
FFF’s Newest Ebook by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2016 The Future of Freedom Foundation has just launched its newest ebook, entitled The CIA, Terrorism, and the Cold War: The Evil of the National Security State. I am the author. The ebook can be purchased at Amazon. It’s price: 99 cents. I discovered libertarianism almost 40 years ago. I took to it like a duck to water. My early ...