Don’t Save Social Security by Jacob G. Hornberger November 4, 2010 There’s a website entitled Save Our Social Security. It issues the following scary, sinister, and ominous warning: “Powerful forces are gathering. They have prestige and wealth but they want more, and they want to take it from you. Their plan is to trick you into believing that Social Security is going broke. They say that the only cure is ...
Another Triumph for Statism by Jacob G. Hornberger November 3, 2010 Some mainstream media types are reporting that voters effectively rejected President Obama in the elections yesterday. The problem is that they’re not looking at the big picture. With the Republican takeover of the House, Obama is assured of full support of his interventionist foreign policy and his continued infringements on civil liberties, including the continued occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, ...
More on Libertarianism and the Tea Party by Jacob G. Hornberger November 2, 2010 In response to my blog post of yesterday, entitled “Libertarianism and the Tea Party,” some Tea Party supporters posted comments on my Facebook page indicating that my “attack” on the Tea Party was unfounded. My article, however, wasn’t an attack on the Tea Party. It was simply an observation about the Tea Party. The fact is while the ...
Hornberger’s Blog, November 2010 by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2010 Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Willie Nelson and the Drug War One of the benefits of the war on terrorism, from the standpoint of the statists, is that it has served to distract attention from the violations of civil liberties and privacy arising from that other famous federal war — the war on drugs. Last week’s arrest of Willie Nelson on pot ...
Libertarianism and the Tea Party by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2010 Will Tea Party wins in congressional elections make any difference at all? Nope. Federal spending and debt will continue to soar, and the prospect of inflation and even federal bankruptcy will continue to loom on the horizon. While Tea Party members are genuinely concerned about out-of-control federal spending and debt, they are still a long way from recognizing that the only ...
Debating a Socialist by Jacob G. Hornberger October 29, 2010 I just returned from Tampa, Florida, where I engaged in a debate sponsored by the Tampa branch of the Young President’s Organization. The topic was “Libertarianism or Socialism?”. My opponent was a gentleman named Brian Moore, who is a self-avowed socialist. The debate was cordial but hard-hitting. Moore is an affable guy, but it amazes me that there are actually ...
Libertarianism, Statism, and NPR by Jacob G. Hornberger October 26, 2010 The controversy over NPR’s firing of Juan Williams brings two predictable consequences: liberals decrying a violation of freedom of speech and conservatives making their periodic call for the termination of federal funding for NPR. Actually, there is no free-speech violation at all. The First Amendment operates as a restriction on the federal government, not private organizations. NPR is a private ...
Torture, Death, and Destruction in Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger October 25, 2010 The Wikileaks revelations confirm that ever since the U.S. government invaded Iraq seven years ago, U.S. officials were willing to accept any amount of death, destruction, and brutality among the Iraqi people to achieve that goal. Recall what U.S. officials said after those infamous WMDs failed to materialize. Did they admit their error? Did they apologize? Did they order U.S. ...
Liberals, Conservatives, and Cuban Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger October 22, 2010 Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, 1992 Preamble: We, Cuban citizens … guided by … the political and social ideas of Marx, Engels, and Lenin. Principles of the State:Article 1. Cuba is an independent and sovereign socialist state…. Article 9: The state … directs in a planned way the national economy… assures the educational, scientific, technical and cultural progress of ...
More Illegal Alien Nonsense in California by Jacob G. Hornberger October 21, 2010 The latest illegal-alien controversy in California’s gubernatorial race reflects the vicious and hypocritical assault on fundamental rights and economic liberty that liberals and conservatives have waged for decades. In 2000 Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor, employed a Hispanic housekeeper, Nicky Diaz Santillan. Unbeknownst to Whitman, Diaz was an illegal alien who furnished false documentation establishing that she was ...
Stuck in the Statist Box by Jacob G. Hornberger October 20, 2010 The latest political controversy in the Christine O’Donnell and Chris Coons race shows how conservatives, liberals, and, yes, Tea Party types, still operate within the box of statism. The controversy involves whether public schools should be teaching creationism or evolution. Coons says that they should be teaching evolution because it is a scientific fact and should not be teaching creationism because ...
Conservatives and Health-Care Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger October 19, 2010 For a good example of what a disaster conservatives are — and why they are just as responsible as liberals for America’s healthcare (and economic) woes — just look at an article that was published this week in the Washington Times by Thomas R. Saving and John C. Goodman. Saving is director of the Private Enterprise Research Center and Goodman is ...
