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Trust Funds: Real and Imaginary

by Laurence M. Vance December 3, 2021

It is interesting that the basic framework of the U.S. unemployment compensation program was first established in the Social Security Act of 1935. Although both programs have trust funds, one is real, and one is imaginary. Due to the COVID-19 “pandemic,” state unemployment programs were stretched to the limit in 2020 and into 2021. Let me briefly explain how these ...

Kyle Rittenhouse and the Citizen Militia

by Scott McPherson December 1, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges related to his actions on August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Three men ambushed the teen as he provided security, fire-fighting services, clean-up, and first aid during the riots that ravaged the city for over a week. One of the attackers was armed with a handgun, another attempted to bash Rittenhouse’s skull ...

Help FFF Advance Liberty in the Year Ahead

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 30, 2021

Today, we have one of the best opportunities in our lifetime to advance liberty. It might not seem like that, especially given the massive assaults on our liberty and well-being brought on by COVID-19 regulations, but the fact is that we are living in a time in which many people are thinking, pondering, and reflecting on the situation in ...

Contactless Government

by Laurence M. Vance November 29, 2021

It seems that at almost every business website you go to, you will see a link to information on that business’s response to the coronavirus, the pandemic, or COVID-19. One of the original responses of businesses to the COVID-19 “pandemic” that is not only still with us, but apparently here to stay, is contactless service. Although this initially appealed ...

Resisting the Market Process Undermines Freedom and Prosperity

by Richard M. Ebeling November 26, 2021

The free market often seems a hard sell. The resistance and opposition to its seemingly straightforward case emerges and persists, over and over again. It is all very strange, since, after all, how many people do not want the personal liberty to make their own choices about what to buy, where to live, and the amount they are willing ...

Don’t Give Up on the Blessings of Freedom

by John W. Whitehead November 24, 2021

“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”—John Lennon How do you give thanks for freedoms that are constantly being eroded? How do you express gratitude for one’s safety when the perils posed by the American police state grow more treacherous by the day? How do you come together as a nation in thanksgiving when the powers-that-be continue to polarize and ...

Cuba and the Destruction of Conscience

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 23, 2021

Last summer, protests erupted in Cuba against the communist regime over poor economic and health conditions within the country. No doubt operating under pressure from the Pentagon and the CIA, President Biden used the Cuban government’s suppression of the protests as an excuse to strengthen the decades-old U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. Biden proclaimed that he was supporting the Cuban ...

The Biden Crackdown on Thought Crimes

by James Bovard November 22, 2021

The Biden administration is seeking to radically narrow the boundaries of respectable American political thought. The administration has repeatedly issued statements and reports that could automatically castigate citizens who distrust the federal government. We may eventually learn that the new Biden guidelines spurred a vast increase in federal surveillance and other abuses against Americans who were guilty of nothing ...

The Road to Fascism

by John W. Whitehead November 19, 2021

“Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau We are moving fast down the road to fascism. This COVID-19 pandemic has shifted us into high gear. The heavy-handed collusion between the Techno-Corporate State and the U.S. government over vaccine mandates is merely the latest manifestation of the extent to which fascist forces are working to overthrow our constitutional republic and ...

The Importance of Liberty and the Rhetorical Misuse of Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling November 16, 2021

The seemingly singular concern of modern political debate, dispute, and disagreement is the issue of how and in what forms government will command and control and restrict and regulate the actions and interactions of virtually everyone in society, as well as redistribute the income and wealth of some for the benefit of others. Open the opinion pages of practically any ...

Fight for $26

by Laurence M. Vance November 15, 2021

Some states hold elections for state and local offices in odd-numbered years, and this year was no exception. In addition, a total of 39 statewide ballot measures were certified for the 2021 ballot in nine states. Some localities had ballot measures as well, like Tucson, Arizona, where residents voted in favor of a $15 minimum wage ...

Once Again, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentalism

by George Leef November 12, 2021

In September 2021, I wrote a two-part article for Future of Freedom entitled “There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentalism.” My argument was that people who say that those of us who favor liberty are just “fundamentalists” are mistaken. Fundamentalist thinking involves the acceptance of some belief simply because some authority has said that it is ...