24 Outrageous Facts About Taxes In The United States That Will Blow Your Mind

The U.S. tax code is a complete and utter abomination and it needs to be thrown out entirely.  Nobody in their right mind would ever read the whole thing – it is over 3 million words long.  Each year, Americans spend billions of hours and hundreds of billions of dollars trying to comply with federal tax requirements.  … Read more »

Former CIA and Bin Laden Chief, Michael Scheuer, Warns Against a Romney or Obama Presidency

For everyone who says Ron Paul’s foreign policy is “dangerous,” here’s an undisputed expert on foreign policy. A 22 year veteran of the CIA, and Former Bin Laden Chief, Michael Scheuer, is warning America and Israel against a Romney or Obama Presidency. He reports Ron Paul is the best choice for security as a nation and … Read more »

Reviewing ‘The Baltimore Principles’

I had the great pleasure recently of reading The Baltimore Principles and I must say, I’m quite impressed. By the way, you can find the website at http://www.baltimoreprinciples.com and the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BaltimorePrinciples. The what? The Baltimore Principles is a historical look at the principles which ultimately were behind the drafting of the Constitution. Our founders weren’t necessarily … Read more »

The Cat And Mouse Game of Federal Budgeteering

Here we go playing the cat and mouse game again. Republicans want desperately to make themselves seem like anything but Democrat-lite, and they are failing miserably. Laurence M. Vance notes in Key Elements to a Successful Federal Budget: Yet another federal budget charade is now in progress. This time for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, … Read more »

It’s The Spending, Stupid!

For everybody yelling about the 1% not paying their “fair share” of taxes, I’ve got news for you: It’s not the taxes that are the problem; It’s the spending. Recently we heard that the Buffett Rule failed to pass the Senate 51-45. Supporters of the so-called Buffett Rule, which would set a minimum 30% federal … Read more »

Why I Am Not A Conservative

LewRockwell.com has a post up entitled “Why I Am Not A Conservative” by F.A. Hayek which was written in 1960: “At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, … Read more »

Paul Beats Obama by 1, Romney Ties

The Humble Libertarian says: Ron Paul could kick Obama’s ass in a general election but Republicans apparently love Obama so much that they want 4 more years of him. From Rasmussen: In a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied at 45%. Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern … Read more »

Santorum Bows Out

Well, it’s official. Yesterday, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign, citing his family. So, the GOP field has narrowed a bit. We’re down to Gingrich, who’s checks are beginning to bounce; Romney, who’s business acumen might be good, but might be too toxic to most voters outside the establishment; and Ron Paul, who is quite possibly … Read more »

The Bipartisanship of Tyranny

The only thing that is certain about 9/11 is that it fundamentally altered America. Within days, the foundations of a fascist system were being put into place, and of course everybody was all for it (in the name of security of course). Now, over a decade later, there’s not as many people so willing. Politicians, … Read more »

Looks Like Ron Paul Wasn’t Very Far Off

Remember the other day when I wrote on the IRS having the power to revoke your passport? Great, you remember. Now, remember when Ron Paul said the following: “But the people who want big fences and guns, sure, we can secure the borders — a barbed-wire fence with machine guns, that would do the trick. … Read more »