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 »

How Socialized Healthcare Will Place ‘Collective Good’ Ahead Of Individual Liberties

Are you a smoker? Do you like smoking? If you answered yes, you’d better be prepared to change your tune. Let me explain why. Sky News reports: The cost of a packet of cigarettes in New Zealand could rise to as much as $100 dollars – around £50 – by 2020 amid moves to stamp … Read more »

Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp?

There has been no society in the history of the world that has ever been 100% safe.  No matter how much money the federal government spends on “homeland security”, the truth is that bad things will still happen.  Our world is a very dangerous place and it is becoming increasingly unstable.  The federal government could … Read more »

There Is Not Going To Be A Solution To Our Economic Problems On The National Level

For those waiting for our economic problems to be solved, you can quit holding your breath.  There is simply not going to be a solution to our economic problems on the national level.  So why is that the case?  Well, it is because the economic policies of both major political parties are very, very similar … Read more »

Just What in the World is America up to?

Just what in the world is the US government up to lately? First, there was the NDAA (the feds can indefinitely detain you merely on the suspicion of terrorism). Then there was SOPA/PIPA (the feds want to shut down the internet). By the way, they are bringing this one back in the form of CISPA (which further violates … 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 »

American Income Tax Tyranny

Richard W. Rahn notes on Cato.org (also published in the Washington Times on April 9th, 2012): Americans, now 236 years removed from the Declaration of Independence, have acquiesced to far more tax tyranny — and I do not use that word lightly — than the British tax tyranny that ignited our revolt. Modern-day apologists for … Read more »