"While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers." ― F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 2

Democrats Abandon Obama For Ron Paul

Poll: Ron Paul would fare best against Obama among non-white voters

A poll released Tuesday found that in head-to-head election match-ups between President Barack Obama and various Republican presidential candidates, Texas Rep. Ron Paul fared best among non-white voters.

Washington's Meddling Wrecking Economy

“There’s a great pressure on people in Washington to ‘do something,’ and that pressure has led to many things that have been counterproductive. “Right now the problem is not that there isn’t money in the economy.

Allan H. Meltzer: Four Reasons Keynesians Keep Getting It Wrong - WSJ.com

U.S. fiscal and monetary policies are mainly directed at getting a near-term result. The estimated cost of new jobs in President Obama's latest jobs bill is at least $200,000 per job, based on administration estimates of the number of jobs and their cost.

The Freelance Economy: Is This the Future of Work?

Is this indeed the future of work? It seems likely. Swart predicts more people will choose freelancing as a career path, helping businesses create a balanced and blended workforce.

Rep. Paul Proposes $1T Spending Cut Plan

The congressman also pledged to limit his presidential salary to $39,336, which his campaign says is "approximately equal to the median personal income of the American worker." The current salary for the president is $400,000 a year.

Ron Paul wins Bloomberg readers poll as best candidate on the economy

For Congressman Paul to be voted by Bloomberg readers as the best candidate regarding economic issues, even when he was allowed limited opportunities to speak at last nights debate, speaks highly to those in the business world who understand Paul's knowledge and abilities on …

Who Should Bear the Burden of America's Debts?

President Obama’s solution to America’s deficit woes is to make the rich pay higher taxes.

What If Libertarians Ran Washington?

"What people don't realize is the developing world is massively overregulated," Strong said.

Ron Paul Campaign Gains Steam, Attracts Attention

Though his campaign has been largely ignored by the mainstream media, Rep. Ron Paul has been making some gains over the course of the last few months.

E-Mails Reveal Early White House Worries Over Solyndra

The new documents show a private investor in Solyndra questioning why the federal government, back in September 2009, agreed to put up so much money — $535 million — to help the company expand given the questions about its financial future. “One of our solar  …

Economist offers gloomy outlook

Americans might have to get used to high unemployment unless Congress and the president get serious about deficit reduction, a lower corporate tax rate, a higher gas tax rate to encourage use of an abundant U.S.

It's good news that government is stalled

One must not confuse broken government with slow government. Washington is stalled. It's being pulled in opposite directions by competing visions of government. In 2008, the American people elected a liberal president, House and Senate. What resulted was anything but gridlock.

Obama's Soak-The-Rich Tax Hikes Wouldn't Actually Increase Revenues

This sounds like a pretty good scam, at least if you’re a vote-buying politician, but there is one little detail that sometimes gets forgotten. Raising the tax burden is not the same as raising revenue.

Federal Infrastructure Spending: How About This Boondoggle?

It’s the Yuma Desalting Plant in Arizona, built by the federal Bureau of Reclamation at a taxpayer cost of $245 million.

Audit: USPS spent $4M on 'nothing'

Labor agreements mandate that postal employees have a certain amount of guaranteed work hours, which means that they cannot be laid off during periods of low mail volume or unplanned events like the breakdown of equipment.

It's Wrong to Steal…Even When the Government Does It

New York businessman James Lieto was an innocent bystander in a fraud investigation last year. Federal agents seized $392,000 of his cash anyway. An armored-car firm hired by Mr. Lieto to carry money for his check-cashing company got ensnared in the FBI probe.

Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes, Best for Deficit

The majority of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics believe that the federal deficit should be reduced only or primarily through spending cuts.

Study says it's official: The media is ignoring Ron Paul : Politics Blog

You've heard everybody from Jon Stewart to well, Ron Paul complain about it, but now we have a study from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center to back it up.

Establishment Media Admits Conspiracy To Ignore Ron Paul

Indeed, it is the establishment’s fear that Ron Paul could build the kind of momentum for a win that drives the deliberate policy to ignore his campaign.

Why 70% Tax Rates Won't Work

Despite these massive tax cuts for the bottom 80%, overall federal revenues were the same 18.5% share of GDP in 2007 as they were in 1979 and individual tax revenues were nearly the same—8.7% of GDP in 1979 versus 8.4% in 2007. In short, reductions in top tax rates under P …

Ron Paul Just Makes Good Sense

Ron Paul has always remembered to pay his taxes. It seems a good portion of President Barack Obama's Cabinet, including his own secretary of the Treasury can't claim that.

Boeing Is Pro-Growth, Not Anti-Union

a North Charleston swamp has been transformed into a state-of-the-art, green-energy powered, 1.2 million square-foot airplane assembly plant.

The reaction to Ron Paul's straw poll victory reveals the GOP's hypocrisy

This contrast is instructive. Although virtually all conservatives say they want to spend less and limit the size of government, only a small portion are willing to go to the lengths necessary to do this comprehensively and substantively.

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