The Seamless Web of Liberty
In a free society, individuals must respect the right of others to make their own choices free from government coercion. However they do not have to approve of those choices. Individuals...
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Posts by Ron Paul
Do We Need to Bring Back Internment Camps?
Of course we need a strong defense, but we should not provoke the hatred of others through drones, bombs, or pushing regime change overseas. And we must protect our civil liberties...
Greece Today, America Tomorrow?
The Greek crisis provides a look into what awaits us unless we stop overspending on warfare and welfare and restore a sound monetary system. ...
Obamacare’s Best Allies: The Courts and the Republicans
By ruling for the government in the case of King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court once again tied itself into rhetorical and logical knots to defend Obamacare. ...
Soros Pushes US Bailouts and Weapons for Ukraine
Despite the February ceasefire, Soros is pushing behind the scenes to make sure Ukraine receives top-of-the-line lethal weapons from the United States. Of course it will be up to us to...
Ex-Im Bank Is Welfare for the One Percent
Ex-Im Bank apologists claim that the bank primarily benefits small business. A look at the facts tells a different story. ...
Janet Yellen is Right: She Can’t Predict the Future
I found myself in rare agreement with Janet Yellen when she admitted that her economic predictions are likely to be wrong. Sadly, Yellen did not follow up her admission by handing...
New Military Spending Bill Expands Empire but Forbids Debate on War
While the neocons keep pushing the lie that the military budget is shrinking under the Obama Administration, the opposite is true. ...
NSA Spying Ruled Illegal, But Will Congress Save the Program Anyway?
The only reform of the PATRIOT Act is a total repeal. Accept nothing less. ...
USA FREEDOM Act: Just Another Word for Lost Liberty
A look at the USA FREEDOM Act’s details, as opposed to the press releases of its supporters, shows that the act leaves the government’s mass surveillance powers virtually untouched. ...
The Real War on the Middle Class
One of the great ironies of American politics is that most politicians who talk about helping the middle class support policies that, by expanding the welfare-warfare state, are harmful to middle-class...
The IRS and Congress Hold Our Liberty in Contempt
Since the IRS’s power stems from the tax system, the only way to protect our liberty from this agency is to eliminate the tax code. ...
Repeal, Don’t Reform the IMF!
A responsible financial institution would not extend a new loan of between 17 and 40 billion dollars to a borrower already struggling to pay back an existing multi-billion dollar loan. Yet...