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Government Can’t Stimulate an Economy

by Sheldon Richman December 29, 2011

Barack Obama won’t use the “stimulus” label to describe the nearly half-trillion-dollar jobs bill he sent to Congress in September, but that refusal can’t hide the fact that he has no idea how economies recover from recessions. “Stimulus” is a tainted label because his $800 billion bill in 2009 was a failure. Somehow a package about half that size ...

Federal Training Flops

by James Bovard December 28, 2011

Barack Obama recently proposed new programs to provide job training for youth and the long-term unemployed. For half a century, federal programs have provided trainees with little more than false hope. There is no reason to permit the feds to inflict new damage after all their previous failures. Between 1962 and 1980, the feds spent more for federal job training ...

The Road to the Permanent Warfare State, Part 8

by Gregory Bresiger December 27, 2011

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 |Part 12 |Part 13 George Kennan, the author of the containment doctrine, the doctrine that had set the ...

It’s the Message

by Rich Schwartzman December 27, 2011

During the lead-up to the last presidential campaign — during the winter of 2007–2008 — there was another push for a Ron Paul candidacy. I covered part of that push for two local weekly newspapers. For the photo op I shot a couple of staged groups, and I had everyone shout “Ron Paul” right before I pressed the shutter. One of ...

Not Ending Social Security As We Know It

by Laurence M. Vance December 27, 2011

Social Security is not only the cornerstone of the welfare state, it is the most expensive item in the federal budget. The Social Security system provides benefits for retirement, disability, survivorship, and death to 54 million Americans at a price to its 157 million taxpayers of more than $700 billion a year. Social Security is a relic from the New Deal. The first ...

We Need Your Support: Video Message 4 Libertarianism Is Spreading

by Jacob G. Hornberger December 26, 2011

The Jacob Hornberger Show – December 10, 2011

by Jacob G. Hornberger December 22, 2011

The Jacob Hornberger Show broadcasts live Saturday nights at 7pm EST. Visit FFF's Ustream Channel to watch the show live.

Secret Wars and the Rule of Law

by Tim Kelly December 21, 2011

The president of the United States now wages secret wars virtually independent of Congress and in direct violation of the United States Constitution. Earlier this month, the White House issued several findings authorizing U.S. intelligence services to carry out covert actions against Iran and Syria. A presidential finding is a directive similar to an executive order; it instructs a government ...

Noninterventionism: Cornerstone of a Free Society

by Anthony Gregory December 21, 2011

A free society is impossible under an empire. Even the most just war you can imagine is a disaster for liberty and prosperity, as Ludwig von Mises pointed out. An unjust war amounts to murder, mayhem, and mass destruction. And a perpetual state of war guarantees that liberty will never be achieved. James Madison said it very well: Of all ...

Freedom Watch: The Attack of Ron Paul (video) Fox Business News

by Jacob G. Hornberger December 20, 2011

Future of Freedom Foundation Founder Jacob Hornberger tells FBNs Ashley Webster why Ron Paul is turning up the heat on his competitors for the 2012 nomination as he surges in the polls. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

Frustrated with Immigrants? Just Wait until They Leave

by Fergus Hodgson December 20, 2011

The enforcement of laws against illegal immigrants remains a bone of contention between states and the federal government (and on the GOP presidential campaign trail), and the U.S. Supreme Court has now agreed to weigh in on the issue. There is, however, an irony to this battle that appears to be lost on deportation proponents: many people ...

Outrage over Body Parts of War Dead Is Misdirected

by Laurence M. Vance December 20, 2011

There didn't seem to be a lot of outrage last month when it was reported by the Washington Post that the Dover Air Force Base mortuary had for years been disposing of the unidentified remains of U.S. soldiers by cremating them and then dumping the ashes in a landfill in King George County, Virginia. The Dover mortuary receives ...