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Donald:  How To Succeed as President 

12 Nov

What the hell do you have to lose?  Replace American’s failed welfare-warfare state with liberty and free enterprise.  The American people will thank you and people around the world will thank you.  

[Originally published July 17, 2016.)

Source: 7 Things Trump Must Do

 

Trump Needs to Read This Essay

10 Nov

Must reading for members of Congress, too.

“According to some commentators the US federal budget deficit still remains a major economic problem notwithstanding that it draws less attention than in the past.”

Source: How Government Budget Deficits Make Us Poorer

 

Trump’s Revolution 

09 Nov

“Donald Trump has done the unthinkable – unthinkable, that is, to the sneering elites: the “journalists” who have been spending their days snarking at Trump on Twitter, the DC mandarins who disdained him from the beginning, and the foreign policy “experts” who gasped in horror as he challenged the basic premises of the post-World War …”

Source: Trump’s Revolution – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com

 

Ron Paul Handicaps Donald and Hillary 

07 Nov

Source: Regardless of How America Votes, Americans Want a Different Foreign Policy

 
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Posted in Donald Trump, Economy, Federal Government, Foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, Spending, Taxes, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

Why Jews—And Others–Should Not Vote for Hillary on Tuesday

06 Nov

Fifty years ago on a sunny Sunday morning in April, I was watching a television program (channel 7 in New York) about Passover. Although I don’t remember the specifics of the whole program, I do remember vividly a statement made by Rabbi who responded to a question from the host, “The essence of Judaism is the sanctity of the individual” (emphasis added).

When I heard these words and realized that the uniqueness of every individual human being is the core of our journey in life, it was not long after watching that program that I learned about libertarianism and how this political philosophy dovetails with Judaism. In fact, after I was the New Jersey’s Libertarian Party’s nominee for governor in 1997 I was invited by Rabbi to speak to his congregation on a Friday night. My topic that evening was in keeping with what I heard 20 years earlier, “Why Jews should be libertarians.”

My message that evening nearly 20 years ago was clear. Given the history of the Jews, government is the last institution they should trust. And the fact that Moses gave the world the Ten Commandments, two of which are the foundation of libertarianism, “Thou shalt not steal,” and “Thou shalt not kill,” Jews should be in favor of either a stateless society or very limited government in which the “government fears the people” and not the other way around.

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If Hillary wins, get ready for a massive increase in the size of the federal government 

24 Oct

Robert Wenzel lays it out.  

 
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Posted in Business cycle, Crony capitalism, Federal Government, Hillary Clinton, Military-industrial complex, Spending, Taxes, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

Trump’s Missed Opportunities… Hillary’s left-wing agenda and warmongering

20 Oct

Since it’s midterm time let me give each candidate a letter grade for last night’s debate performance. Donald gets a B- and Hillary gets her usual F, for her collectivist ideology, trickle-down economics, and continued warmongering.

Donald missed several opportunities to hit a grand slam for the night, which would’ve turned his performance into an A+. Let me explain.

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The pot calling the kettle black

02 Oct

“Well this is a little awkward. With the leaked 1995 Trump tax returns ‘scandal’ focused on the billionaire’s yuuge “net operating loss” and how it might have ‘legally’ enabled him to pay no taxes for years, we now discover none other than Hillary Rodham Clinton utilized a $700,000 “loss” to avoid paying some taxes in 2015.”

Source: Clinton Campaign Admits Hillary Used Same Tax Avoidance “Scheme” As Trump

 
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Posted in Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Presidential campaign, Taxes

 

What two-party system?

21 Sep

Robert Wenzel takes down Sen. McConnell’s surrender to the Democrats.  George Wallace was right, there’s not a dime’s difference between the Democrats and Republicans.

 

Bipartisan fiasco

10 Sep

“The Six Presidents Causing US Bankruptcy By Egon von Greyerz Since Reagan came to power in 1981, the US has had a total of five presidents who have spent ever increasing amounts of money to hang on…”

Source: The Six Presidents Causing US Bankruptcy | Matterhorn – GoldSwitzerland

 

How to save taxpayers oodles of money

01 Sep

0053_defense-comparison-cropBring the troops home.

Source: U.S. Troops to Get a Pay Raise

 
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Posted in Federal Government, Foreign policy, Military-industrial complex, Spending, Taxes, Warfare state

 

What to Expect from a Clinton Presidency: Anti-Libertarian Activism

25 Jul

A thirst for power and money.  That’s Michael Rozeff’s assessment of Hillary

Source: What to Expect from a Clinton Presidency: Anti-Libertarian Activism

 
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Posted in Corruption, Crony capitalism, Economy, Federal Government, Hillary Clinton, Regulations, Spending, Taxes, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

San Francisco Review of Books: Socialism Destroyed

22 Jul

Robert Wenzel reviews Tom DiLorenzo’s new book.

Source: San Francisco Review of Books: Socialism Destroyed

 

What Donald Trump should have said last night

22 Jul

Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention last night could have been a lot shorter and focused on espousing the virtues of limited government and free enterprise.

First, Donald should have used several props, such as the first 1040 form, which was only four pages long. He should have said that a tax return of 1914 was simple and allowed the federal government to raise the funds it needed to pay for its expenses 100 years ago, when only 2% of the American people had to pay any income tax. In addition, today large and medium-sized businesses need an army of accountants and attorneys to comply with the tax code. That’s money that cannot be used to buy better equipment, modernize their factories, and thus make American workers more productive, which would earn them higher salaries.

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Help the Poor by Abolishing the Income Tax – The Future of Freedom Foundation

21 Jul

The income tax must be abolished to create sustainable prosperity.  

“The standard leftist position on helping the poor is: Increase income taxes on the rich and give the money to the poor in the form of welfare. The idea is that it’s just not fair that someone has more money when someone has less money. By equalizing people’s financial conditions, through the force of a progressive income tax and a welfare state, the financial plight of the poor will be improved. The left, however, is wrong. As our American ancestors, Continue Reading…”

Source: Help the Poor by Abolishing the Income Tax – The Future of Freedom Foundation

 
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Posted in Crony capitalism, Economy, Employment, Federal Government, Free markets, Income taxes, Politicians, Politics, Poverty, Spending, Taxes, Welfare state