“Everyone has a right to affordable health care!” “Everyone has a right to go to college!” “Everyone has a right to own a home, it’s the American Dream!” We’ve all heard these. Some of us have even believed them, but do you honestly believe the government can give...
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8/14/20 Grant Smith on the Unscrupulous Dealings of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board
Grant Smith joins the show for another look at the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, a government entity associated with the state of Virginia that allocates taxpayer money to Israeli companies starting operations in the U.S. The projects, Smith explains, aren't viable...
Western Europe Puts Free Speech in the Crosshairs
As Murray Rothbard, writing in Power and Market, noted: “Democracy may be thought of, not so much as a value in itself, but as a possible method for achieving other desired ends...Democracy, after all, is simply a method of choosing governors and issues, and it is not...
Debunking Marx’s ‘Iron Law of Wages’
Does a competitive, free market capitalist system drive down wages for the common man? That’s the question I was confronted with in a recent exchange I had with a Marxist on Twitter. My original post stated that “Free, competitive markets don’t drive down worker...
News Roundup 8/17/20
US News Joe Biden calls for a nationwide mask mandate. [Link] Minneapolis business owners are struggling to rebuild after riots because of city regulations. The regulations require businesses to prepay taxes to get a demolition permit. [Link] The Secret Service...
Sam Eagle vs. The Feds
The Michigan State Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (and drive through donut joints, but that doesn’t fit in the title) has the job of patrolling the shores and skies over Lake Michigan. This summer, an “environmental quality analyst” was operating a...
The War Party Aims For Regime Change in Belarus
It seems that whoever wins the presidency, United States foreign policy will keep chugging away at intervening across the world, including via “regime change” efforts. Over the last couple decades, targets for U.S.-government-supported overthrow have included...
California Govt Shuts Off Power in Middle of Heat Wave
As Jacob Hornberger says, only the government complains about having too many customers. In the most modern province of the most wealthy and powerful nation in the world, they can't even keep the f#%^&ng lights on and AC running in the summertime. What a...
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