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Farm Bill Follies

by Norman Singleton | Dec 24, 2018 | Blog

Here is a detailed summary of the policies and politics of the Farm Bill that passed Congress last week. Details of the 800-page bill were kept under wraps until last Monday night. The reason might have been that, in the words of House Agricultural Committee Ranking...

Tax-bloated Border Bandit Fuels Mercedes on Taxpayer Dime

by David Hathaway | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog

Juan Fernando Barajas was arraigned this month for using ten government fuel cards to pump more than $1,700 worth of fuel into his personal black Mercedes-Benz SUV. The Nogales-based U.S. border officer also appeared to be fueling his personal F-150 extended cab...

Tax Code Complexity Now Costs U.S. Economy up to $1 Trillion Annually

by Philip Schlosser | Dec 12, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles

74,608 pages, 2.4 million words. That is the present size of Title 26 of the U.S. Code, i.e. the “Internal Revenue Code.” One would think this would be nearly impossible for an enterprise wielding an army of tax experts to absorb, let alone the average taxpayer....

Is the Government’s Budget Equal to GDP?

by Sheldon Richman | Aug 8, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman

Memo to news people: tax cuts don't have to be paid for. The money is ours; the government takes it from us by threat of force, i.e., taxation. It's government programs that have to be paid for. Tax cuts are not government programs. So if you want to ask how...

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ICJ Declares Israel’s Occupation Illegal

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory violates international law.

What a strange fetish it all is…

Is it a fetish? There are some fascinating memes and clips doing the rounds of Trump lately. The populist appeal has become silly. The trouble is that some supposedly serious people are unironically aroused by it all. Then again, maybe it’s just for the LOLs? Grown...

Tariffs Violate Freedom

Debate goes on over who suffers from U.S. tariffs. Biden and Trump, for example, think U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods hurt China, not Americans. This is nonsense. Even if they hurt Chinese producers (who can sell their goods elsewhere), the tariffs still hurt...

If Pigs Could Fly: The F35 Continues to Miss the Mark

The Pentagon will continue to pay Bugatti prices for Yugos until the morale improves. Software upgrades have haunted this flying circus since its "full operational status" was fabricated years ago. The combination of a severely Sovietized acquisition system married to...

The Empire Strikes Back: Soldiering and Brain Injury

Whatever empires do abroad eventually comes home. Yet another unintended consequences come home in a tidal wave. This is personal; I was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury in 2019. I spent nearly a quarter century in the US military. I know there's a connection....

US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force

The US Navy may credibly dominate the Atlantic but the Pacific Ocean is no longer an exclusive US naval domination calculus. The Arctic is still dominated by the Russians and will remain so. The US Navy's ability to build functioning surface ships is compromised...

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Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

by Jim Bovard

Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, injected, harassed, surveilled, vilified, disarmed, beaten, detained, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government...

The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger

by Joseph Solis-Mullen

Today the front pages and bookstores are filled with tales of the so-called "China Threat." From spy balloons to Fentanyl pipelines, genocide to dreams of world domination: CHINA! But is it all true? Is any of it? Now, for the first time, the speciousness of these and...

Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times

by Laurie Calhoun

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Farm Bill Follies

Tax-bloated Border Bandit Fuels Mercedes on Taxpayer Dime

Tax Code Complexity Now Costs U.S. Economy up to $1 Trillion Annually

Is the Government’s Budget Equal to GDP?

Blog

ICJ Declares Israel’s Occupation Illegal

What a strange fetish it all is…

Tariffs Violate Freedom

If Pigs Could Fly: The F35 Continues to Miss the Mark

The Empire Strikes Back: Soldiering and Brain Injury

US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force

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Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger

Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times

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