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Freedom dies in statism.
Read/listen to Bastiat's, Mises' and Rothbard's books!
https://mises.org/library/book/man-economy-and-state-power-and-market
Read/listen to Bastiat's, Mises' and Rothbard's books!
https://mises.org/library/book/man-economy-and-state-power-and-market
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· Feb 15
Juan de Mariana: "He seizes the property of individuals and squanders it, impelled as he is by the unkingly vices of lust, avarice, cruelty, and fraud ... Tyrants, indeed, try to injure and ruin everybody, but they direct their attack especially against rich and upright men throughout the realm. ...
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Literally the only Republican in Congress who is not afraid to say this. Even despite the threat here from Trump’s campaign manager. They can’t get votes on the merits, so they always resort to threats. Trump rules his party with fear, and they are all terrified- except Massie.
March 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Literally the only Republican in Congress who is not afraid to say this. Even despite the threat here from Trump’s campaign manager. They can’t get votes on the merits, so they always resort to threats. Trump rules his party with fear, and they are all terrified- except Massie.
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Elon should put on a suit, remember he's had hundreds of billions in US government handouts and apologize to Zelensky for hosting a hack on his company.
March 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Elon should put on a suit, remember he's had hundreds of billions in US government handouts and apologize to Zelensky for hosting a hack on his company.
"A net good" cannot be achieved by violence. Unions get (a part of) their wages and other benefits at the expense of non-union workers, investors and consumers. It's very strange that most people tolerate such a situation. But we live in a statist environment... #unions #exploitation #violence
March 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"A net good" cannot be achieved by violence. Unions get (a part of) their wages and other benefits at the expense of non-union workers, investors and consumers. It's very strange that most people tolerate such a situation. But we live in a statist environment... #unions #exploitation #violence
"That gives Trump a few weeks to learn the lesson he's stubbornly refused for years: Tariffs are tax increases that disrupt supply chains, cost jobs, and have many more losers than winners." reason.com/2025/03/07/t... #tariffs
Trump's trade war with America's neighbors is all cost and no benefit
What did we learn from yet another escalation in the North American trade war? Not to do it again.
reason.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"That gives Trump a few weeks to learn the lesson he's stubbornly refused for years: Tariffs are tax increases that disrupt supply chains, cost jobs, and have many more losers than winners." reason.com/2025/03/07/t... #tariffs
In a free labor market, the main task of every employer is to take care of his employees. To do otherwise is to put himself at a disadvantage in terms of profits. But unions want more than the market can give them: they want to sit on the shoulders of consumers and non-unionized workers. #unions
March 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In a free labor market, the main task of every employer is to take care of his employees. To do otherwise is to put himself at a disadvantage in terms of profits. But unions want more than the market can give them: they want to sit on the shoulders of consumers and non-unionized workers. #unions
The concept of unions is to force other people to give in. Like Trump is doing. That is not the way of civilized people.
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The concept of unions is to force other people to give in. Like Trump is doing. That is not the way of civilized people.
If science were not funded by governments, there would not the atomic bomb in the world. Science should be private.
March 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
If science were not funded by governments, there would not the atomic bomb in the world. Science should be private.
Alexander Oakes: "Recently the legacy media experienced yet another blow to their credibility when it was discovered by Elon Musk’s DOGE that Politico had received over $8 million taxpayer dollars. This is the same outlet that went to great lengths..." mises.org/power-market...
Is the News Really News?
While discussing Vice President Vance’s recent speech in Munich, Margaret Brennan made the bold claim that free speech is what “empowered” the Nazi Party,
mises.org
March 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Alexander Oakes: "Recently the legacy media experienced yet another blow to their credibility when it was discovered by Elon Musk’s DOGE that Politico had received over $8 million taxpayer dollars. This is the same outlet that went to great lengths..." mises.org/power-market...
The state, any state, is and always has been and always will be the greatest criminal in the world.
March 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The state, any state, is and always has been and always will be the greatest criminal in the world.
Joshua Mawhorter: "As the DOGE revelations continue to emerge—revealing everything from the hilarious to the outrageous projects that Americans have been forced to fund—we should not be surprised by the shrieking of the political caste..." mises.org/mises-wire/c... #taxpayers #taxconsumers
A Caste of Characters: Net Taxpayers versus Net Tax Consumers
While Marxist progressives claim that “class conflict” is the source of social ills, the true conflict involves the tax-consuming caste using state power to
mises.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Joshua Mawhorter: "As the DOGE revelations continue to emerge—revealing everything from the hilarious to the outrageous projects that Americans have been forced to fund—we should not be surprised by the shrieking of the political caste..." mises.org/mises-wire/c... #taxpayers #taxconsumers
Pedro Saltini: "Recent research highlights a concerning trend: 84 percent of Americans are afraid to exercise their freedom of speech, according to a New York Times Opinion/Siena College Poll. While this statistic..." mises.org/mises-wire/c... #cbdc #cryptocurrency #centralbank #endthefed
CBDC: The Impacts on Freedom, Privacy, and Economic Development
The implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies isn‘t just about money. It also is about personal freedom and how CBDCs give the government enormous
mises.org
March 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Pedro Saltini: "Recent research highlights a concerning trend: 84 percent of Americans are afraid to exercise their freedom of speech, according to a New York Times Opinion/Siena College Poll. While this statistic..." mises.org/mises-wire/c... #cbdc #cryptocurrency #centralbank #endthefed
Ryan McMaken: "I have four children, so I think often about what I ought to be doing to make a world a better place before I shuffle off this mortal coil. When engaging in these sorts of speculations it quickly becomes clear that we are..." mises.org/power-market... #freedom #capitalism #freemarket
Our Job Is to Build Fires in the Darkness
As more people build fires in the dark and the cold, the less dark and cold it will be. But even a single fire will always be better than no fire at all. With
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March 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ryan McMaken: "I have four children, so I think often about what I ought to be doing to make a world a better place before I shuffle off this mortal coil. When engaging in these sorts of speculations it quickly becomes clear that we are..." mises.org/power-market... #freedom #capitalism #freemarket
Ryan McMaken: "Near the beginning of his ten-hour lecture series on the history of political thought, the great free-market historian Ralph Raico takes a little time to define his terms. In the first lecture..." mises.org/mises-wire/w... #liberalism #classicalliberalism #libertarianism
Why We’re Stuck with the Term “Classical Liberalism”
“Liberal” remains the only truly accurate and consistent term for the ideology of freedom and free markets. Without it, we can't write a coherent historical
mises.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ryan McMaken: "Near the beginning of his ten-hour lecture series on the history of political thought, the great free-market historian Ralph Raico takes a little time to define his terms. In the first lecture..." mises.org/mises-wire/w... #liberalism #classicalliberalism #libertarianism
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It's great to have presidents talking about the need for a balanced budget, but Republicans are backing a plan that will increase borrowing.
Trump promised a balanced budget. Don't believe it.
In light of one of the more outlandish claims that President Donald Trump made during Tuesday night's joint address to Congress, an important reminder:
reason.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It's great to have presidents talking about the need for a balanced budget, but Republicans are backing a plan that will increase borrowing.
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President Trump's assertion is divorced from reality, and so are the "estimated savings" touted by Elon Musk.
Contrary to what Trump said, even DOGE does not claim to have identified 'hundreds of billions' in fraud
The president's assertion is divorced from reality, and so are the "estimated savings" touted by Elon Musk.
reason.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
President Trump's assertion is divorced from reality, and so are the "estimated savings" touted by Elon Musk.
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🟥 H.R.1846 - Abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes
✏️ Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
🔗 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1846
✏️ Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
🔗 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1846
March 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🟥 H.R.1846 - Abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes
✏️ Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
🔗 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1846
✏️ Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
🔗 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1846
Pure capitalism, that is the free market economy, is the best, fairest and most just economic system. It is those who modify it to make it better, i.e. conservatives (the right) and liberals (the left), are to blame for the rise of Trump.
March 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pure capitalism, that is the free market economy, is the best, fairest and most just economic system. It is those who modify it to make it better, i.e. conservatives (the right) and liberals (the left), are to blame for the rise of Trump.
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The tariffs Trump has already imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China will cost an estimated $142 billion this year—and he says more are on the way.
In speech to Congress, Trump promises more tariff madness
The tariffs Trump has already imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China will cost an estimated $142 billion this year—and he says more are on the way.
reason.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The tariffs Trump has already imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China will cost an estimated $142 billion this year—and he says more are on the way.
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President Trump delivered his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Read the full transcript of his remarks here.
Read the Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress
In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
President Trump delivered his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Read the full transcript of his remarks here.
Producers cannot directly pass on the costs to consumers. But tariffs will force them to reduce production. And that will lead to higher prices. So the higher the taxes/tariffs, the less production, the higher the prices.
March 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Producers cannot directly pass on the costs to consumers. But tariffs will force them to reduce production. And that will lead to higher prices. So the higher the taxes/tariffs, the less production, the higher the prices.
Suppose a Russian secret agent were elected to the highest office in the United States. How would he behave?
March 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Suppose a Russian secret agent were elected to the highest office in the United States. How would he behave?
The state is the most powerful - and destructive - tool in the hands of anyone, not just a barbarian.
March 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The state is the most powerful - and destructive - tool in the hands of anyone, not just a barbarian.
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Trump's public posture is disgraceful, painting the aggrieved as the aggressor in a decidedly one-sided conflict. But if Trump's unhinged rhetoric convinces Europe once and for all to take up a greater share of its own defense and that of its neighbors, then it could be a positive outcome.
U.K. pledges to support Ukraine after Trump snubs Zelenskyy
One bright spot from Trump's shameful behavior in the Oval Office would be if it spurs European nations to shoulder more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.
reason.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump's public posture is disgraceful, painting the aggrieved as the aggressor in a decidedly one-sided conflict. But if Trump's unhinged rhetoric convinces Europe once and for all to take up a greater share of its own defense and that of its neighbors, then it could be a positive outcome.