LibertyPen

May 1, 2016

The economic case for free trade is stronger than ever

fromReason: But working-class identity politics threaten to ruin everything.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Why Americans are avoiding the doctor

fromMarketWatch: Despite having insurance, the costs are too high.
Regulation Nation Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Good drivers are creating a budget shortfall, proving gov’t needs you to break the law to fund itself

fromTheFreeThoughtProject: One state has found that relying on a significant percentage of its budget to be derived from traffic fees and fines leads to a massive shortage when drivers fail to break the law.
The Government is Not Us

Democrats lose ground with millennials

fromReuters: An online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Here is why North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons

fromTheNationalInterest: Kim's declaration that promises the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula is about survival.
Defense Versus The War Machine

Republicans love federal snooping

fromReason: (Unless it's against Trump).
Government is Watching Every Move You Make

April 29, 2016

Kelo's 'Little Pink House' stands as a monument to injustice

fromTownhall: A powerful new film portrays an infuriating act of eminent domain abuse.
Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process

800,000 people are about to flee New York and California because of taxes, say economists

fromTownhall: Conservative economists are predicting a new mass exodus of wealth from New York and California because of the new tax law. Other economists say no, folks really don't mind exploitation.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Joe Biden, Dems and the race card: they don't leave home without it

fromCreators: Former Vice President Joe Biden recently told MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton that the GOP wants voter identification laws because they seek to prevent all blacks from voting.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Los Angeles Is ending its war on street food

fromReason: After years of treating the city's richest cultural resource like contraband, L.A. flirts with sensible street food policy.
Regulation Nation

Jerry Brown shafts Californians again with bait and switch gas tax

fromReason: No mention about the $2.4 billion of the tax revenue going to light rail and electric bus networks.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

WATCH: Cop shoots fleeing teenager in the back multiple times, then turn off body cams

fromFreeThoughtProject: While a police officer claimed that a teenager was pointing a gun at him before he opened fire and shot the boy in the back, the body camera footage tells a different story.
Police State America

April 27, 2016

The danger of political party mobs

fromTownhall: Mob mentality, group identity, and groupthink - actions that individuals take when under the influence of a group, do irrational things not in their individual best interest.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption Indoctrination and Censorship

Andrew Napolitano: War and the separation of powers

fromCreators: The constitutions of many totalitarian countries pay lip service to free speech, privacy and due process, but none has the strict separation of powers that the U.S. does.
Defense Versus The War Machine

How high are recreational marijuana taxes in your state?

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Government proclaimed marijuana "demon weed" until they found a formula to profit. When people voted liberty, government wasted no time to exploit the new revenue source.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange The Government is Not Us Regulation Nation