Tariffs raise the price of, and reduce demand for, imported goods. Tariffs ensure the preferences of politicians, instead of the preferences of consumers, to determine how resources are allocated.
– Ron Paul
"Tariffs Are Not the Answer" [March 2018]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 31, 2024 The Rightwing View on Bureaucracy Is Wrongheaded
Leave it to Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance to enunciate the rightwing view on bureaucracy, a view that is diametrically opposed to the libertarian view. According to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, which criticizes Vance for his “disregard for the constitutional balance of powers and the rule of law,” Vance stated in a 2021 interview: “Fire every single ...
Biden Drops Out by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race.
The Near-Assassination of Donald Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the near-assassination of former President Trump.
What Trump Didn't Say about NATO by Laurence M. Vance
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump berated NATO member counties for failing to increase ...
SCOTUS Decision on Presidential Immunity by Future of Freedom Foundation
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision granting U.S. presidents immunity.
Should Bump Stocks Be Illegal?
by Laurence M. Vance
On October of 2017, a gunman in a hotel room on the Las Vegas Strip fired multiple guns from his hotel window on a crowd of 22,000 gathered for an outdoor country music festival....
