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** FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2024
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The first step in having any successful war is getting people to fight it.
– Fran Lebowitz
Social Studies [1981]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 1, 2024
Out-of-Control Spending and Debt Means More Tyranny ([link removed])
The federal government’s debt load just passed $35 trillion. According to usdebtclock.org, that amounts to $267,000 per taxpayer. It’s worth mentioning that that federal debt load does not include Social Security and Medicare obligations or the obligations arising from other “unfunded liabilities.” This fiscal situation is not getting any better. That’s because the federal government is spending more than it’s bringing in ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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POLITICS
Libertarian Angle: Biden's Supreme Court Reform Plan ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
Future of Freedom Foundation
FOREIGN POLICY
Abandon the Failed Venezuela Policy ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Daniel Larison
Eunomiahttps://theintercept.com/2024/07/25/somalia-airstrike-civilian-deaths-accountability/
IMMIGRATION
Why California’s Surge in Immigration Is Lifting Our Economy ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Don Lee
Los Angeles Timeshttps://theintercept.com/2024/07/24/niger-us-military-troops/
SOCIALISM
When Socialism Fails, the New York Times Blames “Brutal Capitalism” ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Phillip Magness
Independent Institutehttps://lawliberty.org/book-review/dispelling-the-wwii-productivity-myth/
Socialism, Not US Sanctions, Ruined the Venezuelan Economy ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Ryan McMaken
Mises Institutehttps://lawliberty.org/book-review/dispelling-the-wwii-productivity-myth/
THE FREE SOCIETY
Ruminations on Income Inequality ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIERhttps://www.cato.org/blog/milton-friedman-crack-would-never-have-existed-you-had-not-had-drug-prohibition
FISCAL POLICY
$35 Trillion — and Counting ([link removed])
by Peter C. Earle
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NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Time to retire the phrase "Military Industrial Complex" ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Dan Grazier
Responsible Statecrafthttps://lawliberty.org/who-are-the-sleepwalkers-in-the-pacific/?mc_cid=0c5e19a534&mc_eid=39ab5b7e90
VIETNAM WAR
Individual Responsibility in War: William Calley, Jr. and the Vietnam War ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Howard Lisnoff
Counterpunchhttps://theintercept.com/2024/06/20/justice-department-fbi-journalist-isis/
LIBERTARIANISM
Originalism, Obamacare, and the Libertarian Movement ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Randy Barnett with Nick Gillespie
Reasonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/us-sanction-countries-work/
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Biden Drops Out ([link removed])
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.
Engineering a Crisis: How Political Theater Helps the Deep State Stay in Power ([link removed])
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“The two ‘sides’ of mainstream politics are not fighting against one another, they’re only fighting against you. Their only job is to keep ...
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What Trump Didn't Say about NATO ([link removed])
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During his first presidential campaign in 2016, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump berated NATO member counties for failing to increase ...
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Thursday, August 15, 2024
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