If Congress can determine what constitutes the general welfare and can appropriate money for its advancement, where is the limitation to carrying into execution whatever can be effected by money?
—William Draden, South Carolina Senator [1828]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
November 7, 2022
Immigration Hypocrisy on the Border
Amidst all the talk about “securing” the border among right-wing candidates for Congress, there is one hypocritical part of America’s system of immigration controls that goes unmentioned: the failure to enforce such laws against middle-class families in towns and cities along the border who hire, harbor, and transport maids, nannies, and gardeners....
What Difference Do Next Week's Elections Make?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Will it make any difference which major political party gains control of Congress in next week's ...
The Arbitrary Nature of Social Security Benefits
by Laurence M. Vance
Social Security benefits will soon be increasing, as they do almost every year, but Social Security taxes will not be increasing, as they haven’t ...
Biden's "Begging for Barrels" Saudi Disgrace
by James Bovard
Why don’t you talk about something that matters?” President Biden replied to a journalist asking about why he fist-bumped Saudi dictator Mohammed bin Salman ...
FFF Conference: End Inflation and End the Fed Tuesday, November 1, 2022
World Wide Web
Speakers: Ron Paul, Andrew Napolitano, Richard Ebeling, Murray Sabrin, Keving Dowd, Phil Magness, Lawrence White, and Jacob Hornberger
The Libertarian Angle Thursday, November 10, 2022
World Wide Web
Speaker: Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
