Adam Weissman

VCR ALERT: Manhattan Libertarian Party Chairman on Fox Business News Tonight

I just received confirmation from our media relations director, the lovely and talented Gina Miller, that Isaiah Matos, chairman of the Manhattan Libertarian Party, is scheduled to appear on Fox Business News with Neil Cavuto tonight at 6:15 p.m. Isaiah will be discussing the big Audit The Fed rally, which takes place tomorrow. Check your […]

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We hate to say we told you so, but…….

Advocates of free markets have been trying tell the tax-and-spend and borrow- and- spend crowd since Adam, ( that’s Adam Smith) that central planners in government just don’t have the information (not to mention the motivati0n) to allocate resources effectively.   Seems like the stimulus package is just another example of a billion  (or two or three) of taxpayer money, and your

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Activists Demand Audit of Federal Reserve, Call for Transparency of Government

Press release from the NYC Campaign for Liberty and the Manhattan Libertarian Party: New York liberty activists, comprised of members of Restore the Republic, NYC Campaign for Liberty, and the Manhattan Libertarian Party will gather at 33 Liberty Street Saturday, April 25, 2009, at 11 a.m. to demand a full and independent audit of the

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Let’s Confiscate Congress’s Pay

I just got today’s Monday email from Libertarian HQ.  Seems Alan Grayson, Congressman from Florida went so far as to go on national television and claim the Constitution gives the President’s administration the right to forcibly confiscate money from people the administration feels didn’t “earn” it! I have an even better idea.  How about if

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Tax Foundation Says Households will Foot $144 Billion Under Cap-and-Trade

American Households Would Face Annual Burden of $144.8 Billion Under Cap-and-Trade System   With climate change legislation becoming a top congressional priority in recent months, a new study shows that a cap-and-trade system curbing greenhouse gas emissions would place an annual burden of $144.8 billion on American households. The average annual household burden would be

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Good Times at the International Conference on Climate Change

We just wrapped up three days at the 2009 International Conference on Climate Change, sponsored by the Heartland Institute. The Manhattan Libertarian Party co-sponsored the conference, and I spent a good part of the last three days working an exhibit booth with our all-star Media Relations Director Gina Miller. The conference was fantastic. This definitely beats

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50,000 Leeches

The  subheadline at the WCBS website declares, “Taxpayers Tired of Recession & Furious With Budget Cuts Take Frustration to Streets of Manhattan.” Technically, I suppose the “labor unions, community groups and families” qualify as taxpayers, in that they go through the motions of filing a tax return each year, wherein they return some of stolen

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It’s a Stumper, All Right

From the Times coverage of the ongoing nationalization of Citibank: Treasury officials, meanwhile, suggested using Citigroup as a test case for a public-private investment fund that would purchase troubled assets from banks. But neither policy makers nor Citigroup executives could settle on various issues, including how to value those illiquid securities — a thorny question

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