It boggles the mind that anyone who has read Ayn Rand would think that a federal bailout for spendthrift state governments is a good idea, much less dare to invoke her in arguing for such a bailout. Yet here we have the cognitive dissonance of Governor David Paterson’s testimony before Congress yesterday: Paterson cited Rand, […]
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Some of you know that I doubt the claim that credit markets “seized up”. I don’t even know what seized up means. It wasn’t defined in any of my economics texts and I haven’t heard anything other than a high pitched squeal when I have asked the press that used the term to define it.
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Tonight’s Bailout Facts Town Hall is shaping up to be THE NYC political event of this cycle. The Town Hall will be at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, 140 Second Avenue (near 9th St.) NYC. at 7p. You can get more details at www.libertarian.meetup.com/324. Andrew Tulloch , Director of incumbent 14th District Congresswoman
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At what point does lawlessness on the part of the government invalidate their regime? I’d say when a judge orders a candidate off the ballot due to so-called clerical errors that’s a pretty good start. Here is what I just read form the LPNY: BARR OFF BALLOT IN CT (from the press release): …The Libertarian
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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney’s campaign has agreed to participate in the Bailout Town Hall next week. It’s yet to be determined whether the Congresswoman herself will appear or whether she will be represented by a surrogate. While I disagree with Congresswoman Maloney’s votes for the bailout I think she deserves some credit for agreeing to
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This is video of the Nassau County Police Department (New York, adjacent to NYC) pulling Nick Morgan, an Iraq War Veteran, off of the sidewalk and then trampling him with a horse outside of the presidential debate last week.
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Originally posted at the blog of bile: Last night, October 21st, 2008, the Greater NYC Campaign for Liberty, some members of the Manhattan Libertarian Party and other liberty activists demonstrated in Grand Central Station. A bit of theater. A breadline containing a decent amount of individuals with others as satellites handing out literature, discussing the
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What are the three biggest lies in politics? Saddam had weapons of mass destruction I’m a Republican and I vote for small government Credit have markets “seized up” What does that mean – “seized up”? It sounds like political fear-speak to me. So I checked around. I called my business banker
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Somebody needs to tell Barack that it’s not his wealth to spread. Hat tip to our friends at Americans for Limited Government.
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I am currently studying at the University of Chicago, an institution known for its world-renowned economics department. An institution which was at one time home to Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman. An institution which has produced 25 Nobel prize winning economists. In fact, the Chicago School of economics is well known for examining the economics
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