Jim Ostrowski advises as follows: In a brief ruling, Justice Michael Lynch today dismissed the taxpayer lawsuit to end the transfer of as much as two billion dollars in insolvent New York’s money to wealthy private corporations. The decision is published here: Click to access Decision%20of%20Judge%20Lynch.pdf Essentially, the court held that the state could do […]
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So what can be done other than leaving phone messages, emails and letter writing to your congressional representatives and senators? Particularly if one of them happens to be Chuck Schumer who believes he knows how to better spend 5.5% of your forcibly redistributed NY state income tax alone than you do?
Mark your calendar for a Libertarian revolution come next year’s congressional midterm elections.
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From an LRC reader:  Dear Paul: I am in possession of your letter and an application to join the Ford’s Theatre Society. I need a few questions answered before I can consider sending in my money. In your letter you describe Abraham Lincoln as “a man who understood the true meaning of democracy.” Exercising
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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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DeSmogBlog has published an expose on the funding behind the nefarious co-sponsors of the International Conference on Climate Change, taking place March 8-10 at the Marriott Marquis. The Manhattan Libertarian Party happens to be one of those nefarious co-sponsors. According to DeSmogBlog, these co-sponsors “have received in excess of $47 million from oil companies and
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This is one of those stories that just makes you yell WTF! at the top of your lungs. From the indispensable Pension Tsunami website comes a link to this report about the teachers union’s unbelievably lavish defined-contribution plan. In addition to their insane pension benefits, which are breaking the backs of the city and state budgets,
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There is a way out of this global financial crisis. But it involves realizing that dire economic consequences such as record foreclosures, job losses, and looming hyperinflation are actually Darwinian wake up calls to usher in a new age of self-responsibility.
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If this doesn’t get the armchair activists away from their keyboards and into the streets, I don’t know what will. Among the many new taxes Governor Paterson is proposing is a tax on Internet porn. Okay, not just porn, but a tax on all Internet downloads. But honestly, what else is there that’s really worth downloading besides
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http://manhattanlp.org/media/ Adam Kokesh: Part 1, 2, 3 Alan Gura: Part 1, 2, 3, 4 Cameron Weber: Part 1, 2, 3, 4
Video from the 2009 convention Read More »