The longer you are in Washington D.C. and the more influential you become, the more the pressure comes down to conform. A perfect example of this is in these final few days before the election, many on the free market right have put down their cudgels for reform and picked up the banner of compromise…
New Yorkers in the wake of Hurricane Sandy lined up at pumps, waiting sometimes for up to six hours to receive gasoline during a shortage brought on by the disaster. Gov. Cuomo acknowledged there is a shortage of fuel, but said “there is no reason to panic.” It would seem natural that such a high demand…
Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? What is your answer? If you say the government serves the people then you are an individualist. If we work for the government, you are a collectivist. You believe the government is supreme. But that is not the case. The individual human…
Critics of private charity often claim that libertarians would let people starve in the streets. “They are selfish!” claim the critics. “They got theirs and now screw everyone else.” is how it often goes. Yet, whenever private charity actually occurs, they sniff and claim it’s not good enough. Never mind they will overlook the disastrous…
Libertarian Republic Editor Austin Petersen appeared on the Thom Hartmann show “The Big Picture” this evening to discuss cuts to FEMA in light of Hurricane Sandy and the Presidential election. What do you think? Do we even need FEMA anymore?
In 5 days, the American people will decide which President is best to manage the economy, police the world and spread democracy overseas. On November 6th, we as a people will vote for one of the two major party candidates, President Barack Obama and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. …
The Institute for Justice is out with a new video detailing the case of Raymond Caswell in his fight to hold on to his motel property located in Tewksbury, Massachussetts. The owner of the hotel is being subjected to something called “Civil Asset Forfeiture” which basically means that the Feds can collude with local governments…
Polls are deployed only when they may prove useful- that is, to help the powers that be in their quest to maintain their position and influence. Indeed the polling industry is a powerful ally of depoliticization and its counterpart, which is consensus. The polls undoubtedly help decide what people think, but their most important long term…
It’s exceedingly common after tragic events for economists to claim that a natural disaster or act of terrorism is a benefit to an economy. With Hurricane Sandy on her way out, dozens of economists have taken to the press with their defunct ideas about how the hurricane’s devastation will be a “stimulus.” The natural disaster…
A “Libertarian Republic” is a concept that attempts to describe an ideal form of governance for a nation devoted to classical liberal ideas. It reflects a desire for the power of governance to be situated as near to the citizens being governed as possible. It is to invoke the ideas of Federalism and to imply…