By Paul Meekin “I’m not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate.” – Ted Cruz In January, as current Attorney General Jeff Sessions was facing allegations of racism, Ted Cruz held court for a bit. Reading a prepared statement, Cruz blew smoke up Sessions’ ass so eloquently I…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kitty Testa Elon Musk is a visionary, an innovator, and a futurist. From PayPal to SpaceX to Tesla, he has ventured into new frontiers and amassed a net worth of $16.1 billion. How did he do it? Welfare. And he may be the beneficiary of another chunk of taxpayer…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: City Government Takes Final Step to Replace Man’s Stairs by Josh Guckert On Thursday, The Libertarian Republic profiled the ingenuity of one man who had had enough of waiting for the government to act. Retired mechanic Adi Astl of Toronto constructed some stairs near a community garden. He did so…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: While Congressional Republicans bicker over tweaks to the Affordable Care Act, the federal debt prepares to pass the $20 trillion mark. That might sound like a lot, but it’s small potatoes compared to what lay ahead. The CBO projects the debt to balloon to $92 trillion by 2047. What is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Paul Meekin “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius On July 12th during a national day of action I saw a chatroom of peers light up with support, providing numbers for congressmen and senators to call and demand they support the regulation. It was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Down with banking cronyism. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has introduce H.R. 3114 which seeks to eliminate the Import-Export bank and end what he calls “Washington’s addiction to cronyism.” “The Export-Import Bank is a prime example of Washington’s addiction to political cronyism. Instead of allowing businesses to compete in a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A study on the increasing minimum wage in Seattle, Wash., found that the low-income workers in the city actually have been losing an average of $125 per month since the hike went into effect. Seattle has been gradually increasing the minimum wage for workers in the city for years hoping to get to $15 per…
by Ian Tartt So many modern problems, from excessively powerful corporations to the high cost of living, are blamed on the “free market”. Using that term in a negative way in front of most audiences will generate applause and cheers. But is that consistent with reality? Are the problems we now face the result of too much…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kitty Testa The value of cryptocurrencies has skyrocketed in 2017. Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, Ether, which could be had for less than $8 per virtual coin in late December 2016, is selling for over $370 as of today—increasing its value 47-fold. A year ago you could have purchased Litecoin for a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Michael Bastasch Environmentalists have linked arms with the oil industry to push a nationwide tax on carbon dioxide emissions as a “conservative” way to fight global warming. The Climate Leadership Council (CLC) unveiled Tuesday some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies were among its donors, including BP, ExxonMobil,…