Is Justice Best Served For Profit? Should prisons run on a profit incentive? Won’t that mean that corporations will want more people to be in jail? How do we reconcile a belief in the free market with the principles that lead to less crime? How do we administer justice in a way that provides for…
Are The Interests of Main Street & Wall Street At Odds? Financial analyst Heather Hughes joins the Freedom Report podcast on Valentine’s Day to discuss the broken hearts of a million libertarians who had to watch Janet Yellen confirmed as the new chair of the Federal Reserve. Yellen’s impact on the marketplace is unknown, but…
Good To Be Greedy? Did you ever have any doubts about capitalism and whether or not it was good for an economy to run on greed? Free market hero Milton Friedman debunks some of the major myths surrounding capitalism and how best to take care of the poor in this video appearance from 1979.
This is what some Democrats actually believe. During an ABC roundtable yesterday, host Jonathan Karl asked his guests about a recent Congressional Budget Office report on ObamaCare. Follow TLR on Google+ The report found that, because ObamaCare offers more subsidies to those who work less, many people will actually lose income by working more. It…
It’s Time to End the Nonsense About Keystone XL For nearly five years the Keystone XL pipeline has sat in political limbo, awaiting approval from the Obama administration. The proposed oil pipeline from Canada requires blessings from the West Wing because, once completed, it will obviously cross the U.S./Canada border. Follow TLR on Google+ In…
‘You’re worth what you’re worth!’: Libertarian CEO worth $70M says the ‘mentally retarded’ should be happy to work for $2 an hour.” “Rich CEO Tells ‘Daily Show’ The ‘Mentally Retarded’ Are Maaaybe Worth $2 An Hour.” These are some of the headlines that have been ascribed to Peter Schiff after he made an appearance on…
“The Problem Is: Patronage, Nespotism & Cronyism” A blogger calling himself the Rebel Pundit at the Right Scoop has posted a video where he interviews poor blacks from Chicago, asking them their thoughts about President Obama’s State of the Union. Follow TLR on Google+ One respondent claims that the president’s problem is that he always…
Education key to defeating minimum wage by Ian Huyett In case you’d been wondering what arcane algorithm Democrats used to choose $10.10 as their proposed new minimum wage, President Obama told us during last night’s State of the Union speech. “It’s easy to remember: 10.10,” chirped the president nonchalantly. Sidestepping the question of whether the…
Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the recent budget deal, claiming that the reason the deal worked was because President Obama wasn’t a part of it. Woodward states that Obama is “not a good negotiator,” and that the difference between the president and Paul Ryan (R-WI) is that…
PICKAWAY TWP, OH – Volunteer firefighters in the Pickaway Township of Ohio are feeling the pinch from Obamacare due to requirements that force health insurance to be provided if they work a certain amount of hours. The IRS has classified volunteer firefighters as employees, meaning they fall under the mandate. Volunteer emergency firefighters had asked for an exemption…