Semi-Literate Mayor Of Bankrupt City Denounces Critics As Racists

Blake Neff The Democratic mayor of Petersburg, Va., has denounced all critics of his leadership as racist Republicans in a bizarre email replete with many grammatical errors. Petersburg, a city of just 32,000 people, is battling severe budgetary issues. It has an expected budget deficit of $12 million and over $19 million in unpaid bills. The…

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U.S. Army Fudged “Trillions” to Give “Illusion” of Balanced Budget, Says Audit

By Micah J. Fleck Well, who would have thought? A government entity that can’t manage money. Only this time, it lied about this fact for years and only got found out in a recent audit. According to Reuters: The new report focused on the Army’s General Fund, the bigger of its two main accounts, with…

Will the Government Screw Up Marijuana Legalization?
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Will the Government Screw Up Marijuana Legalization?

Readers of The Libertarian Republic are well aware of all the problems government causes, including all the problems associated with cannabis prohibition. But if we know anything else about the government, it’s that they never really stop causing problems; if anything, they simply shift the problem causing to other areas. Take cannabis legalization, for example….

$25K In Gift Cards, Plus 6 Other Ways Unions Abuse Dues

$25K In Gift Cards, Plus 6 Other Ways Unions Abuse Dues

Connor D. Wolf Federal investigators regularly uncover instances of unions abusing their funds, from thousands of dollars worth of small purchases to dog walking. The Department of Labor is tasked with investigating instances of questionable spending from labor organizations. The Office of Labor-Management Standards is the agency within the department which conducts the audits and investigations….