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Why Taxpayers Are Right to Reject Immoral Research
Whenever taxpayers object to being forced to bankroll research they consider immoral, the standard retort arrives on cue: “Don’t politicize science.” But public funding is already the politicization of science. The moment research is financed by compulsory taxation, it is no longer a purely scholarly enterprise, it becomes a state project—filtered through bureaucracies, grant incentives, and the ideological needs of the regime that signs the checks.
Economy loses 92,000 jobs in February. Unemployment rate up.
December numbers were also revised way down. The US economy now has fewer jobs than it did 9 months ago.
Trump forgot to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve before launching a Mideast war.
FT: “Donald Trump’s decision not to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drained by his predecessor Joe Biden has left consumers exposed to an oil price shock.”
Ron Paul: Panic Sets In as Iran War Expanding
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: In less a week, the quick victory promise has given way to increased calls for a US ground invasion.
Iran War Cost Tracker: $1 billion per day, so far.
The US taxpayers so far have paid more than 6.5 billion toward the Iran war.
Murray Rothbard as David Gordon Remembers Him
March 2 would have been Murray Rothbard’s 100th birthday, so it is only fitting that I devote this week’s column to my great friend and mentor. I have often written about his life, but this time I would like to describe him as I found him in our many conversations, both in person and over the telephone.
