Reflections on the Loss of Liberty
The Louis E. Carabini Distinguished Lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit.
The Louis E. Carabini Distinguished Lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit.
Supporters of warfare, welfare, and Wonder Woman cheered last week as Congress passed a one trillion dollar “omnibus” appropriation bill. This funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. Wonder Woman fans can cheer that buried in the bill was a $10,000 grant for a theater program to explore the comic book heroine.
At the heart of fascism lies state control of the economy. Mises found this in Nazism, and, it is prevalent in America today.
An average-earning male retires in 2010 and gets $277,000 in lifetime benefits, $23,000 less than his lifetime taxes.
Writing today at LRC, Mises Institute Di
Ron Paul discusses the popular rejection of war and a renewed momentum toward world peace.
Judge Napolitano discusses one way the federal government destroys prosperity.
In his recent appearance on RT, Lew Rockwell discusses the upside of government default.
What is needed is fiscal reform. Only drastically cutting government spending will bring back prosperity.