Charity, Health Care, and the Free Market
NOTE: Tom Woods will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Jacksonville. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/jacksonville/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* When Ron Paul suggested in a Republican debate that the charitable efforts of a free people were the answer to those who needed medical care and were genuinely unable to pay, critics [...]
Ky. industrial hemp bill takes bold stand…not
Kentucky State Sen. Joey Pendleton (D-Hopkinsville) prefiled a bill for the 2012 legislative session that would set up a structure for licensing state residents to grow and/or process industrial hemp. If passed BR261 would, “require persons wanting to grow or process industrial hemp to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture; require criminal history checks [...]
Unemployment Insurance System Fosters Unemployment
The Wall Street Journal reports on rising state and federal unemployment taxes at a time when unemployment remains high. Keynesian economists keep telling us that unemployment benefits have a stimulative “multiplier effect” on the economy. Unfortunately, that sticky little problem of the government having to suck resources out of the economy to pay for this alleged stimulus keeps [...]
Georgia Seeks Alternative to No Child Left Behind
cross-posted from the Georgia Tenth Amendment Center Georgia is one of the first states to seek an alternative to “No Child Left Behind”, according to this article from the Georgia Department of Education’s website. Remove the burden of the Federal Government’s inefficient, non-attainable goals outlined in NCLB, and the states can move to create a [...]
Nullification: It’s Not Just for the States Anymore
…in fact, it never really was. One of the most common objections I hear in any discussion about States’ rights, Nullification and Interposition is, “Well, what about Jim Crow and segregation?” (p.s. Jim Crow laws existed in Union states such as California and North Dakota, so it’s not just the South) For a while, my most common reply was, “OK, so [...]
Inequality: It’s a Good Thing
Equality is the highest value of the American political Left. So the Left is always on the lookout for any trace of inequality. And of course they find it — everywhere. That’s because equality doesn’t exist in this world, except when we get down on the micro level. On the micro level of quarks, electrons, [...]
Comparison: Postal Service and Federal Government
The Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation’s Michael Schuyler has written an interesting paper that compares the federal government’s bleak financial situation to that of the U.S. Postal Service. The entire paper is a good read, but here are a few key points: Congress is helping to run the USPS into the ground (see here for example). [...]
Responsibility and Nullification
It was a difficult decision to choose between Independence and Responsibility for this title. Responsibility was selected because Responsibility encompasses Independence and Accountability in its’ practice. On the other edge of the sword is Nullification, a term and practice we Americans have been hearing a great deal about lately. Put them together and we can [...]
What is a Job?
by Tom Mullen The usual chatter has begun following President Obama’s Sept. 8 call for a $417 billion government spending package designed to stimulate economic growth and create jobs while improving the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. As always, the commentary, both pro and con, focuses on speculation about the results of the program. Will this latest stimulus money [...]
The 10th Amendment, Musical Rendition
Yeah, this is real. Hard to believe it exists. Interesting, to say the least. I kind of liked it!
On Waste in the Justice Department
An audit released last week by the Department of Justice’s inspector general details wasteful and extravagant spending at DOJ conferences under both the Bush and Obama administrations. Stories about waste in government programs are as common as ants, but this one appears to have struck a nerve across the country—perhaps because the president is trying to convince [...]
The Necessary and Proper Clause Grants no Power at all
One way apologists for the modern federal monster state attempt to justify it constitutionally is to argue that the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) is an “elastic clause” conferring vast “implied” power on Congress. Actually, as Constitution’s advocates during the ratification battles made clear, the Necessary and Proper Clause grants [...]
Ron Paul: The Only Choice Worth a Trip to the Ballot Box
It took me a long time to give up on politics. If I vote in any presidential primary or election this time around, it will likely be because Ron Paul was lucky enough to still remain on the ballot by the time the elections are held in Texas. I wish it did not take me [...]
Spare the rod?
U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would ban paddling and corporal punishment across the nation. The new law would not only outlaw paddling, but also spanking and any other form of physical punishment in schools. “Bullying is enough of a problem among students; the teachers shouldn’t be doing it, too. There’s [...]
Government as a Venture Capitalist
by Ron Paul In January 2009, the administration claimed that if Congress passed a rush stimulus bill, the United States would be saved from economic catastrophe that was threatening to send unemployment figures above 8 percent. Government stimulus was the answer and if we cared about our country, we would set aside our reservations and [...]
The 10th is Number 1!
At the Fox News/Google GOP debate on 09-22, views were able to submit their own video questions via youtube. According to Fox, the question that got the MOST votes amongst all that were submitted, was on the 10th Amendment: “There’s growing concern among Americans about the size and scope of the federal government and it’s [...]
Interesting Thoughts on Postal Reform
Postal expert Alan Robinson’s Courier, Express, and Postal Observer blog is always an interesting read, but his latest two posts are particularly worthwhile. The U.S. Postal Service’s financial woes are starting to attract commentary from prominent thinkers. In the first post, Robinson looks at recent articles from Felix Salmon, Gary Becker, and Richard Posner and concludes that while their analyses are incomplete, their observations [...]
Is Ron Paul Wrong on Money and the Constitution?
NOTE: Tom Woods will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Jacksonville. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/jacksonville/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* My latest video. I got a lot of requests for this one. Incidentally, I realized after uploading it that I had twice said “grams” of silver when of course I meant grains. [...]
Look into the Jobs Bill? Nah. Drive it off a Cliff.
Add to iTunes In this episode of TRX: Tenther Radio, Michael Boldin is joined by new co-host, Jason Rink. They talk about how the TAC is different, in one important way, from all over “constitutional” grassroots activist groups, about Jason’s new book Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas. In a new technology segment, they talk [...]
Tenther Radio Upcoming Shows: Tom DiLorenzo, Rob Natelson
Please join us for TRX: Tenther Radio on September 28 and October 5, 2011 right here – listen live by clicking the play button at that time on the right. Take part in the conversation with your comments and questions in our chat room here, or leave us a voice message in advance at 213.785.7848. [...]
Solyndra Shafts Taxpayers
by Michael McCarty, Oklahoma Tenth Amendment Center One thing for sure about Solyndra…we taxpayers will get the shaft for over half a billion dollars. The Solyndra folks will plead the fifth amendment, as is their right. Any questions asked of government officials will bring a cry of ‘executive privilege’. Seems to me that there are [...]
We Have The Technology
by Doug Tjaden, Sound Money Center NOTE: Doug Tjaden will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Jacksonville. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/jacksonville/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******** September is the month we change seasons from summer to fall. It is a time when many people (this writer included) reflect on change in general. [...]
Bike funding unconstitutional, but they do it anyway
Peopleforbikes.org, a bicycling advocacy and lobbying organization declared victory last Friday when Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) withdrew a proposal to eliminate dedicated funding for the Transportation Enhancements Program. Transportation Enhancements serve as a chief source of federal funding for bicycle related projects. According to the National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse, “Transportation Enhancements (TE) projects are federally subsidized, [...]
Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Legislation Status
cross-posted from the Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center Updates The list below contains the Tenth Amendment related legislation which we are currently tracking in the Pennsylvania legislature. Changes from our last update include: SB3 was dropped from tracking as it claims its authority under the PPACA, not the Tenth Amendment. HB1653 changed committees on June 23, 2011 HB42 [...]
