As federal and state governments scramble to shore up the tanking economy by doing more of what got us to this point in the first place: meddling and spending, it will be interesting to see which government programs/expenditures, if any, get cut. No doubt budget conversations this year will be drastically different than last year’s, [...]
Reason VP advocates higher gas taxes
It’s usually nice to see libertarian voices in the Associated Press. Usually. Adrian Moore, a Vice President of the Reason Foundation said that: I’m not excited about a gas tax increase, but the reality is our current gas tax doesn’t pay for upkeep of the system we have now. We can either let the roads [...]
Stossell on the “arrogant conceit” of Obama and FDR
In his latest syndicated column, John Stossell doesn’t wait until the new administration is in office before he rips into them: Obama and [soon-to-be Chief of Staff] Emanuel want us to believe that their blueprint for reform will bring recovery from the recession. Yet we have recovered from past recessions without undertaking a radical social [...]
Pop Culture Break: The Obsolete Man
This new years weekend, the SciFi channel treated distopian fans, like myself, to a Twilight Zone marathon. My favorite story was first broadcast nearly 48 years ago by CBS. It featured a future totalitarian state that has banned religion and books, making a librarian “obsolete” and sentencing him to death. (26:06 minutes) The closing narration [...]
Cannon’s plan to avoid “Health-Care Chaos”
Michael F. Cannon warns that “holding the line against socialized medicine won’t be easy, but it can be done.” The Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies writes: Republicans, centrist Democrats, and independents must protect Americans from the worst elements of those proposals. That means drawing three lines in the sand. Any proposal that crosses [...]
Liberty Lasso: Happy New Year!
2009 will present new challenges for the freedom movement and we hope you’ll follow it here at FR33 Agents. Here’s what some voices in the libertysphere are talking about: Reason reminds us that the revolting cuban revolution turns 50 today and provides links to their long-running coverage. Atlas discusses the 2008 accomplishments of their international [...]
