Jim Bunning Speaks Out: Why I Took A Stand

by Jim Bunning

‘If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything.’

I have been serving the citizens of Kentucky for nearly 24 years in Washington. During that time I have been a member of both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. I have taken thousands of votes in relation to spending the taxpayers’ money. I will be the first one to admit that I have cast some bad votes during my tenure, and I wish I could have some of them back.

Global Debt Crisis: The Killing of Paper Money

by Bill Bonner

Everyone says the euro is falling apart…that Europe itself can’t survive as a political unit.

The Greeks are rioting in the streets. They’re upset because their government is trying to cut back on ‘services.’ Actually, it’s not the services that anyone would miss. It’s the money. The rioters are mostly people who live, in one way or another, at the expense of others…thanks to the government. They work for the government…or get handouts from it.

The Dangers of the Patriot Act and the Loss of Liberty

WATCH: Judge Andrew Napolitano gives a speech from the heart about freedom and from where our rights come. The Judge explains the hard core truth about the Constitution and why we must fight to regain and retain our freedoms.

He also showcases the true dangers of the Patriot Act and the overstepping of the government into our private lives.

Fear Takes the Wheel

by Peter Schiff

Over the past three or four years a strange phenomenon has developed in the global investment markets. With some exceptions, many asset classes, in particular domestic and foreign equities, commodities, and foreign currencies have tended to move in the same direction on a day to day basis. The mega-correlation has lasted so long that most now take it for granted. This leaves investors with relatively simple choices:

Government Stimulus, One Year Later

by Ron Paul

Last week marked the one year anniversary of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or the stimulus bill, passing into law. While the debate over its success has been focused on whether or not it is stimulating the economy and on various questionable uses of funds, in my estimation this legislation is accomplishing exactly what it was intended to accomplish – grow the government.

Happy 1st Birthday Tea-Party Movement

by Chuck Norris

It’s still difficult to believe that last week President Obama actually celebrated Feb. 17 as the first anniversary of his stimulus plan (a.k.a. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), in which Washington borrowed $862 billion on American taxpayers’ credit. Celebrating the piling of $1 trillion on the backs of our posterity?

Call me clueless, but I’ve never considered easing present circumstances by going into massive amounts of debt as an answer to anyone’s economic recovery and longevity.

Statement on Joe Stack and the IRS Austin Plane Crash

by Jake Towne

“Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.” – Gandhi

For those unaware, Mr. Stack set fire to his family’s home and crashed a private plane into the IRS Austin branch during the workday, killing one other person, injuring 13, and two of the injured are in critical condition. While full details surrounding this incident are still unclear, the FBI believes that his suicide note is genuine.

ALERT: PATRIOT ACT IS UP FOR 5 YEAR RE AUTHORIZATION

Now, ever so quietly, the Obama administration is working with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to sneak reauthorization of the Patriot Act through without creating a stir among liberty-minded Americans.

We have a chance to stop it now before it can even come up for a vote.

PIGS Boost The Dollar But Americans Forget To Feed The Piggy Bank

by MJ Harris

The latest numbers show that the US trade deficit had widened again this month. Instead of Americans spending less and saving more so that the trade deficit can shrink, the government is encouraging more spending so the trade deficit is actually expanding.

There is still alot of uncertainty surrounding the Greece and the Euro zone bailouts. This is causing temporary flight back to the dollar. Bringing it to its highest levels in several months.

Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?

by Sarah Palin
The newly-released mind-boggling, record-smashing $3,400,000,000,000 federal budget invites plenty of opportunity to debate the merits of incurring more and more debt that will drown the next generation of Americans. Never has it been possible to spend your way out of debt. So… let the debate begin.
Included in the debate process will be opportunities [...]

Spending Freeze Not Likely

by Ron Paul

Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning to hear the growing discontent with the size and scope of government and the broken promises that keep piling up. Certain events in Massachusetts recently made that statement loud, clear and unavoidable. In the face of those events, the powers that be made the determination that some populist rhetoric was in order, and the idea of a spending freeze in Washington was proposed, albeit with several caveats.