“Julian Assange has done it again: exposed the inner workings – and crimes – of our political class, that is. This time his target is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, whose emails were hacked by a Romanian who calls himself “Guccifer 2.0,” and posted online by WikiLeaks. As revelations tumble out of the …”
Source: The Hunt for Red Trump-tober – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com
“The opening lecture of Mises University 2016. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 24 July 2016.”
Source: Down with “Leadership”: Against the Election | Mises Institute
“When financial markets slumped in 2008, the assets in government-worker pension funds plunged and public sector retirement debt soared. Although pension officials rushed to assure the public that their funds would recover as soon as stocks rebounded, the long bull market that began the following year didn’t do much to cut states steep retirement debt. Most state and local pension funds closed the books on their latest fiscal year on June 30… early returns suggest that the industry fell well short of its lofty investment goals.” Read the rest by clicking on the link.
Source: The Public Pension Problem: It’s Much Worse Than It Appears | Manhattan Institute
Governor Christie should get on board with the latest proposal to fund the Transportation Trust Fund and provide much needed tax relief to the people of New Jersey. Is this a “perfect” compromise? No. But we need funds to fix our roads and bridges, lower taxes and lower spending and fewer regulations. The governor should work on the last two goals ASAP. Instead of focusing on Trump’s presidential campaign, he should do what he was elected to do–govern. If he is preoccupied with the presidential campaign, he should resign.
“Senate and Assembly Democratic leaders announced a new compromise Friday for raising the gas tax.”
Source: 7 things you need to know about latest gas tax plan to end N.J. road work shutdown
Who would Mr. Libertarian, the late Murray Rothbard, have supported for president this year?
Source: Raico on Rothbard
“The story of Trump’s rise in popularity in the US is that grassroots Republicans and conservatives are turning their backs on the old Beltway shibboleths, like ‘American exceptionalism’, explains Ron Paul Institute executive director Daniel McAdams.”
Source: ‘Trump supporters rising up, disgusted with elites, no trust in media’ — RT Op-Edge
The Clintons are savvy political operators. They checked the following “boxes” and Kaine became Hillary’s running mate. To see where Sen. Kaine stands on the issues, visit http://www.kaine.senate.gov/issues.
“Hillary Clinton chose her running partner Friday evening.”
Source: Hillary Clinton chooses Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate
The 20th century experienced two horrific world wars because nations–organized criminal gangs–formed alliances. Our alliances could cause another one in Europe an/or in Asia, again.
“If there is one positive thing to be said about Donald Trump’s interview with The New York Times, it’s that the American public will not have to wait to see what his views about foreign and defense…”
Source: Donald Trump’s world: Part 3 – AEI | Foreign and Defense Policy Blog » AEIdeas
The Trumps are left leaning middle-of-the roaders. One of Trump’s ideas that is resonating with some libertarians is his skepticism of foreign intervention.
Source: Target Liberty: Crazed Neocons Aren’t Always Wrong….
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention last night could have been a lot shorter and focused on espousing the virtues of limited government and free enterprise.
First, Donald should have used several props, such as the first 1040 form, which was only four pages long. He should have said that a tax return of 1914 was simple and allowed the federal government to raise the funds it needed to pay for its expenses 100 years ago, when only 2% of the American people had to pay any income tax. In addition, today large and medium-sized businesses need an army of accountants and attorneys to comply with the tax code. That’s money that cannot be used to buy better equipment, modernize their factories, and thus make American workers more productive, which would earn them higher salaries.
Hillary is toast, despite the best efforts of the FBI and Justice Department to shield her.
“WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told us a month ago that the next batch of leaked Hillary Clinton emails could lead to an indictment. Now, over 23,000 cables were just put out for the world to see.”