Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh

Whichever of the two big parties running the majority at the asylum on the Potomac is not in charge tends to be for full disclosure of the details behind “earmarking” — the practice where politicians attach (hide, really) their own pet pork projects onto bigger bills with very important sounding names… Names that few dare [...]

[Read more →]

The $100 million for the political party conventions — $50 million for the Democratic convention in Denver and $50 million for the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn. — is included in a section described as “Katrina recovery, veterans’ care and for other purposes.”
Isn’t that nice. Nothing like lots of pork in a spending [...]

[Read more →]

If someone tells you that libertarians are pro drugs, tell whoever says as much that they don’t know what they are talking about. In fact, send them this link: It’s a Bloomberg interview of Harvard economics professor, Jefrey Miron, who explains a short and rational argument for legalization.

Listen Now/ Download

Even if you hate [...]

[Read more →]

Libertarians are fiscal realists. Everyone knows there is no such thing as a free lunch, yet when it comes to politicians and voters, the siren song of “free this” or “free that” is apparently too tempting, especially when melded with an important issue that the government says it will solve. If you look [...]

[Read more →]

This one is titled State Employees, but it could just as easily be titled “Consequences of the Nanny State.”

[Read more →]