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California Sinks, U.S. to Follow

At least unless things start changing very soon.

Study: Pennsylvania Turnpike Is Among Least Cost-Efficient Toll Roads in U.S.

Los Angeles (April 10, 2008) - The Pennsylvania Turnpike is one of the country's least cost-efficient toll roads, spending a whopping 62.4 percent of its toll revenues on operating and maintenance costs. Of 35 toll roads studied, only the Massachusetts and West Virginia turnpikes spend a higher percentage of their toll revenues on operating costs, according to a new report by the Reason Foundation, a free market think tank that has advised the last four presidential administration on transportat...

A Note to Disgruntled Republicans About Liberty

Every Republican I've spoken to is mystified that John McCain has sewn up the Republican nomination. For his entire career, he has been more statist on both domestic and foreign policy than even the typical Republican. He has been considered a "liberal," and not in a good sense. He doesn't share any of the values that are said to make up the Republican consensus on economics or culture or religion. His personal baggage is heavy and a mile long. He had no dedicated constituency within the party...

Antitrust Laws Actually Promote Monopoly

We thank the Three Rivers Post and Standard for Allowing this reprint of their material on our site. Above is a worthy discussion about the anti-consumer / pro big and connected business fraud that is anti-monopoly legislation with Ron Paul. While the video is some 25 years old, the content is perfectly valid today (if not also a testament to the consistency of Ron Paul since then). A great myth perpetuated by those in government and many in academia is that absent regulation, the ...

The Coming Meltdown in Government Entitlements

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 at the record, however, whatever politicians and government gets into is rarely if ever solved, and the problems around it always seem to grow. Readers would do well to note the pattern. A...