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A Note to Disgruntled Republicans About Liberty

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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 […]

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Tags: Election 2008 · Free Lunch Myth · Freedom · Imperialism · Libertarian · National Issues · Pittsburgh · pennsylvania

Antitrust Laws Actually Promote Monopoly

February 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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 […]

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Tags: Free Lunch Myth · Healthcare · Monopolies · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Politics · Regulation · pennsylvania

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

January 24, 2008
Letters to the Editor
Pittsburgh Business Times
2313 East Carson Street, Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Dear Editor,
With regard to the recent article on the development of the Don Allen site at Baum and Liberty, it was interesting to note that the story is quite different than the story presented in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in which […]

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Tags: Pittsburgh · Politics

Government Monopolies Don’t Like Competition

December 7th, 2007 · No Comments

So in the land of free, you think you might be able to play a little poker, especially to raise money for a charitable cause… Well, unless the “Land of the Free” is a slogan in memory only. That’s the subject of this most recent piece done by Drew Carey at Reason TV.
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Tags: Libertarian · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Video · pennsylvania

Eminent Domain Gone Wild

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Pittsburgh residents are all too familiar with “eminent domain”, the constitutionally sanctioned practice where governments take private land for legitimate public uses. Traditionally, that’s meant things like roads and schools. Over the past several decades, however, governments have gone hog wild with eminent domain, routinely condemning property (or freezing its improvement for years like 5th […]

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Tags: Eminent Domain · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Politics · Video · pennsylvania

More Consumer Freedom for Beer Sales

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

A recent poll was commissioned by the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania [MBDAP] to gage public sentiment on allowing beer sales in supermarkets and convenience stores.
The poll, run by Terry Moddonna’s opinion research firm, found that a majority worried about increased underage drinking, although the figures were evenly split on allowing PA residents the […]

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Tags: Drug War · Freedom · Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · pennsylvania

Medical Marijuana: Medicine or Freedom?

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s a clip from the comedian Drew Carey produced by reason.tv on Medical Marijuana and Marijuana illegality in general. Notice the people interviewed about their use for medicinal purposes. These people are not the animals Drug War zealots want you to believe.
Apart from being prohibition — which only creates a whole host […]

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Tags: Drug War · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Video

Free Market Thinking on Commuter Gridlock

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

16 miles from work takes an hour and a half to commute? Here is another clip from Drew Carey on Reason.TV discussing how gridlock can be alleviated with libertarian minded solutions. Pittsburgh may not be so bad as L.A., but this shows how privatization is not the evil big government apologists want you […]

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Tags: Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Video

We Can’t Argue With Ron Paul

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Why would a Libertarian Party website post a video of a Republican presidential candidate? He may be a Republican by Party, but he’s Libertarian by action.
Libertarians believe the job of government is exclusively to protect the freedom, liberty, and property of the individual. It believes the right of individual consent is far higher […]

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Tags: Candidates · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Revolution · Video

Libertarians Say “No!” to Drink Tax Bailout of Inefficient Government Transportation

October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Private businesses and citizens are scrambling to protect their pocket books as local politicians seek ways of dodging the real problems of public transit (e.g. government supplied transportation) — an inefficient and bloated socialist model — by using a drink tax to dump the problem on the backs of local citizens who deserve better.
Libertarians do […]

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Tags: Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Pittsburgh · Transportation