Tag Archives: free markets

The incredible ability of government to lose money

Posted on June 24, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Ronald Reagan once said, “If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it!” I thought of that quote last week when I read that California is offering a cool $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry, in … Continue reading →

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The current target list for enemies of liberty

Posted on April 28, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

As the Beer Virus Panic continues, enemies of liberty are grabbing at the opportunities that crisis brings. They are targeting very specific parts of our God-given liberty, as hard as ever.

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Growing economy or rushing to disaster?

Posted on October 29, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton According to Investing.com, the Standard and Poors (S&P) 500 is at all-time highs, reaching over 3,000 in the last few days. The NASDAQ is over 8,000, the Dow Jones Industrial over 27,000. (This is in general over … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned: Puerto Rico and Maria

Posted on October 3, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton When I first received this, I didn’t know where it was originally published. I got it from a correspondent who strongly supports local emergency preparedness AND is also a strong advocate of government.  I finally found it … Continue reading →

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Blood in the homes – not just the streets

Posted on July 30, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Once more, we see “American” police gunning down innocent people for no more reason than a mistaken address given by someone – or misunderstood by cops and dispatchers. The latest is in Southaven, Mississippi, as reported by … Continue reading →

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Government and essential services and utilities – Yes or No?

Posted on August 25, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton There are a number of utilities that we all take for granted, as long as we live in a town here in Anglo-America: Water supply and distribution – domestic, potable, uncontaminated irrigation fire-fighting Sanitary sewage collection and … Continue reading →

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Economics, Populist Fads, and Government

Posted on May 18, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-20B By Nathan Barton Governments are organizations where “group-think” is a large part of how they do things. They are unaccountable to the mechanisms of the free market. And they are made up of people (both the elite … Continue reading →

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Black is White (Was: Libertarian Commentary on the News, #15-02D)

Posted on January 15, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton In a separate commentary, I wrote about the exposure of hypocrisy made possible by the Paris Massacre and its aftermath.  But I see that I was premature in understanding just HOW disgusting the aftermath can get.  On … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-21D: Government kills

Posted on May 30, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Nearing the end of another week with greetings to all the Free State Wyoming friends gathering this weekend, preparing for the inevitable. Mama’s Note: Taking off to camp with the FSW bunch this weekend, no … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-45C: Religion, government, and headaches

Posted on November 28, 2013 by TPOL Nathan

Religion – Free Markets Pope attacks ‘tyranny’ of markets, urges renewal in key document (Yahoo.com)   In it, economic inequality features as one of the issues Francis is most concerned about, and the 76-year-old pontiff calls for an overhaul of the … Continue reading →

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