Tag Archives: Government Spending

Pork, pork, pork, pork…

Posted on August 9, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

The article last week from AP spreads the good news of government largess to the tourism industry. It is absolutely amazing what the FedGov (and States and counties and cities) do with the money that they steal from taxpayers now … Continue reading →

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The blame game – Inflation edition

Posted on March 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

There is no doubt that inflation has gotten much worse here in the States in the last year and a half. And despite the impression of many people, we’ve been suffering inflation for several years – and I mean severe … Continue reading →

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The South African “solution” – coming to America?

Posted on January 8, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

What can government do to help people? According to most, government can do anything and everything. It seems that many believe that the most important thing government can and should do to help people is to make every possible decision … Continue reading →

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The cost of panic

Posted on March 29, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

The news this last week has been filled with Congress passing a “stimulus and disaster response bill” that has a price tag of $6.2 TRILLION dollars (admitted by Trump, although Congress claimed it to be “merely” $2.2 trillion). The entire … Continue reading →

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The opportunism of government

Posted on February 14, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

A common characteristic of human, mandatory government can easily be seen through the ages. In modern times, it is summed up with this quote: Never let a good crisis go to waste.

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What does government cost us?

Posted on January 1, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Got this in the email today. Is this right?  Read on.

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May you live in interesting times

Posted on December 31, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The well known Chinese curse bedevils us. The year 2018 certainly demonstrates that, for Americans and for people around the world.  Including lovers of liberty. Much of it was bad, but throughout the year, lovers of liberty … Continue reading →

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Welfare – the alternative

Posted on November 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Today, it seems that more and more of government resources here in the Fifty States – federal, state, tribal, and local – go to providing welfare.  Although the statistics seem to say otherwise, the cost of helping … Continue reading →

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Billions for conquest and tribute – not one penny for defense?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The tremendous expense of deploying a missile fleet capable in the long term of countering nuclear threats has spawned a debate in the American military establishment, as talked about in a recent Stars and Stripes article. How … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News: #14-51A: Schools – places of fear, trauma and death

Posted on December 15, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Government-run, tax-funded “public” schools continue to be more and more of an embarrassment to the Fifty States and our communities, as they seek to denigrate any ideas or beliefs not accepted by the educational elite, … Continue reading →

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