The sad plight of “liberalism” is on display in a recent New Yorker book review by Corey Robin. The essay, “How Do We Survive the Constitution,” laments that American society is increasingly disgusted by government institutions. Polling reveals that Americans have never had less trust in government or mass media. The largest segment of American …
Category: broken government
Jul 22
“Truckpocalypse” begins in California as 70,000 truckers forced off the road by regulations
One major agenda of “the left” (i.e., the government) is the push to require every worker to be an “employee” rather than a free-lancer or an independent contractor. “Employees” are more monitored, documented, and regimented; their employers must withhold certain wages from their checks and regularly report details of each “employee,” including identification, address, social …
May 03
US President Requests BILLIONS to “counter disinformation”
Hidden in the details of US President Biden’s $33 billion supplemental budget allocation to aid Ukraine is a clause dedicating 8.8 billion dollars to “the Department of State for economic support and assistance to the people of Ukraine and other affected countries, including direct budgetary support, as well as support for food security, democracy, anticorruption, …
Mar 05
In 1878 French government investors paid every French newspaper to promote construction of the Panama Canal
From the book “Famous Financial Fiascos” by John Train (1985): The western world’s elites first began pondering the development of a canal across the Isthmas of Panama in the 1880s. It was the French government that initiated the project. (Later, the US government took the lead in the decades-long project.) Train writes that the leading …
Jan 27
Stephen Moore: the US spent ONE-SIXTH of its economy to contain COVID, which hasn’t been contained
The great economist Stephen Moore writes that in just 37 years, the federal budget increased from $1 trillion to $7 trillion. “So, in less than four decades, the budget has grown sevenfold. Much faster than inflation. Much faster than the economy.” “The government is now gobbling up the economy, spending up to 30% of our …
Dec 07
Dale Davenport witnessed police brutality in Dallas, Texas. The day after he testified in court, Dallas police officers blocked his business with swarms of cop cars and a bullet was fired through his window
By Roger Roots As a crusading libertarian lawyer I often get phone calls from people who tell me they want to sue their local government officials in their snake pit of municipal corruption. They always have heartbreaking stories of City Hall stealing, robbing or destroying their homes, families or businesses. I generally have to tell …
Dec 07
Latvian government JAILS rival politician upon grounds of holding “unsafe” meeting!
“COVID-19” is the gift that keeps on giving for tyrants worldwide. Latvian police have arrested the country’s main opposition leader, Aldis Gobzems, on grounds that he had an “unannounced assembly” where COVID safety requirements weren’t met. Powermad Latvian officials recently enacted a law BANNING elected legislators from Parliament if they are “unvaccinated” with COVID-19 treatment …
Oct 17
The U.S. government used control over the mail to manipulate elections from the beginning
BREAKING: Another U.S. Postal worker has been caught destroying more election ballots. Last week, U.S. Postal workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were caught destroying and misdirecting U.S. mail–including election ballots. Now another USPS deliveryman has been arrested for trying to destroy more ballots, in Kentucky. “A construction worker found about 112 unopened ballots and …
Aug 29
California has the most government-controlled electrical grid in the U.S. It is also the most dangerous, unpredictable, and expensive.
California’s government regulates energy more than any other state. This regulation is now causing massive blackouts, suffering, poverty and death. “California officials endlessly promote this state as “leading the world in the fight against climate change.” Yet as of this writing, many Californians are in their fourth night of energy blackouts.” Like Venezuela, the Golden …
Jun 15
Gallup poll shows American pride has fallen to record lows
U.S. government spending grew by record amounts in the past four months. President Trump set new records as history’s biggest spending politician. Governors throughout the United States dove to new levels of power–controlling the movements, housing, occupations, business lives, shopping choices, and spending of every non-government resident. For the first time in history, American governors …
