Trusters of government frequently complain about private-sector money in politics. They say that private-sector voices (especially business and pro-free-market voices) should be barred from spending money on ads that could influence American politics. However, the government is spending massively to influence politics, and to convince Americans that government is good and should be expanded and …
Category: Elections
Jul 14
Climate-change billionaire Tom Steyer, the largest political donor in history, spends millions to “fight the influence of billionaires in politics.”
Climate-change socialists–those who push for more government power to control (other) people’s “carbon footprints”–sometimes spin a tale about the influence of oil billionaires, or the fossil fuel industry, in politics. They claim that wealthy political donors spend millions to push free-market economics, and thwart the supposedly sensible policies promoted by government supremacists. Nothing could be …
Jul 01
Martin Gilens’ Affluence & Influence (2012): A Review
by Dr. Roger I. Roots There is a book (and several studies) by Princeton Sociologist Martin Gilens making the rounds among “campaign finance reformers” of late. Gilens purports to have analyzed extensive data regarding the political preferences of the affluent, the middle class, and the poor, and to have distinguished between the three. The book …
Jul 01
Greek Social Security checks are withheld from retirees as Greece defaults on national debt
Have you ever wondered about the future of American Social Security? What will happen when liabilities are larger than the credit of the country? A story today on Yahoo News revealed that retired Greeks who traditionally draw their government pensions in cash from their local banks are now finding that the banks only allow small …
Jun 28
“Campaign Finance Reformers” Complain Only About Private-Sector Political Spending—While Ignoring Government Political Spending
NFL football games regularly feature displays honoring the U.S. military: moments of silence, speeches and videos honoring the troops, and even synchronized air force “flyovers” in which F-16 jets fly over NFL stadiums in formation while fans cheer. It came out in March 2015 that everything—even the moments of silence—are paid for by the U.S. …
Jun 28
Government Begins Pressuring Medical Profession to Spread Climate-Change Propaganda
“Climate-change” hysteria is very much a movement of the highest government officials, the ultra-rich and wealthy academic elites. It is not a movement of a majority of Americans. The hysteria has been widely promoted by government agencies, and by wealthy political donors. But government global-warming messaging has failed to resonate with voting majorities, who view …
Jun 14
“Progressive” Politicians Hiring Loads of Unpaid Interns While Lecturing the World About Inequality and Campaign-Finance Corruption
THE GUARDIAN is out with a fascinating story about the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. The Clinton campaign is employing large numbers of unpaid interns–who generally come to work for the campaign for purposes of resume’-building and view such internships as stepping stones to future career rewards. The use of unpaid interns, of course, should …
May 15
The myth of Citizens United v. F.E.C.
Every material claim by campaign-finance “reformers” is a Lie. In 2010, the Supreme Court handed down a decision entitled CITIZENS UNITED V. F.E.C., holding that the First Amendment forbids the government from censoring videos based upon certain “campaign-finance-regulation” arguments. Since then, an army of “reformers” have claimed the decision would unleash “unlimited” spending on political …
May 13
STANFORD AND DARTMOUTH PROFESSORS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CAMPAIGN-FINANCE LAWS FOR STUDYING MONTANA VOTER TURNOUT!
American voters are best informed when every voice is free and the mails and airwaves are filled with divergent views, forcefully expressed. Under the First Amendment, every American has the right to write, speak, broadcast and publicize his political views without government interference or permission. Recently, however, an army of well-meaning but misguided “reformers” have …
Feb 16
Lysander Spooner on Democratic Elections and Claims of “Sovereign Immunity” By Government Officials
In Lysander Spooner’s great essay, “No Treason,” Spooner wrote: No body of men can be said to authorize a man to act as their agent, to the injury of a third person, unless they do it in so open and authentic a manner as to make themselves personally responsible for his acts. None of the …
