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For many years Libertarians have been caught unawares. The constant barrage of people scoffing at them and their ideas leads others to believe that Libertarians are a bunch of radical kooks who want to smoke pot and hate the government. That obviously isn’t the truth but that’s what comes across when people talk to Libertarians. [...]

We have watched for over a year now. We hit the recession. The housing bubble collapsed. Markets tanked. People lost huge sums of investment monies. Full industries tanked as banks and auto manufacturers screamed for government aide. The credit crisis was in full swing and the Federal Reserve printing presses haven’t stopped pumping out the [...]

  “A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” Thomas Jefferson (1801)     [...]

A bill just coming into public light was written; was passed by the House and moved to the Senate in April. It currently sits in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill H.R. 985 conveniently named “Free Flow of Information Act of 2009” is anything but a free flow of information. Embedded in the code, soon [...]

The power of the United States to tax is limited to persons, property, and business within their jurisdiction, as much as that of a state is limited to the same subjects within its jurisdiction.   Supreme Court Justice Fields   This is an amazingly true statement and yet people don’t understand what it means. They [...]

We all know, from a Libertarian perspective, that the free enterprise market is the way to go. As with all markets there are up sides, down sides, good sides and bad sides; in my travels around the world I have come to recognize one succinct catch that keeps just about everyone a slave. No, I [...]

The senate today decided to pass a new credit card reform bill. With a 90 – 5 vote it now waits for the House to do the same. Lawmakers expect the bill to be on the president’s desk by Friday. Once signed into law the credit card companies will have approximately nine months to revamp [...]

Here is a good example of how bad government works to protect your freedoms. On the Florida Libertarian website is an article talking about how Governor Crist signed into law the new seat belt regulations. http://floridalibertarian.com/?p=15#comments Social Bookmarking

Simply put, Libertarians are people who believe that all people should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit, so long as they do not initiate force or fraud against another to do it.   That one sentence, simple as it was, is a life changing principle.   Unfortunately, not many people understand [...]

Wow – what an experience getting this up and running. It was a little scary at first. I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off or not. Glad Sean was around to help out and keep me on path. Thanks Sean.   As you can see, this is a work in progress. I envision [...]