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M. Vance April 6, 2015 EMAIL Barack Obama wants to shrink the federal government’s “carbon footprint
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The plant clearly leads a double life, but because of the federal government’s irrational obsession
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Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (dubbed RICO) the federal government deems racketeering to
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Compared to the actions of the states, the federal government’s role at
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borderlands. At the same time, however, conservatives support two of the federal government’s programs — the
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by Democrats, some conservatives still think that they can have some influence on the federal government’s education polices
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a “national security” operation, the federal judiciary will summarily grant the government’s motion to
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than the last 75 years of prohibition — all with the federal government’s blessing. Are
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That latter example also shows us that Republicans have no objection to the federal government’s having an
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the 9/11 attackers? There wasn’t any question about that either: The federal government’s brutal actions
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root cause of what is happening in Baltimore. Consider the federal government’s mandatory minimum
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the U.S. government. The Cubans also haven’t forgotten the U.S. government’s sneak attack at
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Alcohol and Drugs – Should the Government Step In? The Federal Government’s Response to
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time the alleged criminal act was committed. Ensuing court proceedings merely perfect the government’s interest in
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government. That’s why the Constitution failed to grant the federal government the power
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was permissible. Timberlake shows, however, that the great majority of the federal government’s wartime expenditures
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destruction of her. Why did the federal government, specifically the federal government’s national police
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and Section 8 housing vouchers. Republicans have no philosophical objection to the federal government’s maintaining a
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of Rights — protect our rights and freedoms from American statists within the federal government. It’s also
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March 23, 2026 For those Americans who still believe that the U.S. government’s deadly, destructive, illegal
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author of Inside the Assassination Records Review Board: The U.S. Government’s Final Attempt to
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of the United States and to ... Read more → The Government’s War on Domestic
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newspapers, and CDs? Third, there is a thin line between the government’s setting maximum prices
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incarcerated is, of course, that of Americans snared by the government’s war on drugs
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by Democrats, some conservatives still think that they can have some influence on the federal government’s education polices
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We begin with the Constitution, the document that brought the federal government into existence. That
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melee at the Capitol there are increasing calls for the U.S. government’s Department of
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theory” of classical-liberal thought. Showing how Supreme Court jurisprudence has enabled the federal government’s many usurpations
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prostitutes, guns, or ammunition. According to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), “The federal government currently spends roughly
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be wielded against Americans. That was the logical outcome of the government’s reasoning, as we
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that only libertarians can be found articulating: Food stamps, like all of the federal government’s welfare programs
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objective factual basis for determining the validity of the government’s assertions beyond their
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March 23, 2026 For those Americans who still believe that the U.S. government’s deadly, destructive, illegal
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offensive.” The Drug War is an expensive, destructive failure just like the federal government’s earlier attempt
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idea of using the Constitution to bring the federal government into existence was
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stop-and-frisk and mandatory minimums are of the government’s own making. Thus
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of us due to the coronavirus and, especially, the government’s heavy-handed shutdown
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Nobody is not no-rule, and where all ... Read more → The U.S. Government’s Secret History of
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for Tax Justice, and Americans for Fair Taxation. The federal government has jumped on
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must pay, no reasonable and logical argument can be made against the government’s mandating that employers
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little better than cheerleaders for that mayhem, as they uncritically accept the government’s line that its
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is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the
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March 23, 2026 For those Americans who still believe that the U.S. government’s deadly, destructive, illegal
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take long for me to become outraged over the U.S. government’s treatment of
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and the executive branch of the government? They say that Pinochet’s coup was necessary to
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extremist ideologies”? Former FBI agent Mike German commented, “The idea that the federal government would encourage local
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of course only scratches the surface in mentioning the U.S. government’s unceasing program to
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in 2009 entitled Inside the Assassination Records Review Board: The U.S. Government’s Final Attempt to
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out effect.” Part of the cost of funding the government’s budget deficit comes
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advance liberty. The Czech Republic’s “Velvet Revolution” was catalyzed by the government’s prosecution of
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ever-growing number of young people who were turning against the U.S. government’s war in
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Events Future of Freedom Archive Freedom Thinkers Austrian Economics Store Submit The Government’s Propaganda of
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the federal government was not vested with omnipotent powers. Instead, the federal government’s powers were limited to
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protected political speech whenever it challenges the government’s power, reveals the government’s corruption, exposes the
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In view of the rapid buildup of the Castro government’s military and
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the government. Biden’s war on free speech The broad support for federal censorship is perplexing considering
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the government. Biden’s war on free speech The broad support for federal censorship is perplexing considering
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a third type of governmental system in which the federal government’s powers were
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t that $61 billion foreign aid bill add another $61 billion to the federal government’s $34 trillion
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the Covid protestors could never see, is that some of them believe that government, both federal and
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the United States was set up with a federal system of government where the states
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decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the federal government still considers the
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independent. Every American should be just as passionate as I am about ending the federal government’s war on
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Question Never Asked about Federal Lands by Laurence M. Vance July 9, 2020 The Government Accountability Office (GAO), known
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The fiasco’s silver lining is that it proves that Americans need neither statist schooling nor government regulation, two insidiously intertwined
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Tim Fries August 11, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather the government’s response to
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conservative, would be in danger from the arbitrary power of government.”—Harry S. Truman, Special
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Thinkers Austrian Economics Store Submit Explore Freedom » Daily Articles » Free Society Free Society The Government’s Propaganda of
The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment: Understanding the Court's Landmark Decisions – The Futur
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the Republican government, but Democrats refused to acknowledge their loss. The state’s nearly all-black militia
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in representative democracies like the United States, especially owing to the government’s educational system. The
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taxable income over $500,000. And third, what is it that the federal government spends income taxes
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to bring Padilla into federal court as a criminal defendant. Under the government’s interpretation of
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and encourages the citizenry to push back against the government’s many injustices. This
The National Security State Has Already Won in U.S. versus Assange – The Future of Freedom Foundatio
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is probably the last appeal by Julian Assange in the U.S. government’s efforts to
Is the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Surveillance Really That Significant? – The Future of Freedom Found
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to quash any further judicial inquiry into the constitutionality of the government’s surveillance authority. The
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The World Economic Forum Is Still Conspiring Against Your Freedom by James Bovard The Government’s Propaganda of
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the effects of lost revenue — the tariff was the federal government’s most important
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In spite of these actions by the states, the federal government still considers the
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power. Cue the rise of protest laws, which take the government’s intolerance for
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in federal district court with a criminal offense or release him. The government appealed that decision to
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to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent
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worthy causes. There is a good reason for that — the federal government’s income tax
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entirely left up to the states and that the federal government should have absolutely
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has been. This is a war to establish the Ukrainian government’s “right” to
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the Great Depression had been caused by “market instability” (rather than by the Federal Reserve’s erratic monetary
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may be the biggest bunch of lapdogs in the federal government, even worse than
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with more than 75 percent of the funding coming from the federal government. Welfare continues to
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government’s efforts to target military veterans whose views may be perceived as “anti-government” make clear that something
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as a crime in the federal statute books. That’s why it’s prosecuted as a
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way? Yet most Americans are dead serious when it comes to supporting their government’s prohibiting the unrestricted
Enslaving People to Keep Them Safe from Government-Produced Enemies – The Future of Freedom Foundati
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our American ancestors were essentially telling federal officials: “Don’t even think about doing what European government have always done to
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awaiting the White House summons for an encore performance. The federal government has long been
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all the investigators on that team — when we realized we were investigating our own government’s drug-smuggling operations
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easy-to-understand way why it was morally wrong for the federal government to help
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down in Pennsylvania by passengers resisting the terrorists ... Read more → The Government’s War on Domestic
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The World Economic Forum Is Still Conspiring Against Your Freedom by James Bovard The Government’s Propaganda of
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and these are often most noticeable in commodity prices. Commodities betray the government’s manipulation because, unlike
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of the California and D.C. bars. BOOKS BY DOUG BANDOW: Leviathan Unchained: Washington’s Bipartisan Big Government Consensus
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and property ), and profit-driven schemes that add to the government’s largesse such as
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to the Constitution — came into existence. The people feared that the federal government would somehow break