The Lighthouse®
The very rapid growth of how much the U.S. government pays to borrow money to support its spending imposes more than a fiscal burden on Americans. It threatens their health. Just how much will shock you.
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K. Lloyd Billingsley (American Spectator)
What happens when an Ivy League medical doctor opts for a career as a government bureaucrat and remains in power for decades with no accountability? You get—Dr. Anthony Fauci; and a shocking proclivity for mendacity.
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Scott Beyer (Catalyst)
As the country experiences spikes in murders, other violent crime, and shoplifting, Americans are successfully responding with private security and other non-police measures—which actually calls into question whether the government was ever worth relying on in the first place. Libertarianism, anybody?
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Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Washington Times)
What should it be about? How about the fact that the federal debt amounts to $34 trillion, approximately 120% of GDP, and that, if we count Social Security and Medicare commitments, total government liabilities top $200 trillion, about twice the size of the global economy? Cut spending!
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Volume 27, Issue 23: June 5, 2024
Craig Eyermann (The Beacon)
The very rapid growth of how much the U.S. government pays to borrow money to support its spending imposes more than a fiscal burden on Americans. It threatens their health. Just how much will shock you.
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Is the Welfare State Crowding Out Government’s Basic Functions?
An Update
An Update
The Independent Review, Summer 2020
K. Lloyd Billingsley (American Spectator)
What happens when an Ivy League medical doctor opts for a career as a government bureaucrat and remains in power for decades with no accountability? You get—Dr. Anthony Fauci; and a shocking proclivity for mendacity.
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Virus and Leviathan
Symposium on Public Health and Policy in a Free Society
Symposium on Public Health and Policy in a Free Society
The Independent Review, Spring 2021
Scott Beyer (Catalyst)
As the country experiences spikes in murders, other violent crime, and shoplifting, Americans are successfully responding with private security and other non-police measures—which actually calls into question whether the government was ever worth relying on in the first place. Libertarianism, anybody?
READ MORE »
Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Washington Times)
What should it be about? How about the fact that the federal debt amounts to $34 trillion, approximately 120% of GDP, and that, if we count Social Security and Medicare commitments, total government liabilities top $200 trillion, about twice the size of the global economy? Cut spending!
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Liquidating Federal Assets
A Promising Tool for Ending the U.S. Debt Crisis
A Promising Tool for Ending the U.S. Debt Crisis
By William F. Shughart II, Carl P. Close
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
Jonathan Hofer
Paige Lambermont
Randall G. Holcombe
Catalyst: New Articles
Ninos P. Malek
