By: Ryan McMaken The FBI announced today that Hillary Clinton will not be indicted for any charge — not even a misdemeanor charge — related to her use of unsecured personal servers for storage of classified government materials. In an age of aggressive government prosecution, the casual treatment of Clinton’s alleged crimes by the FBI […]
Archives for July 2016
Video: The Seen & Unseen of legal, illegal immigrants in labor market
Learn Liberty is out with a fascinating new video that looks at one of the most pressing issues of the 2016 presidential election: immigration. Don Boudreaux notes that Frederic Bastiat’s principle of the seen and unseen can easily be applied to legal and illegal immigrants. Here is the video:
Edward Snowden on Hillary Clinton-FBI email decision
If there is one thing 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is right about it’s this: the U.S. system is rigged. FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not do anything wrong pertaining to the email controversy. He said that Clinton and her team were just clumsy about […]
San Francisco wants 1.5% ‘tech tax’ to get share of massive tech pie
Governments at every level always want their share of the pie. We see this all the time. One of the latest jurisdictions to try to confiscate more wealth is San Francisco. The home of the many giant technology titans today, like Uber and Twitter, is considering a so-called “tech tax” in order to combat the […]
U.S. 10-year bond falls to record low yield of 1.36%
Global investors may have fierce appetites for United States government bonds. With immense volatility in the stock markets, investors are seeking out something safer. And they view U.S. government debt as a safe investment. U.S. government bonds are high in demand from foreign investors. However, that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing. The yield on […]