No longer do you need to invade foreign lands with boots on the ground and directly kill innocent civilians. Thanks to the rise of drones, the military can interfere into the domestic affairs of other nations and kill innocent men, women, and children in the comfort of an air-conditioned room. And the Pentagon wants to […]
Archives for April 2018
Venezuela inflation surged 454% in Q1 2018
The inflation rate in Venezuela spiked 454 percent in the first three months of 2018, says the nation’s opposition-led National Assembly, reports Reuters. The figures are pretty much the same as the numbers from independent economists and organizations. Venezuela’s annual inflation over the last 12 months is just under 8,900 percent. Monthly inflation in March […]
WAR ON CASH: Why big government, big tech, big business hate cash
By: Brendan Brown Big government, big banks, and big tech are now all on the same side in the war against cash. Government — we all know about already. Big banks — they do not want to see the users of cash in retail transactions (for goods and services) getting keener prices than the users of their electronic […]
Ron Paul: Donald Trump should stop ‘blaming a free market and capitalism’
Is President Donald Trump playing a game of 4D underwater, blindfolded, handcuffed, chess, backgammon, and chess when it comes to the trade file? That’s what many of his supporters think, and the way China is suddenly behaving in the last 24 hours, one could make an argument for that. That said, if tariffs are still […]
WATCH: The greatest video on capitalism you will watch this year
Senator Bernie Sanders recently had an online panel with Senator Elizabeth Warren and Michael Moore about income inequality. They perpetuated the typical leftist myths: the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poor, capitalism is evil, and we need more government. Yada, yada, yada. But is this even accurate? Hardly. It’s just one […]