Browsing Archive: April, 2009

The Campaign For Liberty is Petitioning Congress to “Audit the Fed”

Pocatello, ID – Local members of Campaign for Liberty visited the district offices of Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson across the state today to deliver petitions as part of a national grassroots action event.

The petitions from constituents in the 2nd district urge Rep. Simpson to cosponsor H.R. 1207, legislation authorizing a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve. The efforts coincided with the delivery of over 47,000...

Tax Freedom Day this year will occur later this year than it ever has, according to the Tax Foundation the tax freedom day adjusted for the deficit will occur on May 29, 2009

In another measure, Deficit Day, the day where the federal government runs out of tax revenue and begins living on borrowed money occurs earlier this year than it ever has in the history of the country.

Our current President and Congress will have spent all the money our government will collect in taxes this year as of 8...

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first tes...

Tax Freedom Day® arrived on April 13 this year, the 103rd day of 2009. That means Americans worked about three and a half months of the year, from January 1 to April 13, before they earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. Tax Freedom Day fell a full two weeks earlier in 2009 than it did in 2007. In fact, not since 1967 has Tax Freedom Day come earlier than this year's April 13 date.

This shift has been driven by two factors: the recessi...

I love this great and beautiful country, and I often ask myself: “How did we allow ourselves to get into this current mess?” I think because too many of us thought another law would solve another injustice, we have turned the blessing of rule of law into a tyrant. Like Esau, we have traded our children’s, our grandchildren’s and our great-grandchildren’s birthrights for a bowl of lintel soup.

I attended the American Tea Party held in Pocatello last Wednesday where I was approached ...

Tar & Feathers Anyone?

Gresham Barrett (R-SC) voted for the 2008 bailout just as our Congressman did. These politicians fool partisan constituents by pretending indignation over big spending Democrats. They've had their chance to do the right thing and they failed America. It's time to throw them all out! Why don't we send someone to Washington who will represent our values.

Are Americans fed up with federal bailouts and stimulus packages? Of course they are, mostly...

All this after less than three months of the Obama administration, following eight years of President George W. Bush’s deficit spending.

Still, it would be an error to dismiss the tea parties as strictly a partisan phenomenon. Longtime Pocatello residents may recall the local revolt against property taxes led by the late Al Brewster, who gathered enough support to force local lawmakers to take ...

How could anyone possibly be against opening the checkbooks to show us the spending? In today’s digital world, it’s very simple to put it online for everyone to see where they are spending our tax dollars. There’s no excuse for not doing this.

Spending transparency Web sites in numerous states and localities have saved millions through more efficient government operations, fewer information requests, more competitive contracting bids and lower risk of fraud...

The only House member in Ba...

At the root of our social problems is the neglect of private property rights.

America was founded upon the idea that each individual had an unqualified right to the fruits of his labor.[4] This more than anything was what the founders meant when they spoke the word "liberty." It was the extent to which this right was respected that made America different than every other society in history, before or since. This was the great secret that made America the engine of prosperity and innovation tha...

I would like to take a moment and focus on a couple I met this week, some would say have nothing, I think they have everything.

John Bell, Trina Tubbs, and their dog Bandit set up the Skull Shop on the vacant lot at the corner of Alameda and Jefferson for the last few weeks selling an eclectic selection of flags, belts, necklaces and other items.

John is from Anchorage Alaska. Trina is from Dillingham Alaska, Bandit joined up in one of the towns they set up in when Trina fell in love with ...