Economic Freedom

06.04.2010 Jason Hornberger: Economic Liberty and Civil Liberties

Ending the Fed From the Bottom Up

by William Greene Since its inception, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policies have led to a decline of over 95% in the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar. As a result, there have been several attempts to curtail or eliminate the Federal Reserve’s powers (for example, the efforts of Rep. Louis T. McFadden in...

Keeping Boulder Green Isn’t Easy

The city of Boulder Colorado has been having a little trouble getting people to reduce their carbon footprints according to the Wall Street Journal article Boulder Struggles With Energy Conservation. In 2006, Boulder voters approved the nation’s first “carbon tax,” now $21 a year per household, to fund energy-conservation programs. The city took out...

The Battle To Restore Sovereignty To Colorado Has Begun

The Bill of Rights of The Constitution protects your right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by telling the government what they can’t do. There is one amendment that specifically limits the powers of the federal government over your life. This amendment keeps the federal government confined to the Constitution of the...

Denver 9/12 Rally: Chuck Moe of ColoradoFreedom.net

Interviewed by Ari Armstrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Izq9YP14M ColoradoFreedom.net

On Constitution Day: Remember To Ignor the Feds

There’s plenty of federal holidays for Americans to celebrate. On July 4th, there’s independence from King George’s England. On the first Monday in September, a holiday was dedicated to the “social and economic achievements of American workers.” Other days throughout the year celebrate autumn harvest, soldiers who died in the civil war and even...

Small Government Caused Our Current Problems???

As soon as I saw the headline of an August 10 article by financial columnist Peter Cohan, I knew that something was terribly wrong. It reads: “How did the politics of small government lead to big government bailouts?” This is akin to asking, How did the extinction of the elephants lead to Barack Obama’s...

The Welfare State and the Promise of Protection by Robert Higgs

Our predecessors dealt with their worries by relying on religious faith. For tangible assistance, they turned to kinfolk, neighbors, friends, coreligionists, and comrades in lodges, mutual-benefit societies, ethnic associations, labor unions, and a vast assortment of other voluntary groups. Those who fell between the cracks of the voluntary societies received assistance from cities and...

End the Fed Rally in Denver

Yesterday afternoon I was fortunate to attend the End the Fed rally in downtown Denver at the Federal Reserve Building. A small but vocal group of 50-60 people handed out fliers and sent a message to people walking down the 16th street mall. The message of first auditing the Federal Reserve Bank, and second,...