On: 06/22/2009 11:34:33 In: Monetary Policy By Justin Williams In 1983, largely due to the policies of the Fed Chairman Paul Volcker and President Ronald Reagan, the American people were finally rid of the burden of astronomical inflation. The policy of the Carter Administration attempting to offset […]

On: 06/16/2009 09:47:14 In: Economy By Justin Williams As soon as newly elected Democratic majority took over Congress in 2007, they aimed their scope at setting a new minimum wage. Unfortunately, while the Senators and Representatives were patting each other on the backs for passing the first bill that raised the minimum wage in nearly a decade , they forgot to consult any economics textbook. Now with the United States deep in […]

On: 06/10/2009 11:15:16 In: Economy By Justin Williams When the government offered $700 billion dollars to buy trouble assets from many banks across America, some were very hesitant to accept these funds. For example, BB&T’s former (as of 12/31/09) CEO John Allison wrote a letter to […]

On: 06/03/2009 10:03:06 In: Uncategorized The go-to conscience of Congress, Tom Coburn (R-OK), has once again stepped on the toes of the politics-as-usual crowd by revealing the hypocrisy-as-usual that has come to define the Washington elite. And he did it by proposing an amendment he knew […]

On: 06/26/2009 11:34:27 In: Economy By Carter Clews Keen observers of the political-financial complex have long observed that Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) should be in jail. He is, after all, one of the one two powerful members of the House and Senate banking committees (the other […]

On: 06/22/2009 11:34:03 In: Capitol South ALG Editor’s Note: William Warren’s award-winning cartoons published at GetLiberty.org are a free service of ALG News Bureau. They may be reused and redistributed free of charge.

On: 06/16/2009 09:46:51 In: Monetary Policy By Robert Romano Correction: Moody’s downgraded Japan, and Britain faces a similar fate from S&P, not vice versa. As inevitable as the rising of the sun in the morning and its descent in the evening, eventually, every great empire in history reaches its […]

On: 06/10/2009 11:14:52 In: Hard Left ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured talk radio interview, Americans for Limited Government Communications Director Carter Clews was interviewed by South Carolina’s Rocky D Show: www.getliberty.org/files/ClewsonRockyD.mp3

On: 06/03/2009 10:01:06 In: Economy By Robert Romano When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner responded to a question after a speech at Peking University in China on Monday, saying “Chinese assets are very safe,” the student audience had the common sense to laugh in his face. They’re not the only ones laughing at the full faith and credit of the United States. Unfortunately, on this side […]

On: 06/26/2009 11:33:52 In: Health Care By Victor Morawski About twenty-five years ago, then-Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stirred up a bee’s nest of controversy with his assertion that elderly, terminally ill patients have “got a duty to die and get out of the way.” While the Governor has since waffled on whether he actually meant the words he actually said, plenty of others have not on this […]