Conveying the Conservative Message of Hope and Equal Opportunity

Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes

By Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes

For some time now, we have tolerated an increasingly socialistic system which on the one hand eagerly doles out meager public assistance, while on the other hand constantly generating ordinances, regulations, and laws which conspire to make it increasingly difficult or impossible for people to work their way off public assistance.

I contend that most people who are reliant upon public assistance for their existence are subsequently forced to

Institute for Justice Renews Legal Fight to Open Denver Taxi Market

Arlington, Va.—They’re baaaaack.  More than 18 years after filing a lawsuit that opened Denver’s decades-long closed taxi market, which led to the launch of Freedom Cabs, the Institute for Justice  (IJ) announced recently it is returning to Denver to litigate once again on behalf of a would-be taxi driver who seeks nothing more than the right to earn an honest living.  IJ is a public interest law firm that represents

U.S. continues slide down economic freedom scale

Lady Liberty

By Audrey Pietrucha

If economic and political liberties are necessarily linked, as many believe, then the United States’ reputation as the land of the free slipped a little further this week as documented in Economic Freedom of the World 2011 Annual Report

The 15th edition of the report, as compiled by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute of Canada and more than 70 think tanks from throughout the world, ranks 141 nations for 2009, the most recent year for which data are available.

Economic Freedom and Quality of Life

Economic Freedom and the Quality of Life is a short, informative video centered on the ideas of economic freedom and the societal benefits it produces. The video helps explain what economic freedom is and why it’s key to improving society.

Thomas Sowell Addresses Class Warfare Fallacies

In this 4 minute video, famed economist Thomas Sowell addresses class warfare fallacies.

Seven Reasons Why Tax Increases Are the Wrong Approach

Piyali Bhattacharya

Reason dictates that tax increases are never a solution to economic perils. In one of the many brief, yet educational videos from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity (C,F&P), Piyali Bhattacharya of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) makes sense out of what may otherwise seem complicated.

Common Sense Perspective of Judge Andrew Napolitano

In this 5 minute video clip addressing Americas troubles, Judge Andrew Napolitano well articulates why the government apologists were wrong and the Austrian economists were right.

Disturbing Numbers For Vermont

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Vermont is getting her fifteen minutes of fame recently, but for reasons we would rather not be known for. Check this out: