mises.org: Fiscal Federalism: Local Funding of Wheelchair Curb-cuts Could Pave the Way to Federal Deficit Reduction -- -- As reality tells us that federal spending needs to be cut drastically, that means that local projects will need to be funded by states and localities, which means deficit spending is not an option. #liberty #news
reason.com: Mike Johnson Is Speaker of the House. Again. -- -- After a delay, Johnson secured the slimmest of majorities. #liberty #news
reason.com: Bernie Sanders Is Still Wrong About Immigration -- -- The Vermont senator criticized the H-1B guest worker program, drawing praise from the most toxic elements of the MAGA movement. #liberty #news
mises.org: Friend of the Mises Institute Jason Jewell Appointed Inaugural Chief Academic Officer of the Florida University System -- -- Our friend Allen Mendenhall writes a proper tribute to our friend and former Mises Graduate program student. #liberty #news
reason.com: Is America Entering Her Kakistocracy Era? -- -- Rule by incompetent, power-hungry fools is a bipartisan problem. #liberty #news
mises.org: World War Iβ€”The Great Banker Bailout -- -- US entry into WWI assured a decisive Allied victory, but it also assured a victory for politically-connected US bankers who used the new Federal Reserve System to send newly-printed money to the Allies which quickly returned back to the US in the form of military-industrial contracts. #liberty #news
reason.com: Will Thomas Massie Get To Pick the Next Speaker of the House? -- -- The libertarian-adjacent congressman says he definitely has no Fs to give now and promises to vote against Mike Johnson. #liberty #news
mises.org: Do Not Be Eager to Deal Out Death in Judgment -- -- The recent murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last month has brought an outpouring of joy from American progressives. Their response is reflective of their hatred for any good or service that is not directly provided by the state. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Fentanyl China Bogeyman -- -- The Heritage Foundation recently called for sanctions against China and Mexico for their alleged role in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl, and also called for ramping up the drug war. These β€œsolutions,” of course, will only make things worse. #liberty #news
reason.com: Has J.D. Vance "Raised the Specter of Open Disregard for Federal Court Rulings"? -- -- What Vance actually said: I think the thing that you can do in the Senate is push the legal boundaries, as far as the Supreme Court will let you take it. #liberty #news