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Ron Paul’s Farewell Address to Congress

Here is a transcript of Ron Paul’s farewell address to Congress, originally sourced from the Campaign for Liberty. Farewell to Congress This may well be the last time I speak on the House Floor.  At the end of the year I’ll leave Congress after 23 years in office over a 36 year period.  My goals [...]

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How Gold is Going to Recapitalize the World’s Banking Systems and Restore Sanity to Our World

I’ve always been interested by the connection between money and the physical world we live in. With money, we are able to buy the things we need, purchase investments for the future, and lend our money to others in return for a little bit of income. Without money, we’d be reduced to barter and the double [...]

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Why Are Cell Phone Voice and Data Plans So Expensive in Canada?

AN ECONOMY THAT IS DOMINATED BY A FEW LARGE COMPANIES Bell, Rogers, Telus. The “big three”, as these companies are affectionately called. They have become ubiquitously known for their expensive voice and data plans, collusion, and exceptionally rude customer service representatives. They also control many subsidiary brands that are owned and controlled by these same [...]

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Why are Manufacturing Jobs Leaving the US?

There’s a neat post on just why manufacturing has been leaving the U.S. to other countries in drove. Why is this? Is it cause of wages? High costs? Perhaps excessive regulation and cronyism has something to do with it. My host, a NASA engineer turned Silicon Valley entrepreneur, has just conducted a fascinating tour of [...]

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How the Federal Minimum Wage Crushed the Economy of American Samoa

Most people probably have not heard of American Samoa, or what has been happening there. It is a small island located tens of thousands of miles away from the continental United States, and has a small economy with a high rate of unemployment and a low level of income per capita. The island is frequently [...]

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