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Vigilant Americans Should Be Armed – LewRockwell

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Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has called President Trump “the gravest threat to American democracy.”  Nonetheless, Schumer wants to erase the Second Amendment.  House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump a “racial arsonist” and urges supporters to “fight” the Trump administration “in the streets.”  Still, Jeffries wants to limit gun ownership and confiscate Americans’ firearms. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz claims Trump is a “tyrant” who “finds new ways to trample rights” each day.  Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia says, “President Trump is a tyrant.”  Senator Alex Padilla of California insists that Trump is a “tyrant.”  Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon calls Trump a “tyrant.”  Democrat lawmakers across the country have repeatedly described President Trump as a “dictator,” a “racist,” a … Continue reading →

Source: Vigilant Americans Should Be Armed – LewRockwell

Unaudited Power: The U.S. Military Budget Nobody Controls – LewRockwell

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The U.S. federal debt has now passed $37 trillion and is growing at the rate of $1 trillion every five months. Interest on the debt exceeds $1 trillion annually, second only to Social Security in the federal budget. The military outlay is also close to $1 trillion, consuming nearly half of the discretionary budget. As a sovereign nation, the United States could avoid debt altogether by simply paying for the budget deficit with Treasury-issued “Greenbacks,” as Abraham Lincoln’s government did. But I have written on that before (see here and here), so this article will focus on that other elephant in the room, the … Continue reading →

Source: Unaudited Power: The U.S. Military Budget Nobody Controls – LewRockwell