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Ron Paul's Keynote Speech - RPI Media & War Conference 2018

Ron Paul delivered the keynote speech at this year's Ron Paul Institute Media & War Conference in Washington, DC last month. Be sure to visit RPI at http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org

Will Congress Finally Pull The Plug On Brutal Yemen War?

After three years of US-supported Saudi and United Arab Emirates war on Yemen - with thousands of civilians dead and millions facing starvation - some Members of Congress are looking to curb US facilitation of the genocide. Will new measures taken in Congress result in an end to the US participation?

Trump's UN Speech: The Good, Bad, & The Ugly. With Special Guest Phil Giraldi

President Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly yesterday drew some unexpected laughter and a good deal of head-scratching. Is the US really respecting sovereignty worldwide? Former CIA officer Phil Giraldi joins today's Liberty Report to break it down.

China Tariff, Military Spending, Worst President - #AskRonPaul

Dr. Paul returns to the hot seat to answer viewer questions on topics of the day. Who was the worst president? Watch today's Liberty Report!

New Tax Plan Makes It Easier to 'Ed-exit'

By Ron Paul

This week the House of Representatives will vote on a package of bills making the temporary tax cuts contained in last year’s tax reform bill permanent and making additional tax law changes. The bills will likely pass in the House, but will almost certainly be filibustered in the Senate if the Senate leadership tries to bring them to the floor.
 
The GOP tax plan does offset some of the damage caused by federal control of education by making it easier for parents to escape failing go...

China's 'Digital Dictatorship'...And Ours

China's "social credit" system purports to rank citizens according to their behavior, trustworthiness, and adherence to the law. Political dissent results in a lower "social credit" score and a reduction in privileges. The system is enforced by hundreds of millions of cameras throughout the country using facial recognition software. It's thoroughly dystopian...but is a similar system to crush dissent being built here in the US under our noses?

In Socialist Venezuela the Poor Starve to Death While the Politically Powerful Feast

By Tho Bishop

The socialist policies of the Venezuela government continue to impose a living hell on its people. Hyperinflation has turned its currency toliteral garbage. Mortality rates have skyrocketed for groups such as infants, pregnant mothers, and the elderly as clinics have shut down and medicine grown scarce. Food has disappeared from store shelves forcing the population to consume pets and zoo animals. A recent poll found that 78% of Venezuelans “reported trouble keeping themselves fe...

Comic books are always better with Ludwig von Mises

By Liberty Report Staff

The great Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, had a cameo in the Black Swan Man comic series:Visit The Mises Institute.

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Republicans’ Responsibility for Socialism’s Comeback

By Ron Paul

According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey, 70 percent of Americans, including about 50 percent of Republicans, support Medicare for all, the latest incarnation of single-payer health care. Republican support for a health plan labeled “Medicare for all” is not surprising considering that Republican politicians support Medicare and that one of their attacks on Obamacare was that it would harm the program. Furthermore, the biggest expansion of Medicare since its creation — the Part D...

Will Rising Interest Rates Be The Pin That Pops The Everything Bubble?

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump correctly called the economy a "big, fat, ugly bubble." The bubble is now much bigger, but President Trump has stamped his name on it. Interest rates are now rising. Is the end of the everything bubble near?