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Being Thankful in Difficult Times...

What are we thankful for at the Ron Paul Liberty Report in 2017? Tune in to our special Thanksgiving program today for a few of our favorite things...

Abolish The TSA As Soon As Possible. With Guest Jim Bovard

This is the busiest travel day of the year. That means long lines at the airport, obscene groping of American travelers, and an obnoxious government bureaucracy that couldn't find a terrorist if one was introduced to them. The TSA is a government-funded sexual harassment agency and should be abolished immediately!

Saudi Purges Explained, With Marwa Osman Live From Lebanon

What is behind the sudden purge of dozens of high-ranking Saudi princes and their incarceration at the Riyadh Ritz? Lebanese scholar and geopolitical analyst Marwa Osman joins us to give a close-up perspective as war clouds continue to gather...

Thanksgiving: Celebrating the Birth of American Free Enterprise

By Richard M. Ebeling

This time of the year, whether in good economic times or bad, is when Americans gather with their families and friends and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal together. It marks a remembrance of those early Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the uncharted ocean from Europe to make a new start in Plymouth, Massachusetts. What is less appreciated is that Thanksgiving also is a celebration of the birth of free enterprise in America.

The English Puritans, who left Great Britain and sailed acro...

Ron Paul Talks Taxes With Larry King

By Liberty Report Staff

Ron Paul takes on the GOP tax proposal and tells Larry King what it would take to get a yay vote from him. That, and some thoughts on Trump's recent trip to Asia:

Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen?

By Ron Paul

It’s remarkable that whenever you read an article about Yemen in the mainstream media, the central role of Saudi Arabia and the United States in the tragedy is glossed over or completely ignored. A recent Washington Post article purporting to tell us “how things got so bad” explains to us that, “it's a complicated story” involving “warring regional superpowers, terrorism, oil, and an impending climate catastrophe.”

No, Washington Post, it’s simpler than that. The tragedy in Yemen is...

DOD Conference Bill Passed...Yet We're Less Safe & Poorer

Massive spending on the US global military empire does not equal peace and prosperity for Americans, but the opposite. The new DoD authorization bill has passed in its final form and it is truly enormous...

Why So Many Big Businesses Love Government Regulations

So-called “government regulations” are not what most people think that they are. They don’t curb “greedy corporations,” but entrench them. They don’t harm “rapacious companies” but strengthen them. They don’t “protect” consumers, but hobble them. Government should only be there to prosecute against fraud or aggression. Once government starts “regulating,” the worst of the worst rise to the top of both government and big business.

Senate Republican Tax Plan Would on Average *Raise* Taxes on All Income Groups Earning Less Than $75K

By Robert Wenzel

Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation says the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would raise taxes on most low and middle-income taxpayers.

Households earning between $75,000 and $100,000 will see, on average, no tax cut. And households earning less than $75,000 per year will see, on average, a tax increase.

Lily Batchelder, a tax professor at NYU who used to be the chief tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, has the chart:

New estimates: Senate Republican tax...

The Real Cost Of War: Three Times More Than The Government Admits

According to a new study by Brown University's Watson Institute, the real cost of the US wars since 9/11 is three times the Pentagon's estimate. Some $5.6 trillion have been spent on the endless global war. The total costs of 16 years of war are even higher, and they extend beyond just finance.