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Sanctions Are An Act of War

By Jacob G. Hornberger

If the Pentagon suddenly bombed North Korea, killing thousands of North Korean citizens, that would clearly be considered an act of war. Yet, when the U.S. government intentionally targets North Korea with economic sanctions that kill thousands of North Koreans through starvation or illness, that’s considered to be simply a peaceful diplomatic measure. That’s odd because from a practical standpoint, people are dead either way — from bombs or sanctions.

Americans have beco...

Congress Exploits Hurricane to Raise Debt Ceiling

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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously counseled politicians to never let a crisis go to waste. Sadly, this week President Trump and congressional leaders of both parties showed that they have taken this advice to heart when they attached a debt ceiling increase and an extension of government spending to the over 15 billion dollars Hurricane Harvey relief bill.

This maneuver enabled Congress to avoid a contentiou...

Repeal The Debt Ceiling? ... Really?

The federal debt ceiling has been raised about 100 times. Obviously, the ceiling was never real, but the debt certainly is. Chatter of the debt ceiling repeal indicates that government doesn't even want restriction of debt to cross anyone's mind anymore. Have they discovered financial nirvana?

The Colossal Error: From Peace To Empire

As we prepare for our yearly Peace Conference hosted by The Ron Paul Institute, please enjoy this flashback speech on America moving from a foreign policy of peace to military empire.

Bubble Troubles: The Fed Has Done It Again

Despite flooding in Texas, Ron Paul was able to call in an audio Liberty Report. The crooked monetary system and Federal Reserve are in the spotlight.

South Korean Protest Against U.S. Military Turns Violent

By Liberty Report Staff

South Koreans are very much aware that they would pay a tremendous price (in lives lost) should war between America and North Korea breakout.

One can only imagine the fear that goes through their minds when they hear American politicians talk about 'all options being on the table' and 'the time for talking is over.'

How powerless South Koreans must feel when a country located 6000 miles away is making such threats. 

As the U.S. shipped even more war materials into South Ko...

The Tyranny of the Elites

By Liberty Report Staff

One of the persistent challenges that individuals who desire to live freely face are other individuals (who presume to know things that they cannot know) and then who use aggressive force via government power.

For example, the Federal Reserve fixes interest rates. They can't possibly know what they're doing, yet they do it anyway, and cause unbelievable economic damage all the time.

The federal government (instead of protecting the liberty of American citizens) succumbed...

Flashback: Ron Paul "End The Fed" Speech

Due to flooding in Texas, we are unable to broadcast the Liberty Report today. Please enjoy this speech given at a Mises Institute gathering in Houston back in 2009.

Interventionism and the Korean Crisis

By Jacob G. Hornberger

If war ends up breaking out in Korea, President Trump, the Pentagon, and the CIA will be announcing that it was all North Korea fault. They’ll say that North Korea was “begging for war,” and that the United States was “forced” to act to protect “national security.” Of course, in the process they will be ignoring the interventionist sanctions that the United States and the United Nations have imposed on North Korea for decades, an indirect act of war that has targeted and...

Flashback: The "What if..." Speech

Due to flooding in Texas, we are unable to broadcast the Liberty Report today. Please enjoy this short speech given in front of the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 12, 2009.