Florida to Ban CBDC’s as Money

To the founders and old revolutionaries, liberty requires a rejection of fear, ignorance, and a culture of obedience. But it also takes courage - fortitude and perseverance - to support freedom, whether government likes it, or not.

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5 Big Roadblocks to Liberty

To the founders and old revolutionaries, liberty requires a rejection of fear, ignorance, and a culture of obedience. But it also takes courage - fortitude and perseverance - to support freedom, whether government likes it, or not.

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Fiat Paper Money Isn’t the Fix for Central Bank Digital Currency

A central bank digital currency is a financial privacy nightmare. And it’s a tool for complete government control over our spending. As a result, a lot of people are now thinking the paper dollar is a good thing

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Third Chief Justice: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To

April 29, 1745 - Oliver Ellsworth was born. Even just a quick look at some views of the 3rd Chief Justice - can show just how far almost everyone today is from our founding principles.

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Using Language to Expand Power

In 1984, George Orwell portrayed in chilling detail how totalitarian governments use the power of language to manipulate the masses. This notion was not unfamiliar to the founders, as James Madison warned that changing definitions of words over time would create “a metamorphosis” that would destroy the original limitations of the Constitution.

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Opinion not Law: Spooner on the Judiciary

Lysander Spooner, in his 1850 Defence for Fugitive Slaves, took apart the notion that the Constitution means what the courts tell us it means - until they change their minds.

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Top-5 Ways the Executive Branch Has too Much Power

We were warned. The powers amassed by each successive president empower whomever occupies the Oval Office to act as a dictator, above the law and beyond any real accountability.

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