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The Cato Institute responds to President Obama’s inaugural address:

The Cato Institute provides an initial reaction to the ObamaCare ruling by the Supreme Court.

The state of education in this country is terrible. Like the Post Office, it is government run. Both operations are or should go out of…

The real problem facing the government is not the $14.3 Trillion in Federal debt. Sure, it is too high and must be reduced. Yet the…

The Cato Institute responds to the State of the Union message in this video.

An absolutely devastating criticism of the Fed based on a review of its 100 year performance is summarized by Sheldon Richman of FEE. The report,…

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. H. L. Mencken
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. David Brin
History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction of roads, railroads, and other useful public works, the capital needed was provided by the savings of individual citizens and borrowed by the government. Ludwig von Mises
Most people want security in this world, not liberty. H. L. Mencken