Foreign Student Persecution Imperils any American Who Advocates for Freedom by James Bovard, April 16, 2025 “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic, The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the […]
My old friend Gardner Goldsmith and I had fun thumping the feds on Tax Day. We bantered about where Trump is going – is he verging on “full Nixonian” on some of the crackdowns on foreign students, immigrants, and other targets? Here is Gard’s summary of the show: we “dig into the troubling Trump Admin. […]
On Tax Day, Never Forget IRS Culture Bingo by James Bovard | Apr 15, 2025, Libertarian Institute On Tax Day, politicians and mainstream media will hector Americans to be grateful for the opportunity to pay their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service website touts a moth-eaten quote from a dead Supreme Court Justice: “Taxes are what […]
https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1911175643628187731 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910729985167425935 Trump and his Ukraine deal mania: In the 1970s, folks knew there was nothing as expensive as a used car that cost you only $100. Same deal with used Soviet nuclear reactors— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 11, 2025 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1911145450427531576 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910497709674340577 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910417355026686207 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909993860459098239 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909619749018890366 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909082238509023433 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909067285744037981 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1907838281938571731 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909993860459098239
Trump’s “Fair Trade” Offal by James Bovard, April 10, 2025 “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” President Trump declared last week when he proclaimed a national emergency and imposed the highest tariffs since the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930. US stock […]
There is no reason to presume that Trump’s tariff policy is more prudent than it is honest. The concoctions used to fabricate “reciprocal tariff levels” are on par with the nonsensical assumptions about the benefits of torpedoing trade. The Fair Trade Fraud at Amazon
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