The Freedom Factory

We are moving closer towards a political economy every day. Every dollar borrowed, taxed, printed, and spent by government really comes from the private sector.  Trillions of dollars of national resources are being allocated by politicians and bureaucrats towards things they claim will benefit our economy. Congress just passed a $3.6 trillion budget ($1.2 trillion in deficit), and combined the Federal Reserve and Treasury have dumped $13 trillion into the economy in the last 16 months. What we must all ask ourselves right now is whether or not we trust government with our money? Continue Reading

Legendary investor becomes a farmer, U.S. obsession with reviving credit misdirected, Bernanke blames AIG for irresponsibility, and former Countrywide executives take advantage of government bailout programs…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading

The world should mourn the recent outcome of Zimbabwe’s farce-of-an-election, which saw the thug-enforced reinstatement of Robert Mugabe as the nation’s thirty-year reigning President. With promising results in a March election, in which opposition seemed to have won a legitimate majority vote, it appeared as though Mugabe might finally be ousted from power. Unfortunately, after a three month campaign of violence and terror, in which over 80 people were murdered and 200,000 forced to flee the country, the opposition leader withdrew from the campaign and “official” results now show Mugabe as winning by a landslide. With the nation’s economy one of the most distressed in the world, it would have been nice to see change. Continue Reading