When I was in college and first became active in politics and public policy, I periodically would meet people who warned about sinister conspiracies that had to be exposed and overcome. The most common villain, reviled by conspiracy theorists on the left and right, was something called the Trilateral Commission, though the Council of Foreign […]

I’m not sure if this is an energy policy joke or a monetary policy joke, but it’s still worth sharing ——————————————————————————————————- The next time you decide to go on a trip or vacation, consider getting a bunch of these Gas Coupons. I didn’t realize it, but these coupons are good for one gallon of gas […]

We are writing to express our deep concern with an onerous regulation (REG-146097-09), proposed by the Internal Revenue Service, that would undermine American banks and the U.S. financial system by requiring the reporting of deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens.

A new study from the Adam Smith Institute in the United Kingdom provides overwhelming evidence that class-warfare tax policy is grossly misguided and self-destructive. The authors examine the likely impact of the 10-percentage point increase in the top income tax rate, which was imposed as an election-year stunt by former  Gordon Brown and then kept […]

General Electric has received a lot of unwelcome attention for paying zero federal income tax in 2010, even though it reported $5.1 billion in U.S. profits. This is a good news-bad news situation. The good news is that GE’s clever tax planning deprived the government of revenue. And I’m in favor of just about anything […]

The Federal Reserve has existed for almost 100 years and it has created depressions, recessions, inflation, and bubbles. This CF&P Foundation video explains the origin of central banking and mentions possible alternatives that will be discussed in subsequent mini-documentaries.

A new video released today by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation (CF&P) explains the origin of central banking and sets the stage for a discussion of alternatives. Entitled, “Time to End the Fed? The Origin of Central Banking and Possible Alternatives,” the video notes that the dollar has lost 95 percent of its value since America’s central bank was created, explains the Federal Reserve’s penchant for causing economic instability, and speculates about different approaches that would lead to better monetary policy.

The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation (CF&P) has selected the winners of its first annual free market video contest. The contest seeks to identify, encourage, and reward the “new media” policy entrepreneurs with the most compelling messages for liberty.

All members of the Florida Delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives – 19 Republicans and 6 Democrats, spearheaded by Congressman Bill Posey – have signed a letter to President Obama urging withdrawal of a proposed IRS regulation (REG-146097-09) that would undermine U.S. financial markets by requiring American banks to put foreign tax law above U.S. Tax law.