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The TEA PARTY ECONOMIST Ron Paul's original staff economist, Dr. Gary North! Friday, December 21, 2012

Why the Gun Control Movement Is Doomed Gary North’s Reality Check (Dec. 21, 2012) I have watched the gun control movement become a major voice against gun ownership over the last 40 years. What has most impressed me is this: this movement has been unsuccessful in disarming Americans. The demand for guns keeps rising. I have known the leaders of the gun... READ MORE Texas Congressman on Guns: “Arm Public School Teachers” I don’t believe in federal gun control laws, pro or con. It’s none of the federal government’s business. The Second Amendment is just fine. We don’t need more gun laws. We need the repeal of gun laws. But one Congressman-elect thinks what we need is armed teachers. You know. Like El Al Airline’s pilots. The... READ MORE Walmart Sells Out Its Stock of .223 “Assault” Rifles In five states, Walmart has sold out its entire stock of .223 semi-automatic “assault” rifles. (I have never heard of a “defense” rifle.) I find this utterly shocking. What’s wrong with shoppers in the other 45 states?... READ MORE Boehner Eats Another Mud Sandwich It was great to see. House Speaker John Boehner had to eat another mud sandwich yesterday. The man who sold out the Republican Party four years ago by leading the charge to vote for TARP has suffered a major personal defeat. The anti-tax conservatives revolted. They would not vote for his “tax the super-rich” bill. ... READ MORE SWAT Teams on the Streets in Arkansas. They Demand IDs for Doing Nothing You may have read about the police chief in Arkansas who has SWAT teams patrolling the streets. He admits that it’s like martial law. His excuse? Crime is up. He says residents can be stopped and questioned for walking their dogs. He has received national publicity. He does not care. He answers to locally elected... READ MORE A Nation Run by Idiots This is all over the Web: You know you live in a Country run by idiots if… You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally. Your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more of... READ MORE Don’t End the Charitable Deduction! This article was written by one of my GaryNorth.com subscribers. It nails the issue, and it nails the Cato Institute’s Dr. Mitchell, who systematically ignores the obvious. In the past 15 years, I have made a lot of charitable contributions, with the total recently crossing the line to eight figures. When I retired six years... READ MORE Let’s See the Principal Do Yoga The local tax-funded school system in Encinitas, California, requires elementary school students to take yoga classes. Christian parents are protesting. This is Eastern religion. It can be, but this looks like a stripped-down version. There are lots of reasons to pull your kids out of the tax-funded schools. Yoga exercises are not high on the... READ MORE