TEA PARTY ECONOMIST

The TEA PARTY ECONOMIST Ron Paul's original staff economist, Dr. Gary North! Saturday, March 2, 2013

WEEK IN REVIEW: The top stories of the week Month-Old Video Suddenly Goes Viral: Defend Gun Ownership This video sat unwatched on YouTube for a month. The speaker was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland who lost the race. Without warning, this video of a farewell speech got almost 250,000 hits. He thinks it is because anti-gun legislation in Maryland is close to confiscatory. This indicates that gun owners are... READ MORE 85% Hike in Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums So, you think you are going to have long-term care if you need it. You have paid premiums for years. The joke’s on you! The company can get you off its books easily. It just doubles the premium. You go away. Tough luck, sucker! Think it can’t happen? Click the link. ... READ MORE Video: DHS Checkpoints. Ask: “Am I Being Detained?” Department of Homeland Security stops drivers who refuse to be questioned. These checkpoints were 50 miles from the border. They have no probable cause. They have no warrants. But they have badges. And they have attitude. Think of Alabama in 1960. Think these words: “Look here, boy.” Same profession. Same pool of job applicants. Same... READ MORE Back on the Street Again: Deportees Are Released The immigration bureaucracy, known as the ICE, has released several hundred deportees. They were free to go. They went. The head of the agency said that this was in preparation for expected budget cuts. A federal bureaucracy is trying to save money.What’s going on here? This is a tried-and-true strategy of all governments that are... READ MORE Overpaid Federal Bureaucrats Are Outraged at Spending Cuts Federal bureaucrats blame the politicians for not taxing the rest of us. We owe it to them, they say, and it’s just not fair that we want to hold the deficit down to a trillion dollars a year. We can do better than that. The gravy train is running slightly thinner for a month. But... READ MORE