United States has fallen to ninth place in Economic freedom.

"Last year, I reported that the United States fell from sixth to eighth place -- behind Canada -- in the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom. Now, we've fallen further. In the just-released 2011 Index, the United States is in ninth place. That's behind Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, Ireland and Denmark." -John Stossel

Cmon we can do better than this. I thought America was the leader of the free world.

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Antidote for Potomac Poison

Solutions and ideas to keep the New Congress from drinking the kool-aid that sends most in Congress on a wild spending spree each and every year avoiding the real work in getting the nations financial house in order, so that all may share in the blessings rather than the few that don't want to work for themselves.

Good Article
http://www.libertyinkjournal.com/features/antidote-for-potomac-poison

Rising Energy Prices and the Falling Dollar

Representative Ron Paul (Presidential Candidate) - TX.
Texas Straight Talk Newsletter
Oil prices are on the minds of many Americans as gas hits $4 a gallon, and continues to surge. How high can prices go? How can we solve these problems? What, or who, is to blame?

Part of the answer lies in understanding bubbles and monetary inflation, but especially the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve is charged with controlling inflation through interest rate manipulation, however, many fail to realize that creating money, and therefore inflation, is really its only tool.

If the Fed continues with its bubble blowing policies of the past, the new commodities bubble will continue to grow, gas prices will continue to go up, as the value of your dollars go down. We will see an overinvestment in these commodities as solutions are desperately sought for a supply shortage, which is only part of the problem. Make no mistake, though, this is not the free market at work. Government manipulations have added levels of complication and unintended consequences to the marketplace.



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Oil prices take biggest jump in history

Oil prices had their biggest gains ever on Friday, jumping nearly $11 to a new record above $138 a barrel, after a senior Israeli politician raised the specter of an attack on Iran and the dollar fell sharply against the euro.

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Texas seizure of polygamist-sect kids thrown out

SAN ANGELO, Texas - In a ruling that could torpedo the case against the West Texas polygamist sect, a state appeals court Thursday said authorities had no right to seize more than 440 children in a raid on the splinter group's compound last month.

The Third Court of Appeals in Austin said the state failed to show the youngsters were in any immediate danger, the only grounds in Texas law for taking children from their parents without court action.


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Oil Rises Above $134 on U.S. Supply Drop, Bank Price Forecasts

by Mark Shenk| Bloomberg.com

May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to a record above $134 a barrel as U.S. stockpiles unexpectedly dropped and banks raised price forecasts because of supply constraints and demand growth.

Inventories fell 5.32 million barrels to 320.4 million last week, the biggest drop in four months, the Energy Department said.

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GOP cheats Ron Paul activists into submission

This is why the GOP is becoming like the Democrats, in the sense they will play dirty to remain in power.
Where is the party for the people still left with morals?

We don't have to vote for the lesser of two evils, like the media would encourage us to do.

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House Democrats to fund war to appear 'supportive of troops'

House Democrats prepare to pork out on the backs of the taxpayers and plan to use the war on terror and troop support to make sure they are first in line at the trough.

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Polygamous mystery: Does allegedly abused teen bride 'Sarah' exist?

Where is this child who called into authorities about being raped?
Is the government protecting children, or is it preparing for a bigger round-up of people who practice certain religions, under the guise of someone's child being raped.
Are we allowing our government to set a new precedent for religious intolerence in America?
Whether you believe there is a real child victim or not, should 400 families been ripped apart and raided of their children.

Unfortunately for Americans our government seems to have the opposite effect of the Midas touch. From the economy to religion, everything government seems to touch either withers, becomes tyrannical, or grows so big it's useless to the taxpayer.

Where are the leaders with the wisdom and vision of our founding fathers in today's world?

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We all complain about poor people who use government welfare, we rarely complain about foreign welfare, now we have to deal with our unlawful government giving handouts to the rich.

Economy -

Survival of the Richest
by Robert Kiyosaki

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Ron Paul Sees Bailout Writing on the Wall

"They cannot have all these bailouts—whether it's bailing out homeowners, or mortgage companies, or banks. If they do it by just the creation of new credit, eventually they destroy the dollar. So I think we are going to face something much greater than the crisis we faced in 1979 and 1980, when we needed 21 percent interest rates in order to rescue the dollar. I think conditions are much worse [today]."


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Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket

Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention,...
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Inflation, weak US energy policies and weak US Dollar drives food cost up, creating ripples around the world for those who deal in dollars.