August 15, 2009
I'm not an objectivist but I must correct some of your criticisms of Objectivism in "Weclome to the Founders College". First the idea of her "limited" axiomatic philosophy. You are assuming that there is some definable whole to which she...
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06:07 AM
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April 29, 2008
I happened to stumble upon this site today and I found the interview with Clark Neily simply ridiculous. I can't help but lose patience and become quite upset about the applicants who cannot pass the Louisiana Florist License Exam. These...
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06:27 AM
February 26, 2008
Yes, fairtax would let people keep their entire paycheck. Wonderful. But fairtax would COST them twice that much - and if they have medical bills, if they rent, if they want to buy a new house or car -- the...
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February 01, 2008
Fred Foldvery's article deals with an imagined situation occurring in a smallish part of the whole of the macroeconomic picture. Such a model is incapable of truely presenting what is really going on because as shown by Henry Hazlett in...
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10:29 AM
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Joe Lolli cites serveral examples of how the Fair Tax may make everything cheaper. First he talks about the cost of milk and lunch as follows: A person wanting to save up enough to make a down payment on a...
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06:57 AM
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January 31, 2008
Joe Lolli submits these comments in italics to a TFL letter by Mark Curran: The Fair tax wouldn’t eliminate incentives to own homes, here is why. A person wanting to save up enough to make a down payment on a...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:13 AM
January 28, 2008
The Fair tax wouldnt eliminate incentives to own homes, here is why. It wouldnt last three months. It wouldnt be around long enough to incentivise or not. I actually hope the FT passes. The few months it would be in,...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:20 AM
January 15, 2008
Paul Jacob has written twice in the last 2 weeks about Warren Buffett's taxes. This is in response to Mr. Buffett's revelation that he pays half the effective tax rate as his employees. Mr. Jacob attributed this to the Social...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:35 AM
Chuck Muth asks: Excuse me, but would someone please show me where the federal Department of Toilets and Light Bulbs is authorized by the United States Constitution? That is an easy question to answer if there ever was such a...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:33 AM
January 03, 2008
Micah Tillman makes some interesting observations on our political creed, although I think he underestimates the power of aggrandizement in political office and the inherent desire to carry out the moralistic desires of the masses. This is an interesting start,...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:04 AM
December 20, 2007
Chuck Muth lays the Republican losses in 2006 at the feet of fiscal moderates and Republican big spenders. While a number of voters likely stayed home for that reason, or stated that reason to pollsters, a vaster number stayed home...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:59 AM
December 18, 2007
Paul Jacob writes about the impending doom in the Social Security system. The first baby boomer is retiring and about to start collecting. In a few short years, the system will require more than the tax revenues provide. This is...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:32 AM
December 13, 2007
Dr. Foldvary is correct in stating how the boom bust cycle would be broken by Land Value Taxation. It has another strength as well. It holds sellers accountable for excessive land values, provided they have reinvested in more property -...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
08:03 AM
December 11, 2007
The letter by Michael Bindner, "Government as Matress," seemed to miss the point of my article on the quantum leap effect. He says that governments spend money, they don't hoard it. That is true, but besides the point. My point...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
10:32 AM
Paul Jacob writes about the honorable profession of burger flipping. One of my fraternity brothers flipped burgers on his way to management at a McDonalds. For him, this was part of a track to eventual ownership of a franchise. His...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:05 AM
December 10, 2007
I must disagree with the premise of Dr. Foldvary’s argument about tax loss, as it only tells half of the story. Government does not hoard money, it spends it. That spending spurs the economy more than the effects cited in...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:47 AM
December 07, 2007
re: More on the Tax Engineering "Balloon" Mr Binder; If government is all about social engineering where is that in the Constitution? If you choose to do social engineering, do it with your own money. In answer to your first...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
11:13 AM
Mr. Neighbors, thank you for writing. I fear, from your comments, that you missed my point. Government is all about social engineering. You can either use tax incentives to do it or you can have actual taxes collected and government...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:55 AM
December 06, 2007
Mr. Ferguson, I want to thank you for this article. I am sure you are aware that this it just the tip of the iceberg. What goes on in the Nevada Eighth Judicial court is unspeakable. After the LA times...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:59 AM
The only thing more corrupt than a Las Vegas courtroom is the television tabloid media who first tried to prove that OJ Simpson was innocent and then, when Hollywood bigwigs from Fred Goldman's Temple, started contributing to his Public Realtions...
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05:56 AM
Mr. Binder's problems begin with the idea that taxes exist to do social engineering. Taxes are to raise money to run the government. Second is the idea that taxing business is not taxing individuals. Tax is a part of the...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:50 AM
December 02, 2007
In Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, the author comes up with the concept of TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch). Dr. Paul, in his article for the Free Liberal, seems to ignore that...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
11:37 AM
Carl Milsted posits that Ron Paul is in the Upper Left. He may very well be, but I would think the candidates with real bona fides in that area would be Mike Huckabee and Dennis Kucinich. Huckabee is also pro-life...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:14 AM
November 29, 2007
This is in reference the the article "The Upper Left Awakes," published on Nov. 29th. 2007. I am a rabid supporter of Ron Paul, and I thought this was a good article. Until I got to this point: "Even his...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
09:33 AM
November 19, 2007
Let’s be clear here. In reference to your article printed Oct 10, 2007 by Paul Gessing about “An Anti-War Defense of Blackwater”, I agree that the United States military is stuck in the middle of a religious war in Iraq...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:02 PM
November 12, 2007
re: Off the Table Paul Jacob writes demoaning Mrs. Clinton's statements on Social Security Reform. He is correct that, in the general election, no one talks about tax increases and in the Democratic Primary, no one talks about Social Security...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
02:02 PM
November 08, 2007
Re: A Victimless Crime? Carl Milsted Jr.'s Nov 7th article at http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/003048.html Nothing new in the drug warriors' claim. In the 1920s the victim was the family and the criminal was the 'bad husband', who spent his Friday paycheck in...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:26 PM
November 07, 2007
I want to thank Carl Milsted for his November 7th Editorial [A Victimless Crime?] on drug policy. It is the most cogent piece I have ever seen on the issue. It is a dream of mine that pieces like this...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
12:08 PM
October 25, 2007
Bravo on the October 25th Editorial [America's Hometown Heroes]. I can only speak for myself, but I think this is exactly the kind of editorial the Free Liberal needs. Loving liberty above party affiliation or cynical gain can be a...
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12:09 PM
October 23, 2007
The article "Taxing Ourselves to Death" forgets to mention that the Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 (H.R. 3056) that the House of Representatives passed on October 10, if passed by the Senate, and signed by President Bush, will require...
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12:09 PM
October 22, 2007
MASON / DIXON PART II I would like to start out by saying I am just a simple man in the mountains of Tennessee with no agenda to the left or the right, just common sense as my guide. I...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:18 AM
October 13, 2007
I would like to respond to John A. deLaubenfels's recent letter to the editor, railing against Carl Milsted, Jr.'s article about drug policy. It is one thing if Mr. deLaubenfels wishes to respectfully disagree with Dr. Milsted. But deLaubenfels's exclamation...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:06 AM
October 12, 2007
Dear Editors, I can hardly recall a greater piece of nonsense than Carl Milsted Jr.'s http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/003011.html . He gives himself airs of great balance, as if he's a wise man who can see all sides of an issue. This abruptly...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:52 PM
October 11, 2007
I have to disagree with your October 10th Editorial "An Anti-War Defense of Blackwater" Following the tradition of Locke and Nozick, I feel that the only unquestionably legitimate role for government is a "rights protection agency built on a monopoly...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:46 AM
October 10, 2007
They want to ban smoking on outdoor patios in Vancouver, BC. Why can't I find raw data linking open air secondhand smoke to cancer, illness or death. Maybe I will be convinced if somebody could show me "verifiable" data proving...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:40 AM
September 12, 2007
Re: Why the Drug War Fails One point that I don't see anyone bringing up, is the hypocrisy of pro-choicers who maintain that (even though it results in the death of a--as yet, unborn--human) women should have the right to...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
09:52 PM
re: Why the Drug War Fails I agree 100% with your opportunistic attitude toward voter registration. Having given up my Democratic Party registration in 1996 to be an Independent opposing the prohibition against responsible regulation of intoxicant drugs, I too...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
01:30 PM
September 06, 2007
Welcome to the Ron Paul Revolution! I don't think the 'old-fashioned "real" conservatives' will have any problem accommodating hippies. Despite the stereotypes and caricatures, the old ways are surprisingly tolerant of other people's eccentricities. It's only when people try to...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:15 AM
Glad to see a liberal with a brain. Too bad the neocons have pretty much completely fried their brains. This is not a Republican versus Democrat thing. This is a Freedom versus Tyranny thing. This is an inalienable rights versus...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:13 AM
July 06, 2007
I often wonder about people who talk about how illegal immigrants are being "exploited." If immigrants who come here just end up exploited, why do they come here in the first place? Why do they stay? Why don't they just...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:07 AM
July 05, 2007
re: Belaboring the Immigration Point by Jonathan David Morris I agree with Mr. Morris point about Congress funding Day Labor Centers and teaching immigrants English and the Constitution. I would go one better and say that part of this should...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
01:09 PM
re: Living Green By Drinking. by Jonathan David Morris Sorry. Living green by drinking huge quantities of beer just won't work. Like many schemes that depend upon people doing what somebody else thinks is good for them, the law of...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
09:41 AM
July 01, 2007
re: Rights of Taxpayers is Missing Element in Stem Cell Debate by Ron Paul Do the taxpayers have a right to be wrong in this debate? I'm not sure they do. The proponents of stem cell research have not done...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:15 AM
June 21, 2007
re: Rocky VI: Don't Call It A Comeback by Jonathan David Morris So, after about a year and a half after you wrote the article about Rocky VI, what do you think now about what you wrote? Rocky VI was...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:35 AM
June 17, 2007
All of the other republicans have supported socialist policies like drug precription benefit programs and progressive attempts at nation building abroad at the expense of hard working americans who give large percentages of their paychecks to the government. All of...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:55 AM
June 14, 2007
re: These Candidates Have Issues by Jonathan David Morris Jonathan, your article did not mention Ron Paul. Ron Paul smoked everyone in the debates according to online polling. Ron Paul mentions the constitution many times. Why is it you left...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:40 PM
June 12, 2007
re: Giving Back is a Slippery Slope I recently attended Harvard Business Schools 2007 graduation and was reminded of Joseph Newhard’s article, “Giving Back is a Slippery Slope,” which appeared a year or so ago in your publication. Newhard said...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:16 PM
re: TFL letter to the editor "Rudy Won" Honestly, I can't tell if Mr. Dondero is serious or not. I mean, yeah, Rudy may well have looked more polished (personally, I am not impressed), but come on. "Pointy-headed wire-rimmed glasses...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:31 AM
May 28, 2007
re: Giuliani Is Delusional by Jonathan David Morris I agree with all of what you have written but this: “a region of mentally unbalanced people”. Have you ever been to the Middle East? Do you really know its People? Do...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
12:03 PM
May 24, 2007
I'll tell you who won the GOP debate: Rudy Giuliani. Hands down. Wasn't even close, despite all the spinmeisters in the leftwing libertarian blogosphere spamming every website imaginable to claim that their guy - Ron Paul - actually won. Image...
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02:23 PM
May 13, 2007
re: Don Imus Deserved To Be Fired (And Other Misconceptions), by Jonathan David Morris Ms. Fiora, in three paragraphs, nailed my feelings exactly. Thank you Ms. Fiora. Tom Masengarb Granbury, TX...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
03:27 PM
re: Don Imus Deserved To Be Fired (And Other Misconceptions), by Jonathan David Morris The critical comments that I have read about Don Imus seem to be written by people that did not watch or listen to his show. I...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:41 AM
May 11, 2007
Re: Don Imus Deserved To Be Fired (And Other Misconceptions), by Jonathan David Morris You are incorrect, sir: Many people miss the start to their mornings, the wit, the truthful "you know where he stands" comments about the political scene,...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:23 AM
May 05, 2007
RE: Ron Paul's Getting Iraq War Funding Wrong Again Applause, Applause for this article. I could not believe a Republican actually wrote this I thought all Republicans were all just blindly following President Bush. Great article. And being a Republican...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:39 AM
May 01, 2007
RE: Don Imus Deserved To Be Fired (And Other Misconceptions) It seems to me Mr. Morris got it just about right re: Don Imus (except for the part about nobody cared - I'm a fan of his show). Considering the...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:54 AM
Re: "Cho Seung-Whatever," by Jonathan David Morris About Cho: "you look like William Hung, you talk like Napoleon Dynamite". That's what I thought when I first saw the videos. The kid had some real problems. Just like the Columbine children,...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:52 AM
LETTER TO THE EDITOR The April 26, 2007 article entitled "Cho Seung-Whatever" was not only insulting to your readers by characterizing opposing viewpoints as "retarded", but it was also filled with illogical rhetoric that was beneath the standards of The...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:50 AM
March 01, 2007
Two letters on TFL's story on Mike Gravel: 1) Perhaps Mr. Gravel should entertain joining Unity '08 as he and other fringe candidates have next to no chance in the current system. I absolutely agree with his position on the...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
11:11 AM
February 11, 2007
Re: I Want My Batmobile The author seems to subtly misunderstand the main reason that the Volt is only a concept car: the politics of minerals. Battery packs like the Volt's aren't too expensive for a few hobbyists to retrofit...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:07 PM
February 08, 2007
In re: this letter to TFL: Dear Nancy, I appreciate your opinion on the matter. I agree that many involved in the sport do take great pride and care toward the horse. Let me also add that my wife and...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:25 AM
On Barbaro: Dear Editor: One evening as my family was sitting down for dinner I happened to catch the glimpse of a horse on the TV and of course pestered my father to turn up the TV. It was the...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
07:20 AM
February 03, 2007
In response to Nancy Evans' reaction to the Barbaro article, I believe the horse racing world has blinders on. They refuse to see the reality that Jonathan describes because they are having fun and they truly like horses in their...
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:51 AM
I am not liberal in any way by nature, but I want to thank Jonathan David Morris for his lovely article on Barbaro. He has said everything that I have tried to express. I am very saddened by the loss...
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:30 AM
February 01, 2007
In response to Rest In Peace, Barbaro: Although I do not in anyway share your opinions on the matter, I appreciate the attempt to explain your position with more than the standard "its cruel" statement. Rather than write a rebuttal...
Posted by KevinRollins at
09:18 PM
January 21, 2007
RE: "I want my batmobile" by Carl S. Milsted, Jr. Editor: Despite all the furor over GM's concept serial plug-in hybrid VOLT, there's a lot of scepticism about GM's motives. The VOLT could be produced right now, using lead-acid or...
Posted by KevinRollins at
05:44 PM
Dear Editor, Paul Jacob's piece on "The Click-it Tyranny" was excellent. Correct me if I am wrong, but is the seat belt law the only moving violation that protects us from ourselves? I have had 2 instances were I was...
Posted by KevinRollins at
04:35 PM
January 02, 2007
Mr. Foldvary's 12/31 article on the origins of evil was outstanding. I printed the article out so I can read it again from time to time (what I do with most thought-provoking text). Like a lot of people, I often...
Posted by KevinRollins at
12:26 PM
December 27, 2006
Re: A Fatty Transition by Carl Milsted Isofat isn't "food", and it's ridiculous to suggest restaurant patrons should take a transesterification apparatus and gas chromatograph to the restaurant to exercise their free choice what to eat. As you write, most...
Posted by KevinRollins at
02:59 PM
December 23, 2006
Daryl Sawyer asked, "I am aware that most economists treat Land as a subtype of Capital. Has there ever been a serious study of this possibility by an economist that does not assume this fallacy?" Yes, see the book...
Posted by KevinRollins at
02:31 PM
December 22, 2006
I just read the piece by Ron Paul on monetary inflation. While I do not doubt monetary inflation is a major issue, I have recently found myself wondering how much the increases in consumer prices can be attributed to increases...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:16 AM
November 01, 2006
Dear Editor, Public financing systems do not "force taxpayers to pay for negative ads." In Arizona and Maine, where they've had public financing for almost a decade, the number of negative ads have actually gone down. California's Prop 89, like...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
02:44 PM
September 22, 2006
Dear Editor and Readers, Mr. Morris is quite right. Private means "not under government control". City governments are chartered corporations, that may only regulate other artificial "persons" but cannot regulate human beings or their property. Everything they do is to...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:06 AM
September 06, 2006
Matthew Bandyk's criticisms of the hype surrounding the Surgeon General's Report were accurate, but should be expanded slightly. He correctly notes the misuse of "brief exposures to secondhand smoke" as being something to be concerned about, but he probably doesn't...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:06 AM
August 23, 2006
Mr. Milsted asks: “Why don't we just give every citizen a chunk of money each month and be done with it? This is the idea behind the citizen's dividend. The Fair Tax people are proposing such a dividend to make...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:00 AM
August 17, 2006
Dear Editor, Regarding “Disagreements with ‘A Versatile Solution": Much ado is made about the FairTax prebate. Here are the relevant facts. 1. The prebate functions the same as the standard deduction and personal exemptions do under the current income tax....
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:35 PM
August 16, 2006
Dear Editor, Carl Milsted wrote: Why don’t we just give every citizen a chunk of money each month and be done with it? This is the idea behind the citizen’s dividend. The Fair Tax people are proposing such a dividend...
Posted by KevinRollins at
06:56 PM
Dear Editor, Ron Paul's suggestion, that we stop assessing property on a regular basis, strikes me as one of the worst ideas I've heard in a long time. He proposes it as a solution to protect the elderly from rising...
Posted by KevinRollins at
06:46 PM
August 06, 2006
Dear Editor, As a Libertarian swing-voter who disagrees with both major parties at least 50% of the time - I think Gessing (and the Left) couldn't be more wrong in their understanding of the reality of the world we live...
Posted by KevinRollins at
03:19 PM
Dear Editor: Let me begin by saying that I am not a huge fan of Joe Lieberman. However, I admire a politician, a reasonable man, who can take a moderate, generally centrist position across a range of issues. And now...
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:44 PM
June 02, 2006
Your article on the Fannie Mae debacle is right on target. Keep it up. However, the board of directors seem to have escaped your review. don't forget that they approved Franklin Raines policies, salary and compensation, and also benefited from...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
03:11 PM
June 01, 2006
Re: Michael Strong's "Public Choice Theory and Liberating Markets in Happiness and Well-Being" Great article---every high school grad ought to leave school cognizant of this reality of life (that words do not represent what's often happening between factions)... and skilled...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:05 PM
May 26, 2006
"Let's Lose! Why rejecting practical solutions has kept the Libertarian Party in the political basement" by James Turbett, is one of the best editorial pieces I have read on a libertarian site in years. That it archives from Fall 2004...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:41 AM
April 28, 2006
Reports that the military is one Bush whim phone call away from attacking Iran should have all Americans horrified. Every sane person must sense this would be the biggest disaster in history. Think of financial panic and a million suicide...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:42 AM
April 27, 2006
Hmm, I'm like Julian [in Michael Strong's article, "A Tale of Two Activists: A Vision for the Here and Now"]- I try to be good to the environment, I care about the underdogs (actually, I always root for the underdogs),...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
09:18 AM
April 13, 2006
Dear Sir I was very interested to read the article by Michael Strong about the unfair situation between the Educational and the Dyson innovation. I can show you a third example, and I would sincerely like you to find the...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:03 AM
March 28, 2006
I too favor the concept of a militia over a professional, standing army. Unfortunately, the framers could never conceive of being attacked with nary a soldier crossing the border. Surviving with just a militia has lasted only 170 years, thanks...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:50 PM
March 10, 2006
Dear Editor, Thanks for Joseph Newhard's earnest and well reasoned attempt to refute anarcho-capitalism as a theory. Though he writes very well, and obviously knows a good deal about the theory and the major figures (Rothbard, Hoppe, others), his argument...
Posted by KevinRollins at
02:53 PM
March 07, 2006
Dear Editor, Excellent article. I agree, in order for anarchy (non-rule) to exist, people in general must refuse to be ruled. Unfortunately, those of us who would refuse (if it weren't suicidal to do so) are in a very small...
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:59 AM
March 05, 2006
Dear Mr. Newhard, I read with interest your article in The Free Liberal, "Questioning Anarcho-Capitalism." It occurs to me that, contrary to your assertion, there does exist examples of spontaneously emerging for-profit protection agencies within the United States. These agencies...
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:33 PM
March 02, 2006
The problem with the conclusion that "the market rejects public transit" is that when it comes right down to it, alternative forms of transportation do not compete in a fair market. For the small amounts government invests in public transportation...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
08:57 AM
February 07, 2006
Fred E. Foldvary suggested in his recent piece that the most probable lobbyists behind marijuana prohibition is tobacco and alcohol. I have a more likely suspect. The following is poorly remembered hearsay, but I have heard that when hemp and...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:47 PM
January 29, 2006
Dear Editor, Milsted makes a glaring error in his article "The Need to be Anarchists." "However, suppose that the economies of scale are such that this tax is less than half of what people would have had to pay for...
Posted by KevinRollins at
11:21 AM
Dear Free Liberal, Jonathan David Morris voted for Al Gore and that means what? Gore won the last legal election for America's president and the Supremes "outted" that result in a blitzkrieg of partisan sedition and outright contempt for America's...
Posted by KevinRollins at
11:17 AM
Dear Editor, The article [Does Government Have a License to Murder] was well written, however, it should have emphasized more strongly that once a person has been proven innocent, that person should be released from incarceration immediately. That is, unless...
Posted by KevinRollins at
11:15 AM
January 15, 2006
Dear Free Liberal: Jonathan Morris has put the Robertson diatribe into perfect perspective. Personally, I'm of the opinion that God Almighty has washed those divine hands of the entire lot called planet earth. Nasty collection of hateful and murderous humans...
Posted by KevinRollins at
04:46 PM
December 30, 2005
Dear Editor, ju·ris·dic·tion (jrs-dkshn) n. Law. The right and power to interpret and apply the law: courts having jurisdiction in this district. Authority or control: islands under U.S. jurisdiction; a bureau with jurisdiction over Native American affairs. The extent of...
Posted by KevinRollins at
08:49 AM
December 23, 2005
Dear Editor, In Representative Ron Paul's latest article, titled "Small Steps Toward Immigration Reform," Paul talked about his introduction of an amendment to the latest immigration bill to eliminate birthright citizenship from our current immigration policy. For a so called...
Posted by KevinRollins at
09:46 PM
December 13, 2005
Tookie learned the hard way... The victims' families, as well as society, have had their revenge. God bless the Governor for not folding under the political pressure. More than his books, present gang members and potential murderers will learn from...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
12:20 PM
December 12, 2005
Oh Boy here we go again! How sad...just think that "Tookie" shot and killed four people in cold blood and was CONVICTED! How about those four people? Obviously people who have never had a violent crime touch their life think...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:46 PM
I am appalled at the thoughts of Jonathan David Morris. Poor Tookie was obviously a pillar of the community. I saw a lot of smoke about God, Jesus and Christians but I saw nothing addressing the families of these poor...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:41 PM
What a farce to invoke Jesus’ name in saving “Tookie”. Perhaps you forgot that two other criminals hung on crosses with Jesus. One clearly repented, but instead of using His power and authority to order that man from the cross,...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:39 PM
October 10, 2005
To the editor: Ali Massoud’s suggestion to add a surtax to the Gulf States region for disaster control costs (FEMA) is a good idea. But the Gulf States should then demand a greater degree of self-determination and greater representation for...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
08:12 AM
October 08, 2005
I think this idea [of creating a surcharge for natural-disaster-area residents suggested by Ali Massoud in a Free Liberal blog] has some real merit and I say this as a Libertarian that resides on a barrier island on the Atlantic...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
03:51 AM
October 07, 2005
Ali Masoud's response to Bernie Quigley's, "Russ Feingold - a fresh sea breeze and perhaps a sea change" is not only inaccurate and misleading on one of its main points, but demonstrates a clear lack of knowledge of the Bipartisan...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
08:15 PM
September 28, 2005
1 In response to Ali Massoud's article "Don't Blame the Victim, Just Make 'em Pay More," I would just like to say that I think a 10% FEMA income tax is a terrible idea to inflict upon entire states. Georgia...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
04:07 AM
September 04, 2005
Just a note to thank Bernie Quigley for such a beautifully written piece about General Clark. Brought a tear of remembrance. I hope that our country does turn to him in 2008--if we make it that far. Sincerely, Patricia Keith-Spiegel,...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
01:13 PM
Thanks so much for the Wes Clark article by Bernie Quigley. Being a political junkie, I educated myself during the 2004 primary and managed to read most of General Clark's books and essays. I can honestly say that he has...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
01:11 PM
August 28, 2005
You sir, are an idiot, to think that the fair tax would put a burden on the poor worker trying to make a living, turn him into a tax collector. Well what is that poor worker now? He is a...
Posted by KevinRollins at
04:19 PM
August 25, 2005
I agree with the general premise of Mr. Milsted's article that when marketing to a target audience it's always good to try to use the language and belief systems of that target group. Environmentalists should keep that in mind. After...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:08 AM
August 14, 2005
[Re: TFL Blog "New anti-neocon song from Rolling Stones"] Frankly I think the Stones have balls to come to our country and Trash OUR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!! And SHAME on you too...... like it or not HE'S the PRESIDENT of the USA....
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
06:46 AM
August 10, 2005
Dear Editor, Robert Capozzi recently responded to Fair Tax supporters and still doesn't see the whole picture nor has taken time to read through the volume of material available at www.fairtax.org. He latest criticism centers around the powerful housing industry...
Posted by KevinRollins at
04:25 PM
August 07, 2005
You wrote in your article "Stacked Deck?": "The other sound argument against the Fair Tax is that it's another tax, and it could possibly become an addition to, rather than a replacement for, the income and other taxes. That's certainly...
Posted by KevinRollins at
07:00 AM
August 06, 2005
Dear Editor, [In response to Robert Capozzi and "Darwin, Free-Markets, and Equity"] A couple of thoughts: If the nation weren't ready for a tax overhaul, a blowhard like Neal Boortz couldn't possibly be the no. 1 best selling book on...
Posted by KevinRollins at
03:31 AM
August 05, 2005
Dear Editor, The article by Robert Capozzi "Darwin, Free Markets, and Equity" discusses various concepts of our current tax system and government expenditures, related to the poor, in comparison with the FairTax. There are very important aspects of the FairTax...
Posted by KevinRollins at
08:49 PM
While I agree that replacing the income tax and payroll tax with a national retail sales tax is a major improvement, I have a beef with the Fair Tax: the rebate, which is usually justified as a way of ensuring...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at
05:05 PM
June 07, 2005
Dear Editor, Robert Capozzi may be in need of a better understanding of the libertarian position on this issue rather than a new label. Many libertarians believe reasonable speed limits are a fair exercise of government power, so long as...
Posted by KevinRollins at
09:20 AM
Dear Editor, In response to the article "Galactic Liberty?", I have a thought. The Force factors into the political scheme of the Star Wars series pretty heavily, given that it creates a mystical motif of External vs. Internal locus of...
Posted by KevinRollins at
09:12 AM
May 27, 2005
Dear Editor, There is a problem with the Bush tax cut. It makes the tax code more complex. Over 50% of all income tax filers pay someone to prepare their tax return. That cost in itself is an additional tax....
Posted by KevinRollins at
11:05 AM
May 24, 2005
Dear Editor, Mr. Cheatham got it wrong! German Americans, almost 11,000 of them, were interned in the U.S. during World War II. At the age of 12 I was one of those interned. As an American-born child of 12, a...
Posted by KevinRollins at
01:27 AM
May 21, 2005
Dear Editor, Richard Cheatham's article entitled Rampant Patriotism refers to the internment of Japanese and Japanese - Americans during WW2, and mentions that Germans (German-Americans) were not interned. That is factually incorrect since Germans and German-Americans were interned in Camps...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:30 PM
Dear Mr. Rollins; Thank you for printing my letter. In reading it I found a mistake -- my proofer's eye must have been blinded for a second. I wrote: "And they are not going to buy at Walmart rather than...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:26 PM
May 20, 2005
Dear Editor, I appreciate your article on the FairTax. It is truly a "fair" tax for everyone. The poor are protected with the prebate, and the rich will continue to buy thus paying more tax. I don't agree that there...
Posted by KevinRollins at
08:18 PM
Dear Editor, Mass confusion surrounds our tax code and is beginning to stimulate the debate to reform our tax system. Reform plans go from a minor overhaul of the income tax to completely abolishing it. What we need is a...
Posted by KevinRollins at
08:16 PM
Dear Dr. Milsted, Your idea of adding more taxes to corporations has a hole in it -- a HUGE evasion hole. Corporations don't pay taxes -- the people who purchase their products and services do. They simply pass those taxes...
Posted by KevinRollins at
05:21 PM
May 18, 2005
Dear Sirs: It was with great pleasure that I read Paul Gessing's article The Environmental Benefits of the FairTax on freeliberal.com. Far too many on the left reject off-hand any proposal that originated with a Republican such as John Linder's...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:49 AM
Dear Editor, Carl Milsted in "Towards a Truly Progressive Tax System" has a good proposal in reforming taxes to wealth in the form of real estate. He should go further to exempt buildings from the tax on base it only...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:46 AM
Dear Dr. Milsted, I really enjoyed reading your article and you made brilliant points regarding the benefits of the FairTax which I support wholeheartedly. I just want to make one point to you regarding your point that the super rich...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:44 AM
April 14, 2005
Dear Editor, That interview with the guy from the DFC was absolutely absurd. He said that the Libertarian Party had moved "to the Right" and had been taken over by a bunch of Republicans. That's utterly laughable. The Libertarian Party...
Posted by KevinRollins at
06:57 PM
April 05, 2005
Dear Editor, Robert Capozzi asks "Is the SS Fix In?" Not being a constitutional function of the central government, this shouldn't even be a question, but the answer is a definite 'yes.' Socialist Insecurity is the politicians' golden pathway to...
Posted by KevinRollins at
02:10 PM
March 19, 2005
Dear Editor, This past Wednesday President Bush said that private accounts are not the solution to Social Security’s problems. He’s right, because the problem is that Social Security can not be saved. To “save” Social Security would involve increasing the...
Posted by KevinRollins at
08:15 PM
March 10, 2005
Dear Editor, Good article [The Fight Against American Empire]. Yes, we need to dismantle the bloody, expensive paradigm of interventionism. Unfortunately the imperial presidency has grown in strength, while the Constitution is trampled and the Congress and the Supreme Court...
Posted by KevinRollins at
11:36 PM
March 01, 2005
Dear Editor, Happened upon Gessing's piece this week (Is Sprawl Making Us Fat? 2/27/05) and was compelled to point out two glaring inaccuracies that most of his readers will quickly discover. First, in a desparate attempt to debunk the possibility...
Posted by KevinRollins at
02:07 AM
December 11, 2004
Dear Free Liberal, Let's Lose! is an excellent article! Please commend James Turbett for me on pointing out some of the insane stances of the LP. Too bad the general LP membership will not ever read this, however. We have...
Posted by KevinRollins at
03:31 AM
Dear Free Liberal, The "Free Liberal" (Volume II, Issue 1) contains an article written by Associate Editor James Turbett entitled "Let's Lose! - Why rejecting practical solutions has kept the Libertarian Party in the basement". Mr. Turbett writes that the...
Posted by KevinRollins at
03:22 AM
Dear Free Liberal, I've enjoyed the articles I've read & cartoons. I'll be back. Your "Energy" article is somewhat inaccurate. The vitrification proces applied to spent fuel is not a new idea. It is the intended treatment for nuclear waste....
Posted by KevinRollins at
03:06 AM
September 13, 2004
Hi Michael, How are you? I haven't talked to you in a couple of years. You sent me your article, "Beyond Left and Right: Toward a Transpartisan Politics" and naturally it got my instant attention. But I wonder what it's...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:30 AM
March 25, 2004
Does the pledge of allegiance establish a religion -- the worship of government? Public comments about the pledge court case show that few people know that the pledge was written by a self-proclaimed socialist in the U.S. nationalist movement, to...
Posted by KevinRollins at
10:24 AM