Lone Star Liberty

Have you ever thought of owing a gun in the United States legally? Probably, it would increase the safety and protection of citizens, not the level of criminal.

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The real might in capitalism belongs to consumers, proved once more. Ludwig von Mises brought enough arguments to proclaim this.
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Everyone has a right to live in a state with perfect medical protection and help. The question is are all Americans really living in a medical police country and getting all the necessary treatment? After Daniel Hauser and his family’s fight over chemotherapy, the question became more actual and seems to have positive answer. If you’re interested in defining your state as medical police or not, turn to the ten simple ways how to recognize it.

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Libertarian Party of Texas State Convention
I wanted to give everyone a friendly reminder. This coming weekend is the Libertarian Party of Texas’ bi-annual state convention. The convention will start Friday and run through Sunday. The 2008 LP presidential candidate Bob Barr will be in attendance as will many other fascinating libertarian speakers. This looks to be a fantastic three days […]

New Libertarian Party of Texas Polos
We have ordered our polos and if all goes according to plan they will be available for sell at the State Convention next weekend. If you want to preview the polos I am putting the links to the designs below. Thanks to your feedback we went with design #4 and we also ordered polos with […]

Hutchinson speaks out against Perry
I recently wrote here about the new Texas business tax and horrible ramifications it will have on Texas businesses. Despite the fact that we have a governor who claims to be a Republican, this new harsher tax was signed into law despite the fact that the Texas government doesn’t need the extra money. Well […]

Crime Wave Spreads Terror Across Austin!
The restless citizens of Austin are trying to fall asleep tonight but their minds are preoccupied with fear. Crime is out of control and Police Chief Acevedo is promising tough measures against these criminals. The crimes in question are not murders or assaults but they are far more terrifying. That’s right, Austin is facing a […]

Ooops!
The last time I wrote about Governor Perry it was to say something nice. That has been nagging at me recently so I decided to say something mean about him to get back on track. Two weeks ago Gov. Perry gave his “strong support” for Texas Child Protective Services’ handling of the FLDS children fiasco. […]

McCain Survey
As Libertarians we often criticize the big two parties. Sometimes we make fun of them too. Click the following link to see our Assistant Director Art DiBianca’s response to a McCain survey he was sent recently:
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Amidst all the constant fear mongering from the media concerning the alleged recession that is supposedly sweeping the nation it can be enlightening to actually look at facts. The unemployment rate for the state of Texas in April was just 4.1%. That is 1% lower than the national average. Many economists consider an unemployment rate of 5% or lower to be virtual unemployment. The street corners in Austin do a wonderful job of explaining this. Not everyone who is unemployed actually wants or is looking for a job.

Texas has one of the healthiest economies and job markets in the U.S. Why then do we need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year to subsidize businesses? Does anyone actually think that these subsidies are the reason why the Texas economy is so strong? The media is creating an inaccurate representation of the state of the American economy. The U.S. has yet to actually have a single month of negative growth since the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Guess what? You don’t have a recession if you don’t have negative growth.

I believe that the media is trying to create a false panic in order to get government even more involved in the economy. Many media personalities are crusading against the free market and calling for the government to regulate its “excesses”. The truth is that the national economy is not in bad shape and the Texas economy is doing great. Yes, the free market makes mistakes. The mortgage crisis was clearly a large scale error of many companies in the free market. The free market also corrects its own mistakes as long as government does not burden it down or introduce artificial fluctuations. Fear not fellow Texans, the next great depression is not around the corner. The market has not failed completely, it just made a large mistake that is already rectifying.