The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-east

Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political slavery and claims by distant masters to unlimited power.

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/1775-two-step-led-american-independence

The Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political vices like unity, loyalty, and centralized power.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/spirit-declaration-independence-secession-division-disloyalty

June's job growth was hailed in the media as proof of a strong economy. Except there's a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-junes-job-growth-was-government-manufacturing-jobs-fall

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-phrase-jewish-state-propaganda

Contrary to popular myth, every Republican president since and including Herbert Hoover has increased the federal government's size, scope, or power. Over the last one hundred years, of the five presidents who presided over the largest domestic spending increases, four were Republicans.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/republicans-and-big-government

The Republican insistence on increasing military spending is the main reason Congress cannot cut taxes without increasing the debt, making cuts in domestic welfare programs, or both.

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/big-beautiful-bill-military-industrial-complex