#liberty
RINOs after inauguration
I think my favorite thing when people argue that I’m not a Liberal, is that they have no idea what Liberalism is, they just argue that I can’t be one because I don’t agree with them and they’ve been told by the American mainstream that they’re Liberals when their politics, beliefs, principles and ideals don’t align with Liberalism.
Liberalism isn’t what the American Right and Left think it is, it isn’t what Rush Limbaugh claimed it to be, that man was using the term Liberal as a pejorative because the Far Left hated Liberalism and to be called one was the same as calling a Conservative a fascist back in the day, now all it does is convince morons that the Far Left are actually Liberals and provide the Far Left with an ideological smokescreen.
Liberalism is a very basic political and moral philosophy, now you might be asking, what is Liberalism? Liberalism is based on four foundational rights, that of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law.
Then there are secondary rights which are derived from the foundational rights, such as individual rights, including civil rights and human rights, liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, defense of self and property, private property and a market economy.
That’s it, that’s Liberalism, however Liberalism has spawned many other political and moral philosophies from its foundation, Conservatism and Libertarianism are two such examples, then there are others in which foreign enlightenment ideological frameworks were shoehorned into Liberalism, using it like a skinsuit, such as NeoLiberalism, Social Liberalism and so on.
The whole reason the Far Left on this platform have been shitting themselves over my use of the term Liberal is because they want to assert that Neo and Social Liberalism are the true forms of Liberalism when Conservatism and Libertarianism are closer to true Liberalism than those other two.
So yes, I am a Liberal, not a Conservative, not a Libertarian, or any other derivative of Liberalism, that’s it, and if you take issue with this, you can just die mad about it, now can’t you?
Rand Paul has teamed up with Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan to completely reform civil asset forfeiture law in the United States.
Written by Jason Snead for The Hill:
On Thursday, Sen. Rand Pau (R-Ky) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act in Congress. The bill, if passed, would be the most sweeping reform of abuse-prone federal civil forfeiture law since the 1980s. …
Local, state, and federal lawmakers control none of this vast sum of money. Law enforcement agencies can spend it all outside normal appropriations processes. …
Most cases never get as far as a courtroom, though, and end instead in so-called administrative forfeitures. In these instances, the law enforcement agency that seized the property – and stands to gain financially by keeping it – plays the role of judge, prosecutor, and jury all in one. …
Crucially, the FAIR Act would also eliminate the forfeiture financial incentive altogether. Federal forfeiture proceeds would go directly to the general fund to be dispersed by Congress, and the equitable sharing program would be abolished. Federal agencies would no longer be able to seize their way to higher budgets, and state and local officials would no longer be incentivized to bypass more restrictive state forfeiture laws.
Paul and Walberg first introduced the FAIR Act in 2014. At the time, civil forfeiture was something few people had heard of, and there appeared to be little appetite for reform. But in the years since, dozens of state legislatures have reined in their abuse-prone forfeiture statutes, and last year Congress advanced several forfeiture-reform bills, though none has yet made it to the president’s desk.
Poll after poll reveals broad public support for stronger protections against unjust and baseless seizures. Some even show a remarkably high percentage of Americans have been directly affected by forfeiture.
We can no longer afford to ignore the problem. Congress can make 2017 the year of forfeiture reform.
Hypocrite Bernie Sanders is near the top 1% - the richest of the rich - but paid a tax rate nearly half that of President Trump.
Written by Jack Hunter for Rare:
Fox News noted during an interview with Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday that both President Obama and self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders – who obviously make much less money than Trump – also pay a significantly lower rate. Obama paid 18.7 percent in 2015 and Sanders paid 13.5 percent in 2014.
That’s when Sen. Paul raised an interesting question.
“Since Senator Sanders is such a good socialist, I think he’d want to pay his fair share,” Paul said, smiling. “I’m expecting news any day that he’s gonna send a couple hundred thousand into the IRS so he can pay his fair share,” he chuckled.
Sanders has a long record of demanding that the rich “pay their fair share.” In 2016, Fortune called Sanders the “six-figure socialist,” reporting, “by dint of his success as an anti-capitalist politician, Sanders has managed to make a quite comfortable living.”
“While Sanders wouldn’t describe himself as rich,” Fortune noted, “the scourge of the 1% has income that puts him in the top 3.8% of American households, according to CNBC.”
Rand Paul: “This legislation will strengthen our foreign policy, enhance our national security, and safeguard our resources.”
Written by the Office of Senator Rand Paul:
This week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act (S. 532) to prevent American taxpayers’ money from being used to directly or indirectly support armed militants who are allied with or often working under the command of al-Qaeda, ISIS, or other terrorist groups. The legislation serves as a companion bill to H.R. 608, which Representative Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2) reintroduced in January.
“One of the unintended consequences of nation-building and open-ended intervention is American funds and weapons benefiting those who hate us,” said Dr. Paul. “This legislation will strengthen our foreign policy, enhance our national security, and safeguard our resources.”
“For years, the U.S. government has been supporting armed militant groups working directly with and often under the command of terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda in their fight to overthrow the Syrian government. Rather than spending trillions of dollars on regime change wars in the Middle East, we should be focused on defeating terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, and using our resources to invest in rebuilding our communities here at home,” said Rep. Gabbard. “The fact that American taxpayer dollars are being used to strengthen the very terrorist groups we should be focused on defeating should alarm every Member of Congress and every American. We call on our colleagues and the Administration to join us in passing this legislation.”
You can read S. 532, the Stop Arming Terrorists Act, HERE, and you can find more information below:
S. 532, the Stop Arming Terrorists Act:
- Makes it illegal for any U.S. federal government funds to be used to provide assistance covered in the bill, including weapons, munitions, weapons platforms, intelligence, logistics, training, and cash, to terrorists.
- Prohibits the U.S. government from providing such assistance covered in the bill to any nation that has given or continues to give such support to terrorists.
- Instructs the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to determine the individuals and groups that should be considered terrorists, for the purposes of this bill, by determining: (a) the individuals and groups that are associated with, affiliated with, adherents to, or cooperating with al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIS; (b) the countries that are providing assistance covered in this bill to those individuals or groups.
- Anticipates changing conditions by requiring the DNI to work with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Armed Services Committee, and Select Committee on Intelligence to review and update the list of prohibited countries and groups every six months.
- Provides for accountability and transparency by requiring the DNI to brief Congress on its determinations.