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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

The Boston Tea Party was an opening act in what came to be a violent culture war and war of national liberation. And it helps us understand how America in 2020 could become as bitterly divided as America during the revolution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-culture-war

Another president, another “strike for peace.” Trump’s assault on Iran wasn’t about safety. It was another step in the long tradition of unchecked executive power and endless war waged without consent.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-strike-against-iran-weapons-mass-overreach

His policies took more than a million people off the income tax rolls, and 98 percent of Americans paid no income tax at the end of his term. As a result, America prospered under Coolidge. Real economic growth averaged 7 percent per year while he was in office.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-cal-had-lot-say

If we were to claim independence from the modern-day royalty of the beltway, the markets will ensure better holidays in the future.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-ruins-4th-july-travel

With the exception of the "covid panic" and the mandated lockdowns, etc., last week was the highest total for ongoing unemployment claims since early 2018:Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/unemployment-claims-reach-highest-2018-ex-covid