Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Today we talked about Walmart's new Health Center they recently opened in Dallas, GA, offering transparent pricing and cash deals that are unmatched at your regular doctor's office. $30 for your annual checkup? $115 for stitches? Count me in. We also discussed a news story out of Jonesboro, IL where a man has been convicted of murder for killing a trespasser on his property. Is it legal to "shoot on site?" The details get even crazier when you learn that he actually booby trapped a door with a shotgun, and was not on the property when the alleged burglar was killed. https://thebl.com/us-news/48-year-old-illinois-man-convicted-in-booby-trap-shotgun-killing.html What do you think? Should you have the right to kill on site? Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Shall Not Be Infringed" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Happy Constitution day everyone! Today we talked about the backwards way many view the Constitution these days..That is, that it's a list of rights that were given to us by the Government. This is of course not true, but why? What is the purpose of the constitution? Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Today we talked about this weekend's biggest controversy. That's right, it's time to talk about Brett Kavanaugh again. Apparently the left are out of fresh talking points and would like your attention diverted to the ongoing "War on Women." We also discussed the real issue from the weekend. That's the bombing that took place on the oil fields in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. is of course blaming Iran, and is "locked and loaded" ready to do the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's bidding at the moment of their choosing.  Why is it our job to conduct the first strike on Iran? Saudi Arabia has a military- a pretty big one. They actually spend 8x more money than Iran on their military. They are in fact the 3rd largest military in relation to GDP in the world, and #2 in relation to their Government budget.  Saudi is a nation of 30 million people. That makes them matched with Canada and Australia in population size. Not exactly a tiny country that cannot be expected to defend itself.  When we look at the desire for war held by those on the right, and even the left, we need to ask who we are defending, and why.  Saudi Arabia has a terrible history when it comes to human rights. Their treatment of women is despicable.  Women are still not allowed to travel or conduct business without permission from their male guardians. They only last year received the right to drive a car. They are not allowed to swear an oath in court- their male guardian must swear the oath.  They have a deep and ongoing history of persecution against homosexuals, and women who step out of line.  Why are we ready to send our son, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters, to die for them? Why are we so eager to die for them, when they have their own military? Why is it not on S.A. to retaliate against Iran?  Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Today we talked about last night's Democratic Debate. Join the podcast as we dissect the key moments that showcased the Economic ignorance we're up against.  Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Today we talked about the plan 1,000 Amazon employees have to stage a walkout in protest of Climate Change. More closely, the companies lack of action to prevent Climate Change. The only problem? Jeff Bezos is single-handedly investing billions of his own money to create and use clean energy- they just don't know it.  Also, we spent the bulk of the show on Brexit. We covered the reasons it happened, and what it means for the Liberty of those living in the UK. It can be really good, or it could be much worse. Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Today we talked about price gouging. Here's a section from the article on our website- Each time a hurricane hits the United States, we are bombarded with reports of something known as "Price gouging." What is this common phenomenon? Those who put little thought into economics, and more thought into emotions, will say that price gouging is the raising of prices on necessities at a time when people need them the most. Most often it is at a time when people are buying things they cannot live without in the event of a major disaster.  Take this headline from CBS as an example. "$9 for a $4 case of water: Florida hit by price gouging ahead of Hurricane Dorian"    Let me first say that I understand the emotional reaction to this. It can, on the outside, look as if sellers are "taking advantage" of people in need, at a time when they have no choice but to the buy the products at whatever price they are available. In fact, it might be true that some individual business owners are taking advantage of the ability to reap higher prices than normal on basic necessities. My emphasis, however, is going to be placed on the economic implications of these actions, and the end result they produce.   Back to that original headline; "$9 for a $4 case of water: Florida hit by price gouging ahead of Hurricane Dorian."    What does it mean for a case of water to be worth $4? Most of us put little time into researching all of the expenses that go into the material cost of the case of water. In addition, we put little effort into finding out why that case has been deemed "worth" $4. The actual cost of the case to the store owner might have been $2.50. Why then, is it worth $4? It's a very simple answer: That's what people will pay for it.  We put little thought into the fact that everything we use on a daily basis has been priced in a society-wide auction. You know how an auction works. The auctioneer holds up a product, and the public increases the price they are willing to pay for that product, until the top price is reached. It might not be obvious, but that same process has been used in every product we use on a daily basis. It hasn't happened on an individual level, but it has in fact happened. A product is being offered, and the seller has sought out the highest price they can receive for that product. Why then, was the case of water worth $4? Simply because that was the highest price the public would pay for it. Why is your iPhone worth $1,000? Because that's the highest price Apple could get for the phone, without pushing too many buyers out of the market. Why does gas cost $2.39/gallon at my local gas station? Because that's the highest price the station owner can get for the gas. Here in Nashville, if that local gas station owner were to raise the price to $5 per gallon, they simply would not sell any gas. People in Nashville do not deem gas to be worth that much, and there is too much competition in the market for that kind of price hike. Continue reading at this link.  Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate  P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! We're both gone this week, but I wanted to release the audio version of an article from our website. Yes, the tax cuts were a good thing. An amendment to make them permanent would be even better I've read a few articles lately about how the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" of 2017 isn't having the desired effect. First, I'd ague that they have had a great effect on the economy, but let's dissect why they aren't looking as good in action as they did on paper.    The Trump tax cuts were a big win for big corporations, as well as a big win for all the small corporations that we seem to ignore. The corporate tax rate was reduced from 35% to 22.5%, equaling a reduction of roughly 33% in the tax rate owed by businesses.  Republicans branded this tax cut as a major win for America. It was going to lead to higher wages, more jobs, and the repatriation of funds and operations back to the good ole U.S. of A. Since the enactment of this law, we've seen reports of 3.9% business investment growth, but as we normally see afterwards, a revised number that sits around 3.1%. In addition to that, wages paid by companies seem to have shown little movement in the process.    To me, this logic is simple. If you want to actually see the effects that were advertised by Republican's in the passage of this law, the tax cuts have to be made permanent.    Imagine you are the owner of a business. You run on roughly an 8% net profit margin yearly (the average for a Fortune 500 company), and now you've seen a 33% reduction in your corporate tax rate. You have a few options: Raise your employees wages, Re-invest money in future innovation, or take the profit and run, among other things.    There's an issue with expecting businesses to raise their wages in response to these cuts; they are temporary. How many times have you expected your wage to go down after your company's profit margin decreased? Probably never. How many times have you expected your pay to go up if the profit margins increased? Probably always.    What the big corporations did was a mixture of those previous three options from above.    Many corporations did raise wages in response to the tax cuts. Walmart comes to mind, who raised their minimum wage to $11 an hour for all employees. Although there were in fact thousands of companies who raised their wages, the bulk of the increased compensation came from bonuses paid to employees.    Why would a business opt for a bonus, instead of a raise in their employee's wages?    Simple. Yes they have the money for the increased wages now, but they know the tax cuts aren't going to last, and we all know that employees aren't going to be okay with a reduction in their wages when future President Kamala Harris raises the corporate tax rate to 70%. Therefore, they give out a bonus, en lieu of a pay raise.    In addition to the missed increase in wages, we've also seen less "repatriation" and less increases in business investment.    Why wouldn't the corporations opt for more repatriation and more investment?   Once again, the answer is simple. Contrary to popular opinion, people who run businesses are pretty smart. They hear the rhetoric spewed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Etc.    It takes years to open a new facility, repatriate money, move plants, or any of the things people are waiting for them to do. If your time horizon is more than five years, would you trust that the business climate will be the same in five years as it is right now? No   If you want these corporations to actually make investments in the U.S., to actually raise wages, or actually move their offshore accounts back to Bank of America, then you need to make the tax cuts permanent. Bottom Line.   First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.    Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate   P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  We're both gone this week, but here's an audio version of an article from our website. 2 Reasons Bernie Sanders' Green New Deal is Actually Worse for America than Climate Change Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released his plan for a $16.3 trillion spending package dubbed the "Green New Deal," blatantly stealing the name of the massive plan laid out earlier in the year by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.    I spent several hours running through this plan line by line today, and arrived at a pretty simple conclusion: If you care about the environment, if you care about the poor, if you care about innovation, or the economic stability of the country, then you must consider the argument that the government is the worst possible entity to accomplish those goals.    How could this be worse than climate change?   Climate Change is a prediction of something that could potentially happen. The economic catastrophe created by this plan is a near certainty. Bernie's plan calls for a complete replacement of: The power grid all fossil fuels all automobiles all school buses all shipping vehicles (semis) all gas stations and nearly all roads Just in case you were wondering, the plan calls for all of this to happen in 10 years. It also promises to create 20 million new "high-paying" jobs, and eliminate unemployment. In the elimination of unemployment, it suggests that the need for a welfare state will dissipate, since everyone will have a high paying job. Of course, that's a high-paying job paid for with tax dollars, something that will first have to be stolen from the economy.    Let me be clear. It is probably a bad thing to remove carbon from the ground, and place it into the air. Im not refuting that suggestion, but I will question the idea that we are nearing a "climate catastrophe." I'll also question the idea that this is purely man-made (can we call sexism on that term?), and that anything the United States does can have any effect on the situation.     This plan seizes control of the entire energy sector, and promises to remove "greed" from the equation by leaving all power to be supplied by publicly owned companies. If Bernie has a room full of angels waiting to take the reins, I suggest he disperse them elsewhere immediately.    This comes down to one question: Who is more effective at innovation, and efficiency- private entities, or the government? I could use the example of NASA vs. SpaceX. Through 60 years of innovation, NASA was able to get the cost of sending a satellite to space down to $600 million. To ad to that fact, they were producing new rockets with each launch. In 10 years, Elon Musk and SpaceX were able to reduce the cost of sending things into space down to $60 million. A tenth of the price if you don't have your calculator handy. In addition to that, they developed a way to fly the rockets back to the launch pad to save money. That wasn't enough.. They then produced a drone ship that would become a mobile landing pad for the rockets, since due to the arch of the launch and the rotation of the earth the rocket would be re-entering over water, and boat fuel is cheaper than rocket fuel.    Think what you may about profit, but the motive for profit saves us money. Take into consideration the fact that in the Russians heyday, an automobile cost 3x as much to produce in the Soviet Union, even though profit was illegal. Remember, Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile. He simply found a way to mass produce it in a way that reduced the cost and made it more affordable for the general public.  When you remove profit from the equation, you remove the incentive for efficiency, innovation, and investment. Under these circumstances, you'll end up using the same technology for decades, in the case of NASA vs. SpaceX.    What does this all have to do with Bernie's "Green New Deal?"   1. This plan places our planets future in the hands of government officials. Government officials who will not have the incentive for profit, but will instead have an incentive for power (no pun intended).   2. The increases in taxes alone are enough to send our economy into a depression, more than likely making the Great Depression look like a weekend at Disney World in comparison.    Who pays taxes? Corporations, or Consumers?   Corporations don't pay taxes. The people who buy their goods pay taxes. Taxes are included in the production price of everything you purchase on a daily basis.    If you tax "the rich," who are you really taxing?   Well, ask yourself this question.. Where do the rich get their money?   Liberals may lament "Trickle-Down Economics," but "Trickle-Down Taxation" is far worse, and it's an absolute certainty.  A move like this is exactly what Bernie's ideology predicts: complete communism. Yes, I broke out the "C-word."    The idea that the increases in taxes required to implement this plan will not affect the average consumer is complete foolishness. The part that won't get paid for by taxes, will be paid for by borrowing. I don't know if you've seen the debt clock lately, but it's over $22 trillion already.   To pay for this plan we will need to print more money. I'd spend some time researching the Russian Revolution, the Weimar Republic, or Venezuela to decide whether or not that's a good idea.  I'm not opposed to a move towards cleaner energy, but I am opposed to government implementation of that move. Whatever move we make under this plan, it won't be as clean, and it won't be as effective, as what the free market would produce.              Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate   P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone!  We're out of town for the week, but here's the audio version of an article from our website.  The Statue of Liberty stands for Opportunity, and a Hand-Up | Not a guaranteed Hand-Out " Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door " - Emma Lazarus   This poem, as wonderful as it is, has taken on a new meaning; applied by those on the left that wish to help those in need, by way of higher taxes, and increased wealth redistribution.   The new meaning goes something like this: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I will make sure that they are well taken care of by way of increased taxation on the most productive in our society."   An NPR host called the original poem the "American Ethos." Although she was referring to the original poem, her meaning was implied in my sarcastic revision. So what does the Statue of Liberty stand for?   The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France (mostly) to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of our independence from Great Britain.   I think the most important thing to note in the dedication of the statue was that it celebrated a time that we broke off from a tyrannical Kingdom that was taxing the people to death. "Taxation without representation" was one of the leading rally cries of the American colonies.   Another very important thing to remember is that at the time of the statues dedication, there was no income tax in America. There was no welfare system. A simple fact such as this should easily make the case that in no way does the statue mean it is America's duty to finance the lives of people immigrating from other countries. Emphasis on it "should."   There is absolutely nothing about the promise of America that says "We will take from those in our country that have the most, and give it to you if you hit hard times." That is absolutely not what the statue says. Want to know how I know that? The previous paragraph. At the time the statue was made, we didn't even have a welfare system. The government was not forcefully taking trillions of dollars of our productivity and using it inefficiently and ineffectively. So it can't mean that. What about immigrants?   Keep in mind that I am in no way writing an article against immigration. I believe that immigration is a net benefit to our society. I do not think that all immigrants are coming here simply for a free handout. I think they are coming here for the original meaning of the statue.   Immigrants, like people of all color, are being used as pawns in our governments political games to garner support among the people. Both sides are doing it. I'd recommend looking into the Libertarian Party. If only 3% of the country are voting for them, there's a good chance they are doing something right.   Be charitable, absolutely. People are in need, and they need help. Sometimes people even need help when they been working hard their entire lives. But- If you want to help those that are in need, it's pretty clear that the U.S. Government is the absolute worst option. Free Market Capitalism has created the best quality of life that humans have ever enjoyed. It has lifted most of the world out of absolute poverty. Are their failures? Yes, of course. But are those failures more easily addressed in a free market system, or are they better addressed in a government planned system? A free market means every transaction has value for both parties. That is not the case with the government, at all.   If you want to help the masses, be charitable, and for Heaven's sake, help us keep the Government out of the way.   Liberty   This is what I would scribe at the bottom of the statue.   "If you want a place where you can be free to pursue your true potential, come to America. If you want a place where you can escape the clutches of a tyrannical government, come to America. If you think you have something great inside of you that's yearning to get out, come to America. But remember this: The responsibility is on you to make something out of yourself. We will make sure the environment remains free of artificial and arbitrary barriers to your success, but nothing else. You may freely choose to help those around you that are in need, but you may not choose to force those around you to help you when you are in need. Come here because you want the opportunity to become something better than you are now. It's going to be tough. Times are going to be hard. But that is the price of freedom. Freedom means that you can make it into the top 1% if you work hard enough, but it also means that you can fall to the bottom 1% if you fail. If you accept that, then welcome to America." First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.    Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate   P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin

Hey everyone! First off, please subscribe to the show by clicking this link.  Today I did a run through of a presentation we are giving at the Young American's for Liberty convention in Detroit later this month. We highly recommend you visit YALiberty.org to see how you can help the cause. My talk is about the psychology behind our political arguments that we all have on a daily basis. We often find ourselves feeling as though we are beating our heads against a brick wall, and that may in fact be what we are doing.  We've all got different personalities. Some of us react more to sensitive and emotional arguments, and some of us react to logic-based objective arguments. The fact is, most of the country reacts to the emotional side of an argument. My goal is to think about how we as Libertarians can learn to tailor our topics to fit the mindset of normal people. It can be hard to do, but I believe that in doing this we can find a way to get others to consider our viewpoints.  Visit www.goodmorningliberty.us for more great articles on politics, economics, and Libertarian ideology. Visit www.BernieLies.com if you want to read specifically about the many lies told by one of America's greatest manipulators.  Get your own "Bernie Lies" T-Shirt on our Etsy store. In Liberty,  Charlie & Nate   P.S. We can do this. Keep forging on through the disheartening news, and hate-filled rhetoric. We're here to #MakeLibertyWin