Guns and Butter

This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-pricesBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

To call Trump’s actions king-like is to greatly understate the problem. What we actually face is a massive, self-amplifying executive branch that makes deranged presidents far more dangerous than an actual king could ever be.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidencyBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Anyone who cares about American greatness must also refuse to allow us to become the kind of society that shrugs off the crimes our government commits in our name and with our money. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/immorality-trumps-war-iran-mattersBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Leftists sarcastically asking where the money for this war will come from are right about the GOP’s hypocrisy, but wrong to imply that it actually means there's plenty to spend on all these government programs. We can’t afford any of this.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-we-cannot-afford-war-iran-eitherBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

As recent history shows, there are few things more courageous for a president to do than face down the ever-accelerating, wealth-draining, conflict-amplifying warfare state in DC. Trump has decided to go in the opposite direction.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/launching-war-iran-was-no-act-courageBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The problem with this new campaign in Iran is not merely that it will likely have bad near-term consequences, but that it represents the American government doubling down on the imperial project that is causing our accelerating national crisis.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-war-iran-even-more-disaster-people-realizeBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

If the Iranian regime were truly trying to sacrifice their entire country to commit a nation-level nuclear murder-suicide against Israel and the US, they would be acting very differently.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-iran-buildup-based-lieBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

While the Voter ID debate consumes the airwaves with political debate, the real issue is not who is elected, but the unelected elites that hold power. Even if Voter ID passes, the new law will not change the real structure of power.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/voter-id-common-sense-it-wont-fix-anythingBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The administration dismissed concerns about the last nuclear treaty between the US and Russia formally expiring last week. But even if this isn’t an exceptionally dangerous moment in itself, the end of New START reflects an incredibly disturbing trend.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/people-are-not-upset-enough-about-end-new-startBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The latest release of Epstein files again highlighted how disgusted and frustrated people have grown with the current elites. Yet they remain essentially untouchable. Why?Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/everyone-agrees-our-elites-are-terrible-so-why-are-we-stuck-themBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Trump is clearly focused on building a legacy in his second term with his domestic vanity projects and dramatic foreign interventions. But his actual legacy is shaping up to be defined by his lack of progress on affordability.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-embrace-economic-leftism-will-destroy-legacy-hes-desperately-trying-buildBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary. Its supply of raw materials is also nothing special. There isn’t even a ton of money to be made for crony companies. This is purely about Trump’s ego, and it will cost taxpayers a lot.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/greenland-trumps-follyBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Central bankers are not afraid Trump will “politicize” the Fed and turn it into a crony arm of the government that warps the economy to benefit those close to power. They’re afraid his blind inflationism and lack of subtlety will make it impossible to hide the fact that it already is.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/central-banking-establishment-genuinely-worried-about-trump-not-reasons-they-sayBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The Trump administration wants Americans to believe that this latest intervention into Venezuela was a quick and definitive success. But, given enough time, there is essentially no way this can go well.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-are-no-good-outcomes-trumps-latest-attempt-regime-change-venezuelaBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Only a couple years ago, climate change was a major political issue. Now it’s strangely absent from public discourse. Why did this happen? Because, at least for now, it stopped being the most useful way for elites to justify their power grabs.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-happened-climate-changeBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure. But that wasn’t the true purpose of the ACA. It was always meant to prop up the faltering crony healthcare system.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/obamacare-was-not-failureBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Politicians in both parties are promising to address the affordability crisis. But neither is focusing on, or even discussing, the true causes. Here’s what they are and how to fix them.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-actually-solve-affordability-crisisBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB