Social Issues

Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

According to a recent poll, 73 percent of all Americans oppose increases in federal spending. Since this anti-government spending sentiment is a major reason Republicans control the House and Senate, one would expect the Republican Congress to hold the line on, or even cut, government spending. Yet, despite the Republican leadership’s rhetoric about "fiscal responsibility," this year’s House Republican budget spends $104 billion more than the GOP’s 2013 budget.

Sweden is too generous for its own good as the country most beloved by Bernie Sanders is pressured by huge migrant flows. As Bloomberg reports, when it comes to wealth, health and hospitality, Sweden has few rivals. But the same qualities that make the country a beacon of hope for the world’s huddled masses are straining it at the seams.

Violence at a Trump rally? Hardly unexpected. However, make that violence between by a black Trump supporter who unloaded on an abusive, KKK-dressed, Hitler-saluting white protester who was being escorted out of the building, and the absurd shock value suddenly evolves to such surreal proportions one would expect a Salvador Dali portrait of Trump in the oval cabinet to emerge any day now.

Ross Douthat does not mince words in calling out House Speaker Paul Ryan as a coward on the Trump matter. You would expect Douthat to blast Ryan for being uncertain about speaking out against Trump, and he does (boy, does he ever). What I found most interesting about the Douthat column is how he indicts Ryan for intellectual cowardice. Read on:

Well, this will certainly help Trump’s cause:

Trump protesters were blocking vehicles leading into Fountain Hills in advance of Donald Trump’s campaign stop Saturday morning.

Protesters were chanting, “Donald Trump, shut it down, Phoenix is the people’s town.”

Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies were seen directing tow trucks to start hauling the violators away.

Idiots. They are only making Trump stronger.