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Why My GrandPa Would Have Loved Bitcoin
Bitcoin hit an all time high on Sunday, reaching $3,000 per Bitcoin. Ethereum also reached a record level, trading at $407. Since this time last year Bitcoin is up over 360%,...
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The Great Gold Racket
Murray Rothbard said it best when he said that “the threat of gold redeemability imposes a constant check and limit on inflationary issues of government paper. If the government can...
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How the Market is Already Repealing Obamacare
There’s a common misconception that if you’re opposed to government services, programs and/or departments, then you’re opposed to building roads, education, people getting affordable health care and even people taking...
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Laurens County Republican Party honors County Councilman Stewart Jones
I am very honored to receive the “Local Government Official” Award from the Laurens County Republican Party. I will continue to fight for greater transparency and accountability in local government....
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Daylight Saving Began as “War Time”
Benjamin Franklin once joked in his 1784 essay “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” that candle usage could be economized by changing the time and getting people...
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Laurens County Council member wants guarantee of no seizing of land by Dominion pipeline company
“The sole function of government is to protect private property and local government should always stand as a safeguard for its citizens. ” -Stewart Jones Property owners that will be...
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Laurens County seeks to block eminent domain for pipeline construction
“Laurens County Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to urge government regulators and representatives to deny a private company the right to use eminent domain to acquire easements for the construction...
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Billy’s Blog: We deserve better from Laurens County Council
“If you’ve never sat in a county council meeting, it is normally business-minded and professionally administered. If you were there on Tuesday night, you saw none of the above. What...
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Sparks Fly in Laurens County Council Meeting
“This discussion we are having right now shows exactly what I was talking about earlier in the things you were addressing,” said Jones. “You are saying we are going to...