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Making America Great…Or Poorer? Dissecting The State Of The Union Speech

by | Jan 31, 2018

President Trump called for much more military spending in last night’s State of the Union speech. He also called to keep Guantanamo open and to even add new prisoners. More money for nuclear weapons “modernization.” And he wants $1.5 trillion to spend on infrastructure projects. He takes credit for a booming economy, but will he take blame when the Fed’s bubbles begin to burst? Today’s Liberty Report looks at the policy behind last night’s “feel good” speech…

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  • Daniel McAdams

    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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