Ron Paul Interview with TIME Magazine

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SpaceX and the Future of Space Exploration

Yesterday our country was able to witness the successful launch of Falcon 9, a product and project from SpaceX.  You can quickly and easily access the information from their website.

Being a huge fan of private enterprise and investment, I have to say that SpaceX is an incredibly exciting aspect of the United States – the reason is that we have some of the greatest minds on the planet working to get more into and out of space exploration.  The incentive?  Profits, happy customers, and successful defense.

From their company website: “SpaceX aims to change this paradigm by developing a family of launch vehicles which will ultimately reduce the cost and increase the reliability of space access by a factor of ten. Coupled with the newly emerging market for private and commercial space transport, this new model will re-ignite humanity’s efforts to explore and develop Space.”

How exciting!  How wonderful to have a private company working on space travel and exploration, and how enlivening to know that now I, as a consumer and investor, can play a part in this because it is a part of our free market where anybody can play.

Check out SpaceX and support Free Enterprise!

- Tisha Casida

OPINION: Real Energy Solutions

The American Power Act, or S.1733  is now here and viewable.

I think we can all agree that there does need to be exploration into safer, cleaner, more sustainable energy choices.  Not only is it better for our environment, they are much better for a struggling economy (i.e. by promoting new industry).  That does not mean that the reliance or need for petroleum and coal will magically disappear (nor should it), it just means that the market should understand that petroleum and coal (like most everything) are scarce resources.  Most importantly, in the case of petroleum, it makes us dependent upon foreign markets and sources (sometimes people and places that go against what we stand for as a free and moral country).

My question is, how sustainable is this when we have to be “ordered” to make changes by a bill/act/government entity.  I am the first to agree that there MUST be government regulations.  I am the last to agree that government “regulations” should include incentives and punishments that intervene with free market activities.  There’s a difference.

It will take us awhile to make it through all of the language in the bill, however, I urge you to be cautious, and to send us any information and ideas that you have, that may be helpful in understanding this new piece of legislation, as well as alternative solutions that are more reliant upon a free market with government regulations versus a government-run industry/market with “false” incentives.
- Tisha Casida

OPINION: Stop the CFPA

This is a website that you should look at if you like liberty and free markets:  http://www.stopthecfpa.com/

Interesting that the US Chamber of Commerce is behind it – that is likely a statement in itself.  We have hundreds of small businesses that are a part of our company’s operations.

Protect small businesses and be wary of additional regulations and reforms that make doing business impossible.

- Dixie Signum