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409: WAL Reacts - Trump's response to the "Chinese Virus" Mar 29, 2020

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Listen is as the WAL Crew of Hodey Johns, Rhinehold, and Remso Martinez shows how many flapjacks our president can flip flop all over the place. You'll also hear about election odds, how sociopathy doesn't make somebody a trash person, and how Trump could still be right if a lot of people die really fast.

Video: https://youtu.be/Zaq5pdaYAmk

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408: COVID-19 - Quarantines and Shutdowns Mar 28, 2020

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Rhinehold and Hodey take their differences in opinion to the airwaves, talking about history, the government, the private sector, and what all of those things mean about mandatory shutdowns.

Video: https://youtu.be/KUX4Wmi_1AA

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407: COVID-19 - $2 Trillion Stimulus Breakdown Mar 27, 2020

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Rhinehold and Hodey discuss the recent spending package approved by Congress, on its way to being signed by the president. Questions about what's in it, what does it mean for you, what's good and bad about it, and is this a moment that libertarians can capitalize on are answered in detail.

Video: https://youtu.be/p629YUwY0zA

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406: Path to Libertarianism - Daniel J. Mitchell, Co-Founder of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity on Economics Mar 26, 2020

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Chris Spangle talks to Daniel J. Mitchell, co-founder of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and Chairman of the Board and former Cato Institute scholar. Dan is an expert in international tax competition and supply-side tax policy. He discusses his path to liberty through the 1976 Ronald Reagan campaign, how he studies to write about economics daily, and what it is like to work at a think tank. We also discuss what power the Presidency has in determining the economy and if economic collapse could take place.

Daniel's blog - https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/

Daniel's Twitter - https://twitter.com/danieljmitchell

Center for Freedom and Prosperity - https://freedomandprosperity.org/

Video - https://youtu.be/Iv8KDwy5qZ4

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405: COVID-19 - Potential Treatments for This Coronavirus Mar 25, 2020

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Brian Wohlgemuth has done extensive research on the treatment for the coronavirus and has been tracking the medicine since government officials and large hospitals started stockpiling it. Find out what it does and doesn't do, and why you can be hopeful that it will help immensely.

Show Notes - https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/Testing-Treatment-and-a-Way-Out-Google-Docs.pdf

Video - https://youtu.be/xqeJ0_aCEnE

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404: COVID-19 - Individualism Will Protect People's Health Mar 24, 2020

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Phyllis Klosinski is 72 with underlying health issues as well as one of the strongest advocates for individual liberty that Chris Spangle knows. He reached out to hear her opinion on protecting lives while protecting livelihoods. She shares some good arguments for personal responsibility, the ineffectiveness of government, and how we can get through this tough time.

Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease? - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing.html

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403: COVID-19 - The Terrible Choice Facing Us Mar 23, 2020

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Chris Spangle, Chris Gault, and Creighton Harrington reunite to discuss the terrible choice facing us: Preserving life or a way of life. We discuss the economic sacrifice being made by Americans to save lives. We discuss the numbers of the diseases' spread. We also consider what will be different on the other side of this crisis.

Website showing the spread - https://covidactnow.org/

Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown - https://www.wsj.com/articles/rethinking-the-coronavirus-shutdown-11584659154

Video - https://youtu.be/RE3TjAfoXYo

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402: COVID-19 - Heroism During Coronavirus Mar 22, 2020

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The WAL crew talks about the people and projects that have shown bravery during this frightening time. From blood drives to homeless shelters to video games, there are lots of reasons for hope.

Video - https://youtu.be/NQUe438d168

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401: COVID-19 - Details of Three Rounds of Government Stimulus with Ross Marchand Mar 20, 2020

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Chris Spangle and Rhinehold talk to Ross Marchand of the Taxpayer Protection Alliance about the three rounds of economic stimulus that Washington has enacted or is proposing. We give the details of a $1 Trillion stimulus currently being negotiated, which is one of the largest stimulus packages in modern history.

Video - https://youtu.be/CYZ0OVWv0UU

The growing coronavirus stimulus packages - https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-stimulus-packages-compared-7613a16f-56d3-4522-a841-23a82fffcb46.html
Ross's Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossAMarchand
Taxpayers Protection Alliance - https://www.protectingtaxpayers.org/
TPA Coronavirus Op-Eds - https://www.protectingtaxpayers.org/coronavirus-corner/

About Ross Marchand

Ross Marchand is the director of policy for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. Ross is an alumni of the Mercatus MA Fellowship, and received his master’s degree in economics from George Mason University. He has worked with FreedomWorks, ALEC, and the Lithuanian Free Market Institute. Ross’s work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Denver Post, Washington Examiner and he’s appeared on C-SPAN, CGTN, BlazeTV, Fox 5 DC and Stossel (ReasonTV).

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400: COVID-19 - Libertarian Fireside Chat on Our Experiences and Pandemic NAP Violations Mar 19, 2020

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Hodey Johns hosts a conversation about the COVID-19 crisis with WAL contributors.

Video: https://youtu.be/ZMWYvV8m_Uw

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