A Free Solution
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Elevating voices of liberty and solutions rooted in freedom. Hosted by Kevin Wilson and Tim O'Connor.
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Good bye to the radio audience
Still doing a podcast occasionally
Trump executive orders
A debate over H1B visas turned into a debate on American culture and the value of American employees
https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1872312139945234507
Are visas like this exploitative?
Kevin praises Alex Jones
Terror attack in NOLA
NYC recommends masking outdoors
New NYS Laws
We're doing the annual last minute spending bill thing again. An ongoing holiday tradition. Will this year be any different
Privatizing the postal service is probably fine
Invasion of the drones!
Rochester passes a Good Cause eviction bill. Will it actually help people?
More eyebrow raising Biden pardons
Kevin and Tim talk about the fallout and discussion from catching the person who killed United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson.
Reasons to be mad at the healthcare system
Reasons murder isn't the best solution
Government is a huge part of the bad incentives
Bad actors and rational choices everywhere, but no single villains
Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely
NYS Governor Hochul offers us $300 to $500
We have author Jason Fry on the show to discuss National Divorce, A Plan for Peace
https://national-divorce.com/
Tim and Kevin also discuss tribal sovereignty for car dealer laws with the Oneidas and zoning.
Plus we do get into the Hunter Biden stuff
Trump wants to put 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada
Tim tells the story of a specialty manufacturer and why he was in favor of tariffs
How tariffs might hurt most American manufacturers
A mild defense of strategic tariffs before bashing the Jones Act
Kevin says some nice things about RFK Jr. wanting to go after the AMA
Random stories from Egyptian hallucinogens to occupational licensing reform
US allowing Ukraine to attack targets deeper in Russia with US supplied missiles
Students put up "anti-Israel" (maybe antisemitic?) posters on campus. Should they go to jail for property damage
RFK Jr. is here to save us from Fluoride and Seed Oils
The good, bad, and ugly Trump's appointments. Is he already a disappointment to Libertarian Party members who defected?
Can DOGE shrink government?
Can some spending cuts hurt the project of shrinking government long term?
Consequences of a Trump win
What went wrong for Democrats?
Will Democrats actually learn anything from this?
Tangent on abolishing broadcast licensing of airwaves
Referencing a crude joke McAfee made after attending the LPNY convention in 2016
Where do the parties go from here? Including the libertarian party
Peanut and Frank
How Tim and Kevin think the election will turn out
Best case for Trump
Best case for Kamala
Dick Cheney is an inspiration of a certain kind
Tim Walz thinks his endorsement of Harris gives libertarians permission to vote for him
Harris comes around on marijuana policy
There's a chance she violated the 13th amendment
Random commenters are made about our support of Dick Cheney and Harris
Identity politics
Nothing burgers
Kevin and Tim talk about the IV Fluid shortages hitting hospital systems all over and how the government makes it tough for markets to respond
Kevin and Tim argue about the high price of pharmaceutical drugs and whether importing them from other countries helps
Whether Mark Cuban is helping or just trying to get a piece of the action
Massive amounts of lobbying for healthcare
Random stories
The good and bad of FEMA response in NC
How much FEMA costs. Is it the most efficient way of spending things?
Did FEMA run out of money to give away to people because of immigrants?
Jimmy Carter
Abundance Agenda
Flood insurance and moral hazard
Can we just replace FEMA with Waffle House, Amazon, and private charity?
Somehow talking about weather machines
Military whales
Israel / Lebanon
How did Tim and Kevin meet
Kevin and Tim talk about the VP debate
Tim thinks JD Vance has the rizz
Some actual policy commentary
Arguing over corporatism and prescription drug prices
Dock worker strike
Luddites
Eric Adams - overregulation breeds corruption
Rochester requires people to show their papers
Kevin on another radio show - how to talk to non-libertarian audiences about libertarian issues
Kevin and Tim talk about the second person trying to take a shot at Trump
Does violent language breed violence?
The Libertarian Party of NH edgelords (Kevin says a swearword in this segment)
Israeli pager bombs
US Senate bill to make manufactured housing easier to build
US Senate bill to take away President's power to unilaterally impose tariffs
Kevin & Tim talk about the Presidential debate
The good, the mostly bad, and the absurd
Tenet media allegedly taking money from the Russian government
Is this speech?
Difference between this and the situation with a Chinese agent in Hochul's office
Eric Adam's makes Tim mad
Big Brother expands in Rochester
Tim and Kevin talk about how bureaucracies can become self perpetuating and find reasons to grow beyond their mission.
Dispersed costs and concentrated benefits make regulation reform hard
The do-something mentality may be one of the most destructive forces in politics.
Talking about RFK Jr endorsing Trump.
The anti-establishment vibe, not ideology
Discussion about the Libertarian Party's involvement with RFK/Trump
Telegram founder arrested
Pros and Cons of real encryption that governments can't break
A commentor wants to say Trump is the most libertarian candidate
Meta's mea culpa on covid and election fake news. Should we forgive Zuck?
RFK may have beheaded a whale
Misinformation and ugliness as free speech
The UK speech laws and threat to extradite Americans
Tim Walz doesn't understand free speech
Defending the concept of free speech
EU Commission and Elon Musk
Taxes on Tips
Boycotts are speech, Elon Musk tries to shut one down
Tim Walz selected as a VP candidate.
This election is all vibes, no substance
The politics of calling the other side weird
Some criticisms of JD Vance make him more relatable
Democrats may come off like school bullies
Libertarian Party stuff
Tim Walz's actual policy record
Letting people build things
Google Monopoly Lawsuit
RFK jr's bear
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