

Good Morning Liberty
Good Morning Liberty
Good Morning Liberty is a libertarian podcast hosted by Nate and Chuck, lifelong friends and former touring musicians who now run a healthcare software business in Nashville, TN. Each episode breaks down daily news and political events through the lens of libertarian philosophies, emphasizing individual freedom, logic-based arguments, and practical ways to live a meaningful life. With a mix of humor and insightful commentary, it's perfect for anyone seeking a fresh, liberty-minded start to their day.
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Apr 7, 2020 • 1h 17min
How Many People Have to Die Before We Reopen the Economy? || EP 222
MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty An Alternative to the Lockdown Strategy in the Fight Against Coronavirus https://fee.org/articles/an-alternative-to-the-lockdown-strategy-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus/ The current coronavirus strategy of most governments is a recipe for a worldwide economic disaster. In many countries, the strategy of confinement and forcing shops to close is a sure-fire path to large-scale business failures. The cascade of economic and financial repercussions to come is likely to lead to another Great Depression. Could Sweden's Laissez-Faire Approach to the Coronavirus Actually Work? https://fee.org/articles/could-sweden-s-laissez-faire-approach-to-the-coronavirus-actually-work/ Sweden, unlike its European neighbors and most US states, has declined to take a hardline approach to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Instead of instituting mass shutdowns and ramping up policing, Sweden has responded with a lighter touch. AOC wants coronavirus reparations for minorities: 'Inequality is a comorbidity' https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/3/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wants-covid-19-reparation/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared Friday that inequality is a preexisting health condition and that minority and low-income communities should receive coronavirus relief in the form of reparations. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 2, 2020 • 47min
Consumers Prefer Reviews Over Government Licensing || EP 221
MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty Harvard Study Finds Consumers Don't Care if Businesses Are Licensed, but Do Consider Customer Reviews and Pricing https://fee.org/articles/harvard-study-finds-consumers-don-t-care-if-businesses-are-licensed-but-do-consider-customer-reviews-and-pricing/ A recent study by MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Boston University found that consumers care far more about reviews and prices than government-mandated credentials. Amazon Worker Fired After Staging Walkout Over Company's Handling Of Coronavirus Risk https://www.huffpost.com/entry/amazon-fires-worker-chris-smalls_n_5e828693c5b62dd9f5d482fa?ncid=APPLENEWS00001 Amazon fired an employee who helped organize a walkout at one of its fulfillment centers over the company's response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Monday. Shoot them dead' - Philippine leader says won't tolerate lockdown violators https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-dutert-idUSKBN21K0AY MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 1, 2020 • 1h 29min
Can Transgender Females Compete in Female Sports? Plus More Free Market is Winning || EP 220
MasterMyTrades.com FREE TRIAL EXTENDED FOR ONE DAY! JUMP IN NOW FOR FREE! Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty GOP Governor Bans Biological Males From Competing Against Girls https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-governor-bans-biological-males-from-competing-against-girls?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro On Monday, Republican Governor Brad Little of Idaho signed the Fairness for Women in Sports Act, which protects girls sports as single-sex, barring biologically male transgender girls from competing against biological girls. Coronavirus: Spain passes 100,000 cases and records more than 800 deaths for five days running https://twitter.com/i/events/1219057585707315201 The total number of global cases has passed 860,000, including more than 42,000 fatalities. Over 178,000 patients are reported to have recovered. Get the latest updates from around the world: Coronavirus Exposes Birth Control Access Flaws https://www.insidesources.com/coronavirus-exposes-birth-control-access-flaws/e. Many Americans rely on maintenance medications — drugs that they use long-term. These include a host of medications, including hormonal contraception, which are used to maintain daily quality of life. In the case of contraception, hormonal birth control can be used for family planning and treating the symptoms of illnesses like polycystic ovarian syndrome. The CDC will set up a coronavirus 'surveillance and data collection system' as part of the $2 trillion stimulus bill, which President Trump just signed into law President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping stimulus bill that will pump emergency funding into the CDC to combat the coronavirus, including a system to gather data on how the virus is spreading. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 1, 2020 • 1h 21min
Marc Clair from Lions of Liberty! || EP 219
MasterMyTrades.com - HURRY! Free Trial ends tonight! Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty Great interview with Marc from Lions of Liberty! We discuss the Pandemic, Economics, Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of meaning. Go to LionsofLiberty.com or Patreon.com/LionsofLiberty to support them! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 30, 2020 • 1h 18min
Government Steps Aside So the Market Can Provide || EP 218
MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization Of Trump-Touted Drug To Treat Coronavirus DAILYWIRETHANKSBEN On Sunday night, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, drugs often used to treat malaria and recently touted by President Donald Trump as a possible "game-changer" in the fight against the China-originated novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. FDA greenlights COVID-19 point-of-care test https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fda-greenlights-first-covid-19-pointofcare-test-from-abbott-234449283.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use for a portable, fast, swab test for the coronavirus Friday which can provide results in less than 15 minutes. After $25 million stimulus, stunned NSO players receive one-week notice from Kennedy Center https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/after-25-million-stimulus-stunned-nso-players-receive-one-week-notice-from-kennedy-center/2020/03/28/9c27603e-7118-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0brsRAhi5aDzms_aW6rLYYL9XwfK1zXhskWcFVKa-LhCbnDlYVluAj_eU Hours after President Trump signed a stimulus bill that includes $25 million for the Kennedy Center, its president, Deborah Rutter, told the National Symphony Orchestra that paychecks would end this week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2020 • 1h 17min
Trump Wants Thomas Massie Ousted From the Republican Party || EP 217
Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty MasterMyTrades.com 'Mr. No': Meet the U.S. congressman who might delay the coronavirus bill https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massie-factbox/mr-no-meet-the-u-s-congressman-who-might-delay-the-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21E26K WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump as he has leaders of Congress worried he will delay a planned Friday voice vote on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue plan, drawing calls from the White House to throw him out of the Republican Party. Mexican governor says poor are 'immune' to coronavirus https://apple.news/ABwfj1_NCTMmjByGfJOrFRg The governor of a state in central Mexico is arguing that the poor are "immune" to the new coronavirus, even as the federal government suspends all nonessential government activities beginning Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 26, 2020 • 1h 15min
Pandemic Economics in One Lesson || EP 216
Sanders rips GOP senators for voting for tax cuts but objecting to increased unemployment benefits https://apple.news/Aq4iaGYy9Qlm-g4qI2rTt-A Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday lambasted Republican senators who had objected to provisions in the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that they said would incentivize unemployment, accusing them of fixating on minor perks for workers amid a crisis. "What happened is Sen. (Lindsey) Graham and some other Republicans, they are just terribly upset that low-income workers might receive a bit more money than they otherwise would have earned," Sanders told CNN's Anderson Cooper, before the chamber voted on the bill. Fears for civil rights mount amid fight against coronavirus https://apple.news/A3rCfBt09TQ2pZgg0hf-X3Q The orders seem prudent in the bid to thwart the spread of the novel coronavirus: Don't go out, don't gather with others and keep your stores closed. But growing segments of the U.S. population say state and federal governments are trampling on freedoms central to American life in the name of protecting public health. Mexican governor says poor are 'immune' to coronavirus https://apple.news/ABwfj1_NCTMmjByGfJOrFRg The governor of a state in central Mexico is arguing that the poor are "immune" to the new coronavirus, even as the federal government suspends all nonessential government activities beginning Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus. MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 25, 2020 • 1h 38min
You Get a Stimulus and You Get a Stimulus, and You Get a Stimulus... But Not You || EP 215
Here's what's included in the historic $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus https://www.fastcompany.com/90481852/heres-what-included-in-the-historic-2-trillion-coronavirus-stimulus-bill After four days of back and forth, the United States Senate has agreed to pass a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package aimed at helping to get the economy back on track while also providing a financial cushion to Americans. US was more prepared for pandemic than any other country, Johns Hopkins study found https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-was-most-prepared-country-in-the-world-for-pandemics-johns-hopkins-study-found-in-2019 The United States was ranked the best-prepared country in the world to handle a pandemic in late 2019 by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHCHS) -- an assessment seemingly at odds with claims by Democrats that the Trump administration left the country vulnerable to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Proof That "the Rich" Aren't Going to Fund the Tidal Wave of New Spending FEE The good news is that the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that you're rich. ELON MUSK SAYS ABOUT 1,200 VENTILATORS FOR CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS READY THIS WEEK AS TESLA, FACEBOOK AND APPLE DONATE FACE MASKS https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-tesla-coronavirus-covid19-ventilators-n95-face-masks-facebook-apple-1493682 Elon Musk has said about 1,200 ventilators are expected to be ready for distribution in the U.S. this week, an effort that could help medical experts treat severe cases of COVID-19. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 24, 2020 • 1h 29min
Democrats Don't Care About You... Neither Do Republicans || EP 214
CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT DEVELOPED BY GILEAD SCIENCES GRANTED "RARE DISEASE" STATUS, POTENTIALLY LIMITING AFFORDABILITY https://theintercept.com/2020/03/23/gilead-sciences-coronavirus-treatment-orphan-drug-status/ ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, the Food and Drug Administration granted Gilead Sciences "orphan" drug status for its antiviral drug, remdesivir. The designation allows the pharmaceutical company to profit exclusively for seven years from the product, which is one of dozens being tested as a possible treatment for Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Dem Rep. Told Colleagues Coronavirus Bill Is 'Tremendous Opportunity to Restructure Things to Fit Our Vision' https://news.yahoo.com/dem-rep-told-colleagues-coronavirus-145245071.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) worked to scupper the phase-three coronavirus relief package on Sunday after Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S.C.) told caucus members last week that the bill was "a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision." Dems stuff emergency stimulus with outrageous socialist wish list. What you NEED to know: https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/24/dems-stuff-emergency-stimulus-with-outrageous-socialist-wish-list-what-you-need-to-know-900739 It would be hard to overstate the shocking hubris and blind political ambition of Nancy Pelosi's play to hold Americans hostage this week during the unprecedented coronavirus crisis. Republicans accuse her of loading up a "socialist wish list" to piggyback on the rescue bill America is waiting on, and observers from across the spectrum are enraged. • Permanently raises the minimum wage to $15 for any business that receives federal aid for COVID-19. • Cancels all debt owed by the U.S. Postal Service to the Treasury. Green New Deal priorities … • Requires all airlines that receive assistance to offset carbon emissions for domestic flights by 2025. • Includes a $1 billion "cash for clunkers" airplane program where the Transportation Department buys fuel-inefficient planes from airlines in exchange for agreeing to buy new ones. • Includes expansive new tax-credit for solar and wind energy. Student loan forgiveness … • $10,000 blanket loan forgiveness. Federalizing elections … Shareholder suit accuses Sen. Richard Burr of securities fraud https://apple.news/A9-eIDScHQG2FfdJMap4pLA POLITICO Patreon.com/goodmorningliberty mastermytrades.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 23, 2020 • 1h 19min
You Can't Blame Capitalism for the Coronavirus || EP 213
Inflexible, bureaucratic FDA is dragging its feet on coronavirus response https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/fda-inspections-craziness-preventing-coronavirus-response President Trump is extolling his administration's coronavirus response effort. To that end, Trump says he has massively cut red tape to maximize the government's efficiency. It sounds good, but Trump hasn't done enough on this score. At this very moment, stockpiles of masks, hand sanitizer, and other supplies are sitting in warehouses waiting for FDA inspectors to get around to them. Where other nations are expediting these deliveries, trusting proven suppliers in their deliveries, the FDA has resorted to its favorite fetish: bureaucratic lethargy. DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic patreon.com/goodmorningliberty mastermytrades.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


