Mild Speculation

This week, we have a multi-part episode. First, Dan and Colton talk about minimum wage and how abolishing it might affect the economy as well as the individual. Then Vivian is back to discuss economics and capitalism with Dan.

Dan interviews Vivian Edwards, a transgender female attending Ball State University. They talk about modern liberalism and the arguments for and against various issues such as race and gender. Mild speculation on Facebook Our Website Young Americans for Liberty   Show Notes: Prison justified vs non-justified Based off race and gender Confidence by race   Incarceration rate - based on race - based on gender Reading scores (page 19) higher education based on race (page 2) income based on race and gender Broken families based off race African Slavery only 1.6% of white population owned slaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw

Dan and Colton discuss the drug war and policy with an emphasis on civil rights. We dive in to the issues which legalizing drugs might present, which drugs should be legalized, and the facets of government which might benefit Joining us this week is Tom.   The drug war by the numbers: over 10.4 billion on drug war this year 424,000 arrested for drug offenses more than any other offense 220,000 arrested for cannabis 2,700 incarcerated this year average cost of $31,000 per inmate Colorado raised 129 million in taxed recreational marijuana Dan's comment on heroine when legalized: drug abuse down when drugs decriminalized     Where to find us: Tom's personal site: http://Southernerd.us Mild speculation Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Mild-Speculation-206229376525693/ Website: http://mildspeculation.libsyn.com/ RSS: http://mildspeculation.libsyn.com/rss Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ikvmv3l7wsxmsskckx4ptvgujk4?t=Mild_Speculation iTunes:

Colton and Dan discuss Vault 7 and Trump's budget proposal. Dan tries to convince Colton that the world is really, actually ending and George Orwell was right all along. In association with YAL.   WikiLeaks: CIA loses control   CIA hacking cars   NSA spying on their own exes   CIA loses control (video)   CIA "problematic"   Hack TL;DR   Vizio and the FTC   No minimum wage   Freedom vs salaries   Gini vs freedom   Trump's budget proposal and Congress' reaction Budget overview   Colton's article  

03 "Life at conception"   Intro "" "Life at Conception" Interview with Indiana Rep. Curt Nisly of Goshen HB 1134 "Protection of life. Repeals the statutes authorizing and regulating abortion. Finds that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Asserts a compelling state interest in protecting human physical life from the moment that human physical life begins. Redefines "human being" for purposes of the criminal code to conform to the finding that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Makes other conforming changes." "We're claiming state sovereignty and saying that the federal government has no jurisdiction in this," he said, referring to the ninth and 10th amendments. He added that the initial Roe v. Wade decision wasn't based in science. Nisly said he had 23 foster and two adopted siblings growing up, and considers the legislation a matter of seeing the "value of each human life." - indystar How does this conflict with

02 "Pig Buscemi" Introduction o   "" o   Main music transition "E" Trump's executive orders and memorandums             O how many? Trump 7(1) (Ref 1) Obama 9(10) Bush 2(2) Clinton 2(7) O  End isis in 30 days o   "Mexico City Policy" Implemented by Ronald Reagan in 1984 Past presidents turned over and reinstated based off of party affiliation O "Muslim band" I hereby proclaim that the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from countries referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 USC 1187 (a)(12), O Not present in Iraq, Syria, or any other country or area of concern Department of homeland security added to the term "or any other country or area of concern" from the (a)(12) to include to include Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan on feb 18 of 2016 The Countries of Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, somalia and pakistan received a sum total of 26,172 bombs dropped

     Who are we? o   Liberty minded students with biweekly podcast over current events, politics and most importantly principle o   Quote of the day "All mankind…being equal and dependent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." – John Locke o   YAL plug "opportunities for internships and jobs through capitol hill, camping internships as well as within YAL and other organizations" http://www.yaliberty.org/ o   YAL State chair David ferguson: Why YAL? Email: david.ferguson@yaliberty.org Text/Call: (260) 438-5323   Gary Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM962Akb3Mk