The Jason Stapleton Program

If you've been watching the news recently, you've not doubt seen the long lines of travelers waiting hours to pass through TSA checkpoints. According to a recent article, more than 4,000 people have missed flights due to delays caused by the TSA.

So why does TSA do such a poor job at its primary function? Simply put, because it's government.

It turns out the TSA his a top-heavy, bureaucratic, administrative nightmare. The do everything poorly. The recruit poorly, they train poorly, and they perform poorly.

And what do we get for our long lines and humorless security providers? Not much it turns out. When the TSA did its own internal audit recently over 97% of the contraband made it through TSA screenings.

Translation? The TSA sucks at its primary mission which is to search for harmful or dangerous materials before you get on a plane.

The TSA should be privatized, and those companies should be given unlimited freedom to provide real security. Those companies should be judged based on their performance, and failure to maintain a high standard should result in the loss of the contract. Basically, we need the exact opposite of what we have now.Support the show.

Yes, you read that right. Jason is going to whip out his bedazzler on the show today and give you all a show. We're also going to talk about some really important stuff starting with the fight for $15.

We've been discussing the issue of minimum wage even before the fight for $15 became a thing, and I've tried to explain what was going to happen and then point it out to you as it does. It gives you the chance to understand the economic principles at work and then see it play out in real time.

Today we find out that Wendy's will be implementing kiosks in their 6,000 stores nationwide to combat the rising cost of labor. This decision, they say, is a direct result of the minimum wage hikes happening across the country.

The $15/hr crowd told you this could never happen. They said it was all scare tactics. Well, it turns out they don't understand PR any better than they do economics. What is most frustrating is the people who will be hurt are the ones most in need of training and skills so they can move up in the workforce.

I've also got a couple of good stories about government spending and the Fed. I always get a chuckle when Yellen speaks.

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There's a new book coming out written by a former congressman and it is juicy. It would appear this congressman pulls no punches on both his colleagues in the American people. Honestly, I can't wait to read it.

Then we're going to move to an interesting video of a few cops who let their emotion get away with them. I'll let you see the result for yourself.

Some people will tell me that I need to let all the facts emerge before passing judgment but in this case, there's no need. It's clear these officers went to work on a man who was passively surrendering. It's a clear abuse of force, and I would image some cops are going to finding work as truck drivers soon.

Finally, we'll talk about an article writing at theweek.com breaking down this election season and why libertarians have not played a bigger role. I still think there's time, but the authors got a lot right.

It's a show of many topics today. Don't forget to share it with your friends.

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We just keep digging ourselves deeper and deeper into this dark hole of social justice. Now we've got universities paying "fat advocates" to teach future nutritionists not to shame their clients by telling them to lose weight.

"Lose hate; not weight" is the slogan of the day. Apparently if you're a thin person in America today, you're oppressing and shaming the fat. This is shocking to me since nearly 70% of the U.S. population is overweight. It would seem to me that skinny people like me are an oppressed minority. But what do I know?

We're also going to talk about the Facebook scandal. Congress has now gotten involved. Apparently they think they have a responsibility to protect Facebook users from a bias "trending news" section on the site. I can't believe I pay these guys to do this kind of stuff.

We've got to find a solution to this madness or we risk losing reality altogether. I hope we find a way.Support the show.

I know that title is going to ruffle some feathers, but I'm dead serious. We hear from Johnny and Suzie do-gooder all the time telling us how we shouldn't support companies or countries that use child labor. But I want to take some time on today's show and demonstrate how child labor, in combination with free market principles and the rule of law can lift people out of poverty.

I'll admit it's hard for me to think about my young girls being sent off at the age of 7 or 8 to a factory to make t-shirts. What kind of monster would do such at thing? I can hear you right now saying something like "We're lucky here in America because we have laws that prevent that kind of child abuse. "

But is it the law that keeps kids out of sweatshops in America? Certainly laws can act as a deterrent to crime but if you were starving to death would a child labor law keep you from putting your son or daughter to work helping feed the family?

In fact, the "law" doesn't even prevent child labor today. When I was growing up, we lived on a farm, and I was regularly required to help move irrigation pipe, change water and drive the tractor at harvest season. It was part of what you did because the family needed help to get the work done.

Countries that utilize child labor do so because they are economically depressed to the point that children would starve if they did not work. To suggest that you are helping a child in Cambodia by not buying products made there out of a sense of compassion for the children working in the factories is nothing short of madness.

Without those jobs, those children would likely be out on the street. Many would starve to death or be forced into work in the industries like the sex trade.

Only after incomes rise beyond a certain point does it become socially unacceptable to send children to work. What makes it possible to have child labor laws is a combination of free markets, property rights and the rule of law allowing for technology and productivity increases that make it unnecessary for children to be in the labor force.Support the show.

Trump recently release his seven-point health care overhaul plan and for anyone looking for a conservative, common sense approach to revamping the health care system it's going to bring a smile to your face.

I run through all seven on the show today. Give it a listen.

But the devil is in the details. Not the details of how he gets the plan through Congress, I'm talking about the pesky details surrounding his inability to maintain a consistent message.

It was not that long ago that Trump gave us his tax plan. A wonderful conservative document similar to the health care plan he just laid out. In it, he boasted of tax cuts for all, even the highest earners. Now he's singing a different tune.

And what about the minimum wage? In the debates, he told us he thought the minimum wage should stay where it is, but now he's saying it may need to go up.

So what gives? Who is the real Donald Trump? What does he honestly believe. I think Trump himself may not know. What I am convinced of is Trump's health care plan is not worth the paper it's written on. And that's too bad. It truly was a plan worth getting behind.Support the show.

I had planned to touch on the economy today and then shift to some stories on regulation since we've been targeting that aspect of government overreach in the last week. Then Obama was kind enough to give me a little gift.

Given the numbers were so bad, Obama felt it was necessary to come out and calm the waters. What he had to say gave me all the material I needed for a full episode.

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I've dedicated this show to discussing the real problem with government today and the solutions to fix it. The objections to third party voting have already started and as I anticipated it goes something like this; "A vote for a third party is a vote for Hillary."

This implies that on some level that' I'm to blame for Hillary being elected if I vote third party. What I would say is, it doesn't matter who get's elected. They're both basically the same person. And if we don't elect someone who cares about liberty then nothing is going to change.

The real problem with government is their ever-expanding reach. This is not an issue of Presidents doing too much or too little. It has to do with unelected bureaucrats in numberless agencies taking on the power to write law and punish offenders.

On the show today, we'll look at several such cases appearing in the headlines just this morning. It illustrates the real problem is not a lack of leadership but a total disregard for the constitution and individual liberty.Support the show.

What is the message to the millions of Cruz supporters? To the constitutional conservative who feels their voice is no longer represented in politics today.

Many of you feel that the Republican party no longer represents your values and ideals. I've felt that way for many years. Gone are the old ideas of limited government, states rights, individual liberty and free markets. The majority of Republicans serving in office today are barely distinguishable from liberal progressives.

Oh sure, we get the occasional lip service paid when there's an election. They talk about lower taxes, reducing the debt, returning to constitutional government and clawing back the regulatory spiderweb that's keeping our economy is a perpetual malaise but what do we really get?

Time and again we've seen Republicans cower and fold when it comes time to make good on their promises. Whether we're talking about the debt ceiling being raised, adding anther trillion to our debt in the last six months or the new "conservative" budget passed by a Republican Congress that boasted a half a trillion dollar deficit, the results never match the rhetoric.

The Republican party is no longer the party of constitutional, limited government. They are no longer the party of liberty. With Cruz out there is little to stop Trump from being the party's nominee. With his assertion marks a definitive shift in the party of Lincoln. The Republican party will now take on the face of a Nationalist and populist movement. That is what Trump stands for.

In the coming months, you're going to be given a false choice. You're going to be told for any number of reasons that you must vote Trump. You're going to see political insiders and media giants who once stood shoulder to shoulder with you against Trump now modify their message to make it acceptable for you (and them) to support a man who does not hold your values or your ideals sacred.

They will do this because, at their core, it's about party not principle. They will give you the impression that you can choose left or right, but you much choose one or the other. This is the false choice. There is a third way. A way for you to maintain your principles and vote your conscience. A way for you to send a message to those who tell you to fall in line.

As I said, I came to the realization that the Republican party didn't represent me years ago. And I went looking for a political philosophy that did. And I found it. Libertarians believe, at their core in 5 basic principles. They are Limited Government, Individualism, Peace, Tolerance and Free Markets.

Libertarians believe you have the right to be left alone. That government should be limited to protecting life liberty and property and should larger than is necessary to perform those functions.

Come November you're going to walk into a voting booth and on the ballot there is going to be a third choice. The libertarian choice. What I would ask is, if you feel like you're voice is no longer represented, if you feel like a man or woman without a country, please investigate the third option.

Don't sit at home on election day in an attempt to punish Republicans. Stand up and be counted. Let them know that you no longer stand with the party of National Populism. Tell them you still love liberty, and you'll fight to keep it.Support the show.

Cruz is mounting his last stand against Donald Trump in Indiana tonight. They're mixed signals, but all signs are leaning toward another Trump victory. Even if Cruz manages a victory, it will likely be a narrow one. What I've seen from the Cruz campaign over the last several weeks is desperation. They know it's close to being over. A defeat tonight might not technically mean the end of the campaign but in the eyes of the media and the voter, he's finished. From there we move to Puerto Rico where the government just defaulted on 400 million in debt. They've got another 70 billion behind that, and it's becoming evident that they don't have the ability to pay a penny of it back. What does this mean for you? That's going to be up to Congress. Right now they're trying to find a way to allow legally PR to default on the debt and save themselves from the uncomfortable position of having to pay for a bailout. It's a mess out there. Have a laugh where you can.Support the show.