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President Obama – Really bad at math or shameless deceiver? (Probably both)
At his recent health care press conference President Obama told some real whoppers. Among others, he said that his proposal “would bring down the cost of health care for millions—families, businesses and the federal government” and then added that it was “fully paid for.” And not only that, but it would bring down the deficit [...]
Continue reading...We’ve Got to Ensure that the Senate and House Health Bill Reconciliation is Open, Public, Transparent and Televised
6. January 2010
We’ve worked hard to slow down the passage of the Health Economy Takeover, and we must do more. (Scroll down for the URGENT ACTION ITEMS.) US News & World Report is reporting that Democratic Leaders are planning secret health reform deliberations. Despite their claims to the contrary, the way that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader [...]
Continue reading...Ben(edict Arnold) Nelson: “The art of the sellout: the secret is to pretend you tried.”
19. December 2009
Judas got 30 pieces of silver. Esau got a mess of pottage. Benedict Arnold offered to sell out his countrymen for cash. And now joining the long line of the imbecile pansy squishes is Big Ben Nelson. And for what did he sell his soul? Medicaid subsidies for Nebraska … all paid for by the [...]
Continue reading...One in Five House Democrats Voted Against PelosiCare
9. November 2009
I don’t see the MSM talking about it, but this was clearly the most important takeaway from the PelosiCare vote. Not only was it not bi-partisan, it wasn’t even close to unanimous within the Democratic Party. Divisive. Toxic. Political Suicide. Nearly 20% of House Democrats refused to stand with Pelosi and Obama. Or did Pelosi and Obama refuse to stand with [...]
Continue reading...UPS’s Union-Backed War on Federal Express is a Danger to Small Businesses
29. October 2009
If you’re a long time reader, you know that we often cite the United States Post Office’s war on USPS and UPS to highlight how Big Government is antithetical to free markets and prosperity. But recently, UPS has declared war on FedEx, in the form of Union-Driven rent seeking and the outcome of the war will [...]
Continue reading...On snitching and incentives; How Obama’s cronies in Chicago encourage bad behavior
27. October 2009
Just saw this news story today. Obama’s cronies in Chicago to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats You dirty rat. Chicago and Cook County residents aren’t the only ones about to get shocking tax news; the city is debuting a “tax whistle-blower” plan that could turn neighbor against neighbor in Chicago’s business community. The folks at city hall [...]
Continue reading...Why ACORN Fell Like Dominoes (but Domino’s Didn’t) and How Its Fall Could Slow the Obama Agenda
29. September 2009
Domino’s Pizza and ACORN share something in common. Amateur film released on the Internet rocked the organizations and threatened their existence. The way each organization handled its respective crisis exposed a lot about the nature and character of the people who manage the organizations and helps us understand that, yes, ACORN deserves to disappear [...]
Continue reading...What is Big Government?
4. September 2009
Big Government shouldn’t be confused with Government proper. Government proper, limited in its power and scope to only those tasks which legitimately protect life, liberty, and property from fraud and criminality, is not Big Government. It is the foundation of a free civilization. Here are some definitions of Big Government from a few online dictionaries. “Government perceived [...]
Continue reading...Cash For Clunkers is a Modern-Day Version of the Broken Window Fallacy
3. August 2009
Cash For Clunkers is an economically unsound program that will only make the American economic situation worse. It transfers wealth from one group of people to another while simultaneously destroying real wealth and misallocating scarce capital away from its best use. To understand why this is, you need only understand the Broken Window Fallacy.
Continue reading...Corruption and Big Government Go Together
29. July 2009
If you’ve been watching the news, you know that New Jersey has recently been embroiled (yet again) in local and state-level political corruption. The Wall Street Journal published a piece yesterday that ties this corruption in NJ to the cankering influence of Big Government programs and policies and also highlights the malaise the state is suffering [...]
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5. March 2010
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