February 4th, 2010 9:22 am |
by Marc Gallagher
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Published in
Big Government, Liberty, Rand Paul, Ron Paul |
A rather long piece on Ron Paul’s family with a focus on his son Rand’s Kentucky senatorial bid is in the Washington Post today. It’s a fairly positive article for the most part, although I do detect some potential sarcastic undertones. Mostly I’m confused why it is running in the “Style” section?
Then again, I suppose the article did go into detail about the clothes everyone was wearing in addition to the politics angle.
Ron Paul’s cluster had more gravitational pull. Wearing a roomy charcoal suit and comfortable black shoes, Paul led a spirited discussion of the pricing index. People with business cards that said “T.E.A. Party Patriots” and “ConservativeEdge Political Commentator” waited impatiently to shake his hand. Economists and self-proclaimed entrepreneurs offered him copies of his book “End the Fed” to sign.
A few feet away, Rand Paul stood in the middle of his own circle, wearing a lighter gray suit with a checkered pattern, and comfortable black shoes. Sharon Weaver, 63, drifted from the father to the son and asked Rand to sign Ron Paul’s book “The Revolution: A Manifesto” below his father’s signature.
Read the full article here.
February 3rd, 2010 10:34 am |
by Mike Miller
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Published in
congress, DownsizeDC.org, government spending, inflation, Liberty, Money, Obama, Politics, Taxes |
On Monday, President Obama proposed a federal budget for 2011. It features record-setting spending and borrowing. We believe it will do more harm than good. Please tell Congress to oppose this budget and work to cut federal spending.
You may copy or borrow from the following letter . . .
I demand that you oppose President Obama’s $3.83 trillion budget with its $1.56 trillion deficit. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9715793
* the deficit alone will be larger than individual and corporate income taxes combined http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/classic.html#usgs30210
* the cost of the federal government will be over $36,000 per family
* of which $17,000 will be new debt http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2010/02/01/washingtonwatch-com-digest-february-1-2010/
The cost of the federal government is vastly greater than the benefits it provides. And the American people don’t want such a bloated budget. According to a January 29 Rasmussen Report . . . Read More »
February 2nd, 2010 10:58 pm |
by Jake Towne
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Published in
Economics, inflation, Jake Towne, Liberty, Money, Politics |
“Economics consists of looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups… The economic goal of any nation, as of any individual, is to get the greatest results with the least effort.” - economist Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson
Originally published February 2, 2010 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/common-sense-fixes-the-job-market-1
Not only has the government and the Federal Reserve caused the financial crisis with excessive money-printing, reckless spending, bailouts and corporatism, but the government is fully responsible for the rampant unemployment we see in our country today. While the newspaper headlines of 10% use the Bureau of Labor and Statistics U-3 figure. However, the government’s broadest indicator of unemployment, the U-6 figure which includes ‘discouraged’ and ‘marginally attached’ workers plus part-time workers who desire a full-time job is currently over 17%. However, the U-6 does not account for long-term discouraged workers who have not been able to find a job, and economist John Williams estimates true employment to be 22% as seen below.
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February 1st, 2010 9:38 pm |
by Marc Gallagher
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Published in
Activism, Big Government, Commentary, Health Care, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, states rights |
The Virginia State Senate voted today 23-17 to add a provision to the Virginia State Code that would exempt Virginians from being forced by the federal government to participate in any health care plan. Furthermore, the provision exempts Virginians from having to pay a fine or fee for not participating.
The text of the legislation sponsored by Jill Holtzman Vogel reads as follows:
No resident of this Commonwealth, regardless of whether he has or is eligible for health insurance coverage under any policy or program provided by or through his employer, or a plan sponsored by the Commonwealth or the federal government, shall be required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance coverage. No provision of this title shall render a resident of this Commonwealth liable for any penalty, assessment, fee, or fine as a result of his failure to procure or obtain health insurance coverage.
This is a big win for Virginians, the 10th Amendment, and liberty. The fight is not over though. I highlight the word “individual” above because it worries me. Does this mean the federal government can mandate family coverage?
Hopefully this ambiguity will be remedied as the bill moves further along in the legislative process.
Five Democrats voted for the bill. You can find the vote tally on the bill’s tracking page here and more information is available here.
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