Obama puts politics over nation, again. In 2008, the slogan was “Yes We Can.” For 2011–12, it’s “We Can’t Wait.” What happened in between? Candidate Obama, the vessel into which myriad dreams were poured, met the reality of governance. His near–$1 trillion stimulus begat a stagnant economy with 9 percent unemployment. His attempt at Wall Street reform left ... MORECharles Krauthammer: The Pipeline Sellout
Obama puts politics over nation, again. In 2008, the slogan was “Yes We Can.” For 2011–12, it’s “We Can’t Wait.” What happened in between? Candidate Obama, the vessel into which myriad dreams were poured, met the reality of governance. His near–$1 trillion stimulus begat a stagnant economy with 9 percent unemployment. His attempt at Wall Street reform left ... MOREBill Freeze: The Inevitable Outcome Of Big Government
Uncontrolled power + special interests = crony capitalism. Would a farmer who put out a trough of slop be surprised if it attracted a bunch of pigs? Then why are activists who promote enlarging the size and scope of government shocked when one program after another is hijacked by corporations that find it easier to seek favors in Washington than ... MOREVIDEO: Peter Schiff - Educating Occupiers
Peter Schiff explain the true source of America's economic woes to protestors.
Jacob Sullum: Is Social Security A Ponzi Scheme?
Scaring seniors with simple truths. At the Republican presidential debate in Tampa on September 12, Mitt Romney said Rick Perry had needlessly “scared seniors” by calling Social Security “a Ponzi scheme.” Romney, more sensitive to the anxieties of retirees, prefers to say “the American people have been effectively defrauded out of their Social Security” (as he puts it ... MOREJohn Fricke: Should I Buy A Gun?
A question everyone should be asking. I have never owned a gun. Matter of fact, I have fired a gun a grand total of one time in my life. I shouldered a shotgun out in the north Georgia woods when I was nineteen years old and fired at a milk bottle filled with water as a target. The kick from the gun nearly tore my shoulder off, since I obviously had no clue what ... MOREDOJ Wants To Criminalize Uploading YouTube Videos
Government seeks to use racketeering charges to police net. The Department of Justice is attempting to criminalize uploading videos that break YouTube's terms of service, along with any other online action that is deemed to contravene a website's usage policy, in a shocking expansion of cybersecurity laws deemed draconian by critics. " In a statement obtained by CNET ... MOREVIDEO: Andrew Napolitano - Who Is Better Off Now?
Someone is better off now than four years ago, but who?
Detroit News: Estimate Of Auto Bailout Loses Soar
Losses to Treasury expected to exceed $23 billion. The Treasury Department dramatically boosted its estimate of losses from its $85 billion auto industry bailout by more than $9 billion in the face of General Motors Co.'s steep stock decline. In its monthly report to Congress, the Treasury Department now says it expects to lose $23.6 billion, up from its ... MOREPaul Conner: EPA Uses Junk Science To Justify Regulations
Public servants or public masters? The Environmental Protection Agency has used bogus “press release science” to defend analyses of how Clean Air Act regulations affect the public’s health while downplaying their economic costs, two congressmen declared Tuesday. In an unusually lengthy 11-page letter, Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris and Georgia Republican ... MOREWSJ: To Increase Jobs, Increase Economic Freedom
by John Mackey. Is the United States exceptional? Of course we are! Two hundred years ago we were one of the poorest countries in the world. We accounted for less than 1% of the world's total GDP. Today our GDP is 23% of the world's total and more than twice as large as the No. 2 country's, China. America became the wealthiest country because for most of our history ... MOREVIDEO: John Stossel - Infrastructure Spending
Roads and bridges present a noble facade for political pork.
Ralph Reiland: The Public's Distrust
Taxpayers identify government as the problem. The good news is that Americans' distrust of government is at its highest level ever. It's good news because it shows the public recognizes how poorly we're being governed. Not much good comes out of trusting people who shouldn't be trusted — not much good comes out of reelecting them, either. Only 9 percent of ... MOREAP: Post Office Is Another Government Debt Machine
Loses mount to $5.1 billion. The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume. The financial losses for the year ended Sept. 30 came despite deep cuts of more than 130,000 jobs ... MOREWeekly Standard: Obama Has America Powering Down
Federal regulation is killing energy development. American energy policy is increasingly defined in terms of what is prohibited, not what is promoted. Coal, nuclear, and natural “shale” gas all have been hampered by the current administration. And the last three weeks have offered two more examples of how America’s byzantine energy laws and policy deter ... MORE
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