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N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Defends ‘Confrontational’ Tone

susan — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:15:19 +0000

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he was elected because he believes in less government, lower taxes and in empowering local officials to fix their problems. When responding to a reporter’s question about his “confrontational tone,” he says he will continue to answer questions directly and that his positions may lead to disagreement. He says people in New Jersey will not have to wonder where he is on a position. He came to govern, not to escape from tough answers or worry about reelection.

John Stossel: Big Government is Creating Federal Bullies

susan — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:24:35 +0000

John Stossel, columnist and Fox News contributor says that Federal government has grown significantly and the Feds are becoming bullies, mandating citizen behavior. He cites how the Labor Department is chasing unpaid interns and Congress is chasing chewing tobacco in baseball. He says it is time to stand up and say “Enough!”

The Hypocrisy of Our Government Programs

howard — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:17:00 +0000

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Howard Love
Publisher, The Right Post, entrepreneur and business strategist

There was a very interesting article in the WSJ recently that discussed what’s going on in Colorado Springs. Like virtually all local governments, they are severely strapped for cash. So they have taken a number of city projects and asked the community to support them directly, either with time or money. That seems both smart and logical. The interesting part is that the vast majority of the projects ultimately cannot find enough support or backers to continue them. And THAT begs the obvious and burning question: If nobody ultimately cares enough to support these projects, WHY WERE THEY STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE?Can you imagine the many thousands of local, state and federal programs that would be in the same situation? That when push comes to shove, nobody really cares enough about these projects to actually directly devote their own time and money. My guess is that 75% of all government programs would collapse, if central government support was cut and people were asked to support those exact programs directly. Which brings us ultimately to a very interesting conundrum, which is that people are often happy to spend OTHER peoples’ time and money on projects which they themselves would not ultimately back with their own direct resources. The word for this is hypocrisy.

John Stossel: Entitlements are Stealing From our Children

susan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:04:45 +0000

John Stossel, columnist and Fox News contributor says that Social Security and Medicare are ponzi schemes run by Congress. With these entitlements plus health care we are stealing from our children. Instead we should delay retirement age, reduce payments to wealthier people and only pay out what an individual paid in plus the two to three times growth of the investment.

Ron Paul: True Financial Reform Starts with Fed Reserve Powers

susan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:50:42 +0000

Texas Congressman Ron Paul reacts to Senator Dodd’s proposed financial reform legislation by saying it gives more power to the Fed and ‘doesn’t do the job.’ Paul believes that any consumer protection agency should be independent and not be part of the Federal Reserve. True reform is the reform of the Federal Reserve and the whole concept of the Federal Reserve being able to create money.

Understanding the Tea Party

howard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:28 +0000

Not sure why it is, but journalists (even conservative journalists), as well as Republicans have a very hard time understanding what the Tea Party movement is about. Today’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal by Thomas Frank misses the mark, yet again. He seems to conclude that it is “reactionary” and wanting to reverse the long course of history. No, that’s not it. Tea Party devotees are reactionary against the expanded role of government and its creeping (or runaway, depending on your perspective) intrusions on our everyday life and freedoms. The Tea Party is reactionary to an increasingly oppressive government, and that’s the direct parallel to the Tea Party of Colonial times when the populace of America could simply stand the oppression no more.

Frank’s editorial references an interesting Republican Powerpoint from the RNC that references the Tea Party as driven by “‘Fear’ and ‘Extreme negative feelings toward existing Administration.’ These donors are, in the language of the presentation, ‘Reactionary.’” As you can see even the RNC misses the point: Much of the Tea Party’s vitriol is directed against the Republicans themselves to the extent that they are complicit in promulgating and/or acquiescing to Big Government. The FreedomWorks website says it pretty clearly: “Lower Taxes, Less Government, More Freedom”.

Obamacare 2.0: Bad Ideas + Expensive Ideas Don’t Equal a Good Bill

susan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:50:50 +0000

GOP wants to bring down the cost of health care insurance, making it more available to more Americans without increasing the size of government. Obamacare 2.0, Obama’s $950 billion proposal is a rehash of what American has already said “No” to – government control of health care, higher taxes, cuts to Medicare and increases to the deficit.

Jose Pinera: Entitlement Reform is Critical for Social Security

susan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:38:18 +0000

Jose Pinera, former Labor and Social Security Minister of Chile and Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, privatized social security in Chile. He argues for entitlement reform in the U.S. to curb the debt liability of $100 trillion in net present value for the U.S. Social Security system.

Glenn Beck at CPAC: America must return to its original values.

susan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:41:32 +0000

Glenn Beck, author and FOX television host, told the CPAC convention that America needs to change now and stand up for the right things …liberty, freedom and the right to succeed.

Economic Stimulus: Obama’s Broken Promises

susan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:41:58 +0000

The Republican National Committee highlights the promises made by Obama starting in 2009 about the results to be expected from the economic stimulus. After one year, the realities of the stimulus are $862 billion spent, 2.8 million jobs lost and 9.7% unemployment.