My Tax Burden
Would you like to know why the US economy is about to take a nosedive yet again? It’s because people will have less to spend. A *lot* less. Check out MyTaxBurden.org. Plug in fictitious numbers if you want. Then press the “Calculate” button and see how much more in taxes you’re about to spend next [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Conviction versus Tolerance
Image by Getty Images via Daylife My wife showed me an article this week; I *think* it was from the Museum of Natural History, but I can’t be sure. The article was mostly well-written and talked about how by a very early age, 6 months, humans begin rational thinking. Babies know that hidden objects haven’t [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )State Sovereignty
Image via Wikipedia The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 15 so far )Faithful Inside and Out
Image via Wikipedia I. Introduction We’re wrapping up the letters of from Paul to the church of Thessalonica today. Paul’s 1st letter consisted mostly of encouragement as the church faced prosecution and urged Christians to live by high moral standards in an immoral society. Anybody think this might be applicable today? Paul also talked about [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )The Next Civil Liberties Scare
Image via Wikipedia I’m amazed at how fast we’re moving to a system where the government controls everything. They’re nationalizing banks, socializing medicine, rewriting property laws and taxing our grandchildren as we speak. Here I thought the loss of property rights from the Kelo decision were bad for America. All this coming from lefties who [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Biggest Spending Package in the History of the World
Image via Wikipedia Congress took the Stimulus package behind closed doors to prepare the final version. They’ve set it for a vote today.What happened to the promise of “transparency?” Why aren’t we allowed to see what is in this revised package? Congress is expected to do a blind vote today. “Don’t read it, just vote [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Rejecting the Arrogance
In this morning’s Washington Post, Obama wrote that the Stimulus Package (which is horrendously misleading as there is far more liberal pet socialist programs than stimulus in the package) must be passed immediately or puppies will die. No time to read it, just sign it. But then he includes this phrase – “I reject these [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )"Stimulus" Bill Now Tops $900 Billion
Congress is sapping any possibility of US productivity for generations to come. Only a fraction of this so-called “stimulus” bill actually stimulates the economy. The vast majority of it is increased government oversight and additional government programs. By taking such a whopping amount from the American people, the US government is stifling productivity of the [...]
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