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A-E-I-owe-you: What America is teaching our children
America truly is the home of the free and the land of the brave, but we’re also a nation of debtors, the biggest of all being the U.S. Government’s almost 11 trillion dollar and growing deficit. Something I’ve learned from my time as a father and a teacher is that children learn by example. We model the behaviors we desire to see in
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Cures for Our Economic Disease
Congressman Ron Paul discusses what it takes to cure the economic crisis we are facing. I have recently had several opportunities on various news programs to discuss the economy and what is wrong with the so-called economic stimulus package. I have said over and over what we shouldn’t be doing, and
Obama is hurting young Americans by pushing economic stimulus plan
President Obama’s economic “stimulus” plan is one of the first chances young Obama supporters get the opportunity to prove they are not just jaded with the romance of his rhetoric and personality, but instead are able to stand up and question critical, long-term policies that we think he might
Is President-Elect Obama Serious about Closing Guantanamo Bay?
President-elect Obama’s plans for Guantanamo Bay Prison have been vague at best. In his campaign promises he stated the base would close but he has stayed very quiet about his actual plans. “But I don’t want to be ambiguous about this. We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure
Economic “stimulus” plan will not save us
The media, the politicians and most Americans seem to be in complete agreement: we need a stimulus plan that will pump a large amount of dollars in the economy so that spending will increase and therefore will enable the economy to get out of the rut it is in and back on track to economic prosperity.
Schiff predicted financial crisis two years ago, Ridiculed
In 2006 and throughout 2007 former Ron Paul adviser Peter Schiff consistently warned the world of the looming financial crisis we are now experiencing, while pundits and media outlets constantly ridiculed him and his ideas. Neither Hank Paulson, George Bush, nor Ben Bernake could see the financial crisis
Should taxpayers bail-out bad business practices by automakers?
A lot is at stake in the decision by Congress to either prop up the Big Three automakers with over $25 billion of tax-payer money despite their business mistakes, or allow the automakers to take the hit coming to them, which would allow them to endure some short-term pain in order to restore long-term
Consumerism: Helping or killing our economy?
On the day after Thanksgiving, a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by shoppers who crashed through the doors of the store, eager to save a few bucks. In the midst of the busiest shopping day of the year, President Bush and many leaders of the Federal Reserve have been applauding the unabashed
History, Barack, and Jesus
I didn’t vote for Barack Obama, just so we get that out of the way up front. I’m also wondering whether Jesse Jackson is crying because of the historical significance of the moment, because it’s not him on the stage, or because he didn’t get to maim Obama before he had the full
Vote or die!
Celebrities left and right are encouraging people to vote. Puff Daddy issued the infamous ultimatum, “Vote or die.” He and other celebrities believe they are doing this country a tremendous favor by encouraging everyone in this great nation to vote. But, has anyone really thought out the idea of