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"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money."
Margaret Thatcher
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
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Visualizing the National Debt
BillShrink has an interesting and informative visualization of the National Debt (i.e. Obama’s credit card in our names). Click on the image to see it in a larger format over at BillShrink:
Posted in Economics
Tagged economy, Federal Budget, National Debt, Obama, Politics, statism
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Political Skepticism
I found a short post over at Skepticblog in which Michael Shermer simply attempts to demonstrate that the number 3.8 trillion is an almost inconceivably large number. You have probably already recognized that particular number as the size, in dollars, … Continue reading
Obama’s phony budget freeze
Matthias Shapiro, the guy behind Political Math, has produced another short but illuminating video in which he discusses President Obama’s announced budget freeze. Like his other visualizations, which include the Obama Budget Cuts Visualization and The National Debt Road Trip, this one cuts through … Continue reading
Posted in Dishonest Politicians
Tagged Federal Budget, News, Obama, Politics, statism
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We Need a New Congressional Agency
I never thought that I would utter these words, but we need a new congressional agency. This new agency, the Congressional Constitution Office, or CCO, would be modeled after the independent Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office has been … Continue reading