With all the discussion of the current economic “stimulus” plan, it is becoming clearer and clearer that the vast majority of people have either lost sight of the real purpose of government… or have consciously chosen to ignore it and pursue their own personal agendas. It is times like these that a review of […]
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As cynical as I am, I actually expected more… but the current economic situation is being viewed by politicians as just another opportunity to grab money and power. Business as usual… but on a much grander scale.
Even if they went to Washington with sincere intentions and a pure heart, there must be something about […]
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During difficult economic times, we all must take firm measures to control “weather the storm”. We only make purchases that are necessary and look for good value in the things we do buy. We set aside money in case things get worse. We do without many things we’d LIKE to have.
Our government, however, doesn’t seem […]
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Seems to me that, over the past 50 years or so, the U.S. has lost our moral compass.
Those in the majority were tolerant enough to allow the minority to get a strong foothold in our basic institutions and, gradually, some of the core tenets upon which our great nation was founded have been eroded. Specifically, […]
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The challenge in this great republic is to ensure that our representatives (and those in the government bureaucracy who report to them) respect the majority... and for the majority to respect the minority... and for all to respect the law.
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