Reinke Faces Life

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703992704576307332105245012.html?mod=djemalertNEWS  

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Chief executives at the biggest U.S. companies saw their pay jump sharply in 2010, as boards rewarded them for strong profit and share-price growth with bigger bonuses and stock grants.

The median value of salaries, bonuses and long-term incentive awards for CEOs of 350 major companies surged 11% to $9.3 million, according to a study of proxy statements conducted for The Wall Street Journal by management consultancy Hay Group.

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Seems easy.

(1) No one should make more that the US Prez in base salary.

(2) All “highly paid execs” should receive bonus compensation in the form of a ladder 25 years non-transferable Corporate bonds.

(So that 9.3M$ would be 400k$ as base and 9.3M$/25=327k$. Year 2012: 327k$ bond, Year 2013: 327k$ bond, … Year 2036: 327k$ bond.)

Sure hope the company survives 25 years!

Think behavior — long term thinking — might change?

I bet it would take 30 minutes to change.

And we’d all be better off.

Now we should figure out how to do the same with politicians and bureaucrats!

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http://ncc-1776.org/tle2011/tle616-20110424-01.html

Letter from Richard Bartucci
Re: “Start with NASA” by Jim Davidson

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Can’t we take it much, much further? I’d like to draw to your attention a recent article by economist Thomas Sowell (see http://tinyurl.com/3w4cemr) titled “Another Spending Cut Plan,” in which he advises that the federal budget be cut by specifically zeroing-out the tax feeder programs most beloved of the Republican Party. He writes:

My plan would start by cutting off all government transfer payments to billionaires. Many, if not most, people are probably unaware that the government is handing out the taxpayers’ money to billionaires. But agricultural subsidies go to a number of billionaires. Very little goes to the ordinary farmer.

Big corporations also get big bucks from the government, not only in agricultural subsidies but also in the name of “green” policies, in the name of “alternative energy” policies, and in the name of whatever else will rationalize shoveling the taxpayers’ money out the door to whomever the administration designates, for its own political reasons.

The usual political counter-attacks against spending cuts will not work against this new kind of spending cut approach. How many heart-rending stories can the media run about billionaires who have lost their handouts from the taxpayers? How many tears will be shed if General Motors gets dumped off the gravy train?

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Sounds like a plan to me. Cut the dole. Start at the top!

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http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/04/24/faced_with_a_field_of_mediocrity/

Faced with a field of mediocrity
By Jeff Jacoby
Globe Columnist / April 24, 2011

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But Bryce’s key insight was that “the merits of a president are one thing and those of a candidate another thing.’’ The skills and smarts it takes to win the White House are very different from the talents and instincts that make a great chief executive. That was as true in 1888 as it is today.

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The Dead Old White Guys made many mistakes.

One of them was not to specifically outlaw central banking.

The other was to insist that the President come from the ranks of the State Governors.

But, how they could foresee that their Republic could be, would be, so perverted!

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Response from Senator Menendez

Dear Mr. Reinke:

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding the federal government’s debt limit. I appreciate hearing from you on this critical issue and having the opportunity to respond.

The national debt is the total amount of money borrowed in order to fulfill the requirements imposed by current and past Congresses and Presidents, during periods when both Republicans and Democrats were in control of different branches of government. These are legal obligations, and the responsibility for meeting the Nation’s obligations must be shared by both parties.

Raising the debt limit is necessary to allow the Treasury to meet obligations of the United States that have been established, authorized, and appropriated by Congress. Also, it is important to note that increasing the debt limit does not authorize a single penny of new spending— it only allows the government to pay bills already incurred.

If Congress fails to act before the debt limit is reached, the Treasury would default on the legal obligations of the United States, causing far more devastating damage to the economy than the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. A few consequences of defaulting could be a substantial tax increase on all Americans, and the potential loss of millions of American jobs.

The Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, said that because Treasuries represent the benchmark borrowing rate for all other sectors, default would raise all borrowing costs. Interest rates for state and local government, corporate and consumer borrowing, including home mortgage interest, would all rise sharply. Equity prices and home values would decline, reducing retirement savings and hurting the economic security of all Americans, leading to reductions in spending and investment, which would cause business failures on a significant scale. Additionally, payments on a broad range of benefits and other U.S. obligations would be discontinued, limited or adversely affected, such as military salaries and retirement benefits; Social Security and Medicare benefits; veterans benefits; and unemployment benefits to states.

I share your desire to see our country headed down a more sustainable fiscal path, and I am committed to making the tough choices that will reduce the gap between our commitments and our resources. I believe that reducing our deficit will require a balanced approach to spending cuts; reforming tax policies, such as closing corporate tax breaks that allow oil companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes; and controlling health care costs. As your federal representative, I take very seriously my responsibility to work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to enact sound fiscal policy that that invests in our future and protects the economic security our nation’s children.

Again, thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts on this important matter. Rest assured that I will keep your views in mind. I invite you to visit my website (http://menendez.senate.gov) to learn more about how I am standing up for New Jersey families in the United States Senate.

Senator Menendez

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Yea, I say don’t raise the “debt ceiling” and I get back “default”. No, not default. You have to cut the spending! Argh!

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http://cafehayek.com/2011/04/money-isnt-wealth.html

Money Isn’t Wealth
by DON BOUDREAUX on APRIL 20, 2011
in MYTHS AND FALLACIES,SEEN AND UNSEEN,TAXES

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Steve Landsburg – in his armchair or out of it – is brilliant, just brilliant. This post of Steve’s is a must-read.

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http://www.thebigquestions.com/2011/04/18/the-man-who-cant-be-taxed/

The Man Who Can’t Be Taxed
Published by Steve Landsburg on April 18, 2011
in Bad Reasoning, Current Events and Economics. 64 Comments

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Nothing makes my job easier than a journalist who writes about something interesting and gets it 100% wrong.

Thanks, then, to Elizabeth Lesly Stevens for her column in yesterday’s Bay Citizen. Stevens wants to tax the “idle rich”, her Exhibit A being Robert Kendrick, heir to the $84 million Schlage Lock Company fortune. According to Ms. Stevens, Mr. Kendrick appears to do pretty much nothing but park and re-park his four cars all day long. Taxing people like Mr. Kendrick, she says, has to be part of any solution to America’s fiscal crisis.

Here’s what Ms. Stevens misses: Assuming the facts are as she states them, it is quite literally impossible to raise revenue by taxing the likes of Mr. Kendrick. We could argue about whether it’s desirable, but because it’s impossible, the discussion is moot.

Here’s why it’s impossible: For the government to consume more goods and services, somebody else must consume fewer.

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Everyone has to go back to poor old Robinson Crusoe’s island where some kind of money is created — be it pretty seashells or giant totem poles.

Let’s assume for the sake of argument it’s Confederate States of America dollar — one fiat currency is as good as another. An let’s further assume that the price level has become stable over time, one CSA dollar trade for one fish. AND Ms. Stevens, who’s economic education is sorely lacking, steals all the CSA dollars. For her to consume more fish, someone has to consume less. The amount of CSA dollars she’s stolen is irrelevant.

Economics is the “dismal science” because it can’t make more fish. It does tell us that when any good is limited, that is fish, there are several ways the fish can be divided. Argh! The free market will, if allowed, “fairly” allocate that poor fish, but the money used to vote on it ain’t the fish.

Argh!

It’s so simple and yet so hard for liberals and some conservatives to grasp.

Money has real world consequences. Gooferment is the problem. And, politicians and bureaucrats are today’s high priests. At least, in the Aztec days, they had human sacrifice. But, I’ll be they didn’t use the politicians and bureaucrats!

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> April 25, 2011 10:25 PM
> Now the fun begins!
> http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/ron-paul-launches-presidential-campaign-20110425

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> April 26, 2011 10:35 AM

> I think of all times this would be his best chance, except I think his age may get in the way. I know…didn’t stop Ronnie, but he had already proven himself. Should certainly be interesting though. :-)

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(1) Well, the “youngsters” have really screwed the pooch. And, the cow. And, the horse. And, just about every farm animal you can name.

(2) It may well be a game changer in forcing the debate to “Libertarian” topics.

(3) He may realize that it’s “hopeless” but is going to go down swinging.

(4) DNF the electorate and electoral calculus. ½ the folks don’t vote. If he can energize the Tea Party, and ½ of that ½ comes to the polls — Katie bar the door — the old political “wisdom” of “50% independent + 30% D’s + 20% R’s = election” is out with the trash. That “½ of a ½” swamps the “regular voters”. It’s what propelled Ike and Reagan to victory. The great “unwashed.”

(5) If he pick Michelle Bachman as his running mate, then he’s got a great chance to win. And, she’d be a shoe in to her own follow up run.

This country would be well on its way to the next 100 years of Pax America. I don’t see how we survive another 8 or 12 years of hack politicians.

I copied the usual suspects on this rant.

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MESSAGE TO CONGRESS CRITTERS:

Subject: Tell Congress to cut federal spending

Please cut federal spending.

Please do NOT raise the debt ceiling.

Very simple, just DON’T do it.

As a matter of fact, let’s start cutting the debt ceiling. How about cutting the debt ceiling 1% a year for the next 100 years?

Don’t saddle the future with our mistakes.

If you do, don’t plan on getting my vote. And, you’ll see me out actively opposing you. I realize I’m only one little guy, but I will vote and I will campaign.

fjr

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Dear Mr. Reinke:

   Thank you for contacting me about federal spending. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.

   I share your concerns about the deficit inherited by this Administration. I have been a strong advocate for balanced budgets throughout my career in the Senate. As the Ranking Member on the Senate Budget Committee at the time, I helped negotiate the “Balanced Budget Act of 1997,” which restored fiscal discipline to the federal government and ended years of deficits. These provisions eventually led to a federal budget surplus of $237 billion in 2000, the first period of budget surplus since 1969.

   However, when this President took office, we had record deficits because of the recession and eight years of unpaid-for wars, tax cuts for the wealthy, and expensive spending programs. I am proud to support efforts that will restore fiscal discipline and I voted in favor of legislation (P.L. 111-139) that requires any new federal spending to be offset. This bill was signed into law on February 12, 2010.

   Please be assured that I will continue to work with my Senate colleagues and President Obama to reduce the deficit and our national debt, and I will keep your concerns in mind as this issue receives further consideration by the Senate. Thank you again for contacting me.

FRL:MD

Sincerely,

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg

[JR: Non responsive. I asked about the debt ceiling. But, if you’re such a deficit hawk, then either you’re ineffective or corrupt. Couldn’t hold the line or were bought off. Either way, I’m not voting for you.]

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Waiting for the others to respond.

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http://commanderzero.com/?p=2230

PSA: Patriots’ Day

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Friendly reminder: Tuesday (April 19) is Patriots’ Day. There is but one ideal way to celebrate it and that is by going to the range and shooting a revolution-worthy firearm. What is a revolution-worthy firearm? If they were re-enacting ‘Red Dawn’ in your neighborhood, its the firearm you would take with you.

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I’d bring George and Martha. My pet names for a match pair of Colt 1911 .45’s.

Hard to shoot both at the same time. But, I’m sure there will be folks without.

The Second is about keeping the Gooferment in check; it’s not about hunting.

So what would you bring?

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e35.1.html

Texas May Go To 85! (Clovers Stroking Out All Over)
by Eric Peters

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If routinely exceeding politically contrived “limits” were in fact dangerous and not just a scam to gin up money without imposing an explicit Motorists Tax, then our system is oddly kindhearted to all the millions upon millions of (cough) dangerous drivers out there.

But of course, they’re not dangerous. Just guilty of ignoring a number pulled out of a hat and plastered into a sign bu politicians bureaucrats. The cops know it, the judges know it, the insurance companies know it, too.

All the evidence says so, too.

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Why have any speed limits at all?

Other than revenue generation.

How about using the police to stop real crimes?

Ever drive on any of our roads? Every day at least once a day, I see some one jeopardizing public safety with roid rage behaviour or being a Left Lane Richard. But, the cops wiuld have to patrol to see it and snag them. That’s hard work. As oppoesed to sitting somewhere with a magazine waiting for an alarm clock.

Argh!

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703730104576260911986870054.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

REVIEW & OUTLOOK
APRIL 14, 2011
The Presidential Divider
Obama’s toxic speech and even worse plan for deficits and debt.

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Did someone move the 2012 election to June 1? We ask because President Obama’s extraordinary response to Paul Ryan’s budget yesterday—with its blistering partisanship and multiple distortions—was the kind Presidents usually outsource to some junior lieutenant. Mr. Obama’s fundamentally political document would have been unusual even for a Vice President in the fervor of a campaign.

The immediate political goal was to inoculate the White House from criticism that it is not serious about the fiscal crisis, after ignoring its own deficit commission last year and tossing off a $3.73 trillion budget in February that increased spending amid a record deficit of $1.65 trillion. Mr. Obama was chased to George Washington University yesterday because Mr. Ryan and the Republicans outflanked him on fiscal discipline and are now setting the national political agenda.

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Argh!

Politicians and bureaucrats all lie. When their lips move.

The budget commission’s report was not perfect. Taxes ARE theft. And, these political games are stealing from our posterity. The last generation was misnamed “The Greatest Generation”. (I say misnamed because they started us down the road to ‘borrow and spend’ with an added expansion of European Social Spending and Militarism.) What will this generation be called “The Borrowed Us Into The Poor House” generation?

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FROM A FACEBOOK CONVERSATION:

MaryAnn McCarra: My letter, appearing in The Journal News…….

Renew rent law before it expires | The Journal News | LoHud.com

http://www.lohud.com/article/20110413/OPINION/104130310/1016/OPINION02/Renew-rent-law-before-expires

Renew rent law before it expires
Apr 13, 2011

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It is my understanding that there is an effort afoot to weaken and abolish the current rent regulations as of June 15, when rent-stabilization laws are set to expire. This will create an exceptionally unlevel playing field where landlords will be able to increase rents to unaffordable levels, essentially displacing tenants in order to offer those living spaces to the highest bidder. This is simply not playing with a straight bat.

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FJohn Reinke: “And, just out of curiosity, don’t you think that “rent control” is a little un-American. Suppose that the Gooferment decides that renters have to pay more. Would that be fair? And, might the cost of all this “control” be excessive. A landlord might stop renting when the effort becomes too much. I guess you don’t have too much faith in the Free Market to keep prices at “reasonable levels”. Did you know that “rent control” originated out of the World War 2 wage and price controls? WW2’s been over for a while, think they are still needed. If they ever were. No, politicians use “rent control” to reward people for voting for them at the expense of liberty. And extort from both the landlords and renters. Besides, one can always move? What’s the landlord’s relief? Thou shalt not steal. :-) But what did you expect from a little L libertarian?”

MaryAnn McCarra: “Given the cost of housing in our area–Westchester County–and the general scarcity of rental housing, in particular (many former apartments are now co-ops), nope, I don’t believe that the free market would create conditions where working families (and those only earning minimum wage, perhaps…and those who are disabled and/or elderly) would be able to find affordable housing should their current landlords increase their rents measurably. We are a family of five paying $1425.00 a month, currently, for a very small two-bedroom apartment….and houses in our area start at 400K-500K. My husband works in Manhattan….should he have a three hour commute, each way, so that we can live somewhere we can afford? Just my humble opinion! (I always enjoy hearing your opinions, too……each side, every opinion…should be heard!)”

FJohn Reinke: “See coops are just one of the market’s reactions to “rent control”. Unfortunately, the Gooferment’s use of force to “manage rents” has a predictable effect. Any time there are “price controls”, there are “shortages” and other market imbalances. Like the apocryphal butcher with the thumb on the scale, it’s the consumer who gets “weenied”. That’s an injineering term for getting less than you should. Imagine a free market since WW2 that would have allowed everyone to freely find what is best for them. Without the Gooferment’s “help”. p.s., FYI “price controls” on milk mean that you are paying far more for milk than you would in free market. So, if the Gooferment just left everyone alone, then we’d all be better off. Compare a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas. It’s nowhere near as costly to make milk as it is gas. So, we’ve been getting “weenied” on that one for a long long time. Cui bono? The politicians and bureaucrats!”

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http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/04/those-march-unemployment-figures-dont-tell-the-whole-story/

Those March Unemployment Figures don’t Tell The Whole Story
April 4, 2011 posted by Sherwood Ross ·
Behind Those March Unemployment Figures

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Although 230,000 new private sector jobs were added to the work force last month—pushing down the unemployment rate o 8.8%—-nearly 14-million Americans remain jobless and millions more among the long-term unemployed have dropped out of the statistics because they have given up even trying to find work, so the true jobless rate is far higher. Tula Connell, Managing Editor at the AFL-CIO writes, “While the official unemployment rate is 8.8 percent, it’s 15.7 percent if unemployed, underemployed and those who have given up looking for work are included—more than 24 million people.”

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Yeah, I believe the Gooferment’s numbers.

“I wouldn’t believe you, if your tongue came notarized.” … attributed to Judge Marilyn Milian, but may have an earlier history.

Why don’t we use Social Security Tax Dollars received?

Maybe because we can’t “adjust” them?

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http://www.kcci.com/news/27407884/detail.html?taf=des

Rand Paul’s Iowa Visit Shows New Political Climate – Des Moines News Story – KCCI Des Moines

Message from Scott: “Paul/Paul Ticket? Who would be at the top of the ticket- father or son?”

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Dear Scott,

I hope we don’t get a p/p ticket. It takes out 2 for 1. And the old man has enough “no” votes to be credible. I CAN see how he can win: the “ross perot” phenom.

Everyone forgets that ½ the electorate doesn’t vote. Some of them are not even registered. Watch, if Old Man Paul runs, for a wave of new voter registrations.

Of registered voters, ½ don’t vote. Of the remaining half (i.e., 50%), it splits 15 D’s – 10 R’s – 25 I’s. That’s the current calculus. The D candidate and the R candidate seek to rally their base to come out and fight over the independents.

In the Raegan election, (I believe from memory) 5% of the D’s, 25% of the I’s, and all 10% of the R’s voted for him. And, that was after, Ross Perot self-destructed his campaign. The tin foil hats believe that he was not a serious candidate; just some one the D’s put up to split the vote. Perot, like Bloomberg and others, was a life long died in the wool D, who magically became a “not D”. To quote Shawshank Redemption warden, “Lordy it is a miracle!” In the Perot election, Perot pulled some of the D’s, some of the R’s, and some of the I’s. Enough to get Clinton elected.

The great professional political politician’s fear is the “great unwashed coming to vote”. Remember there is 50% that register but never vote. Motivating half that mob to come out is a tsunami. That half is 25%! It would be overwhelming. And, if one assumes that if half of the “unwashed” comes out, then the 15-10-25 calculus is in the toilet. Something big is happening.

The candidate, who can tap into that groundswell of pissed off voters, will “surf” to an easy victory.

That’s why the Tea Parties are significant to the professional politicians and bureaucrats. It represents the “great unwashed”. That’s the tea leaves to watch.

Ron Paul could surf that wave to the White House. And, imho, save America from its fate.

We can only hope!

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At this point, I say a Ron Paul / Michelle Bachman ticket would be a strong entry into the race. The addition of a woman to the VP slot is almost mandatory!

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Newsmax.com, one of America’s leading online news services, is conducting an urgent national online poll about Donald Trump and the possibility he may run for president in 2012.

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Colorful, direct, honest, but a disaster!

Heard him on O’Reilly.

Threaten China with a 25% tariff? I doubt he’s ever heard of Smoot Hawley, but we have.

Victor belongs the spoils, oil? Naked aggression.

Militarize the Mexican border? Why not the Canadian too.

No word on Ending the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs”.

No word on ending the AfPak war and the various occupations.

No word on ending Obamacare.

No word on downsizing Gooferment.

No, compare “The Donald” to Ron Paul, I find him sadly wanting.

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2011/03/budget-negotiators-reach-tentative-deal-to-avert-government-shutdown.html

Budget Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal To Avert Government Shutdown

March 30, 2011 6:00 PM

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Sources tell me that budget negotiators on Capitol Hill have tentatively agreed on a deal that would involve at least $33 billion in spending cuts from this year’s budget. That’s $23 billion dollars more than Democrats have previously agreed to in short-term continuing resolutions, and $28 billion less than Republicans previously passed in the House.

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Unless the amount cut has a “T” in it, as in “1T$ cut”, and politicians and bureaucrats are running around screaming that the “sky is falling”, they ain’t cut enough.

Shut it down!

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M7MSCO0&show_article=1

I-95 cameras snap speeders, spark controversy
Mar 27 01:04 PM US/Eastern
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press

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RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) – As Interstate 95 sweeps past this small town along South Carolina’s coastal plain, motorists encounter cameras that catch speeding cars, the only such devices on the open interstate for almost 2,000 miles from Canada to Miami.

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Revenue raising.

What else could it be about?

Selective enforcement, Fourth and Fifth Amendment. Right to confront one’s accuser.

What a joke!

Even the vocabulary is a joke — “catch”. what do they “catch”? Honest folks traveling.

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/holland/holland43.1.html

A Middle East Warning: American-Style Democracy Isnt the Answer by Ron Holland

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Build your system of government based on the successful Swiss model of Confederation government which gives the people the right to create and cancel legislation and laws when your legislative body or leaders fail to follow the majority will of the people.

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Yup, the Swiss did “government” better than the USA did. The Dead Old White Guys underestimated the threat of Gooferment. It took more than 200 years for the wheels to come off. But come off they did.

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http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/social-security-how-to-deal-with-your-biggest-problem

March 9, 2011
Social Security: How to deal with your biggest problem
Posted by James Leroy Wilson

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Quote of the Day: “He who will not economize will have to agonize.” — Confucius [Kung Fu-tse] (551-479 B.C.)

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1. Phase in a gradual increase in the retirement age (Retirement Age)

2. Means-test Social Security benefits to pay less to those who have other means of support (Means-test)

3. Allow young Americans to keep some of their Social Security taxes in return for forgoing future Social Security benefits (Partial Opt-out)

4. Reduce other federal spending in order to maintain Social Security for those who depend on it, while improving the opt-out deal for young people (Budget Cuts)

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It’s going to be painful, but what else can be done?

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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=272917

Throw mama under the tank
Posted: March 10, 2011
Jane Chastain

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Over the years, women in the military have served this country with honor and distinction. As a result, 134 have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, and many more were seriously injured. Many of these women were mothers with one or more children under the age of 18. In contrast, we lost only 16 women in Vietnam and six in the first (short) Persian Gulf War.

Many women in those combat support units have found themselves in fire fights, and they have displayed great courage. Feminists hail this as a victory, and they are willing to step over the bodies of their fallen comrades to achieve their goal of running the military. President Obama and many of our elected representatives in Congress are willing to sacrifice enlisted women to advance this feminist goal. We must not allow that to happen!

The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. Let us not forget that. It is not about achieving diversity on the battlefield and equality in the Pentagon.

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Sorry, but women shouldn’t be deliberately put in combat.

Morally, strategically, and tactically — it’s a mistake at all levels, imho.

In Israel, where there is no safety at the rear, it make sense.

In the USA, makes none.

It’s not that I think that “girls are too weak”. Although a dual standard test is a sham. It’s not that I don’t think the can’t make a contribution. It’s not that I don’t think they can fight. (Insert Mama Grizzly metaphor.)

It’s that they are a distraction from the mission, are targets of rape by our own men, and have a more important mission.

Like it or not, they are the future of humanity. When men can have babies, we can reevaluate the situation. Till then, they have a higher calling.

Making babies and guarding them.

Other than the self-preservation instinct, there is no higher calling than “propagating the species”.

I heard a interesting stat yesterday. Europe will fall to Islam because of the birth rates. The USA and Canada as well.

Interesting that the memes of feminism — career over family, birth control, and abortion — will kill our way of life. Throw in the memes of fiat money, Gooferment runs everything, and “Moms have to work to pay taxes” — the distruction is complete.

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LUDDITE FINALLY FORWARDED ME SOMETHING THAT WAS STUNNING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sMo-LTdSc

Naill Furgeson, a history prof from Harvard, (hardly a Fox News contributor), roasts President Obama about Egypt. The MSNBC hosts look like they got slapped upside the head by a 2×4. Obviously smart and deeply knowledgeable about the region and history, he just blew their socks off.

The most important quote: “The military is in charge and that’s not usually seen as a successful outcome of a democratic revolt.”

In a five minute segment, he shows how the American electorate made a mistake that will forever change the world. And, he slammed Hillary, Gates, and the Obama administration’s foreign policy staff as “not even second rate”.

Wow!

And, this made it on to MSNBC? The propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. The crown Jewel of Gooferment Electric. I’m sure there will be a strong memo to follow.

Hey, Fox News, you need to have this guy on more often. He’s as good as Dick Morris as calling folks out about facts.

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance232.html

imho, Beck is NOT a libertarian … yet. He’s definitely on the path that will lead him there. He’s yet to realize that it’s the Gooferment’s claimed monopoly on the use of force that makes so many problems. When we realize, that forcing people to do anything, just doesn’t work. Ever try to get a child to eat their veggies? That’s why there are drugs in prisons. The human is the slipperiest adapter ever created; you can’t MAKE them do anything. You can only kill them. Government is the meme that kills us. imho

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