WASHINGTON, D.C.—Under the current administration, there has been a 32% increase in direct government payments made to individuals, and the last budget President Obama presented asked for another $500 billion dollar increase by 2016. According to the latest Census Bureau ...
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Thirty Years of Living on the Dole Ends for the Ethanol Industry
Convincing the federal government to end wasteful spending programs is usually about as easy as getting a crocodile to sit still so he can have his teeth brushed. Once the government starts subsidizing some kind of private interest or industry, those who benefit from this largesse will do everything in their power to keep those handouts coming. Because there is no money to be raised or votes to be gained in ending a government program, these efforts usually succeed, and the wasteful spending then continues indefinitely.
Read More »Who’s Running America?
You didn’t vote for them, I can guarantee that, and it doesn’t even matter which box you checked during the last election. Few Americans know what all of the White House’s czars do, as they go about their work behind ...
Read More »Can the Government Seize Your Gold and Silver?
One rising concern around the world is whether or not governments will allow gold and silver to continue to compete with paper currencies. Fiat money has been steadily declining in value, while the precious metals markets have been heating up. ...
Read More »The Solyndra Scandal and the Triumph of Crony Capitalism
In American political culture, there is a chasm the size of the Grand Canyon that separates the rhetoric from the reality. When it comes to the relationship between government and business, for example, the Republicans are supposed to be the ...
Read More »Why the Government Shouldn’t Back Alternative Energy
The government has quite a bit of egg on its face after the Solyndra debacle. Yet it’s not just one venture that’s the problem. For more than a decade, the U.S. government has been pouring money and easy loans into ...
Read More »Government Regulations: A Job Seeker’s Worst Nightmare
With unemployment still resting above 9 percent, some in Washington are pointing a finger back at the government as the main problem. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is publicly calling on President Obama to reign in the ...
Read More »Bio-Warfare and Terrorism: The Quiet Threat
A nexus between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction would have the potential to unleash deadly attacks against innocent civilian populations that could dwarf the horrors of 9/11. Does such a nexus already exist? And are there terrorist groups out ...
Read More »Obama and Alternative Energy
President Obama stormed into office on the promise of change. His idea of change extended into the energy field, where he promoted energy independence along with pushing an alternative energy agenda. What have these campaign promises translated into with regard ...
Read More »Higher Education in America: The Great Divide
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. – Gilbert K. Chesterton – There are a number of assumptions made in our modern era about a college education, including that everyone needs ...
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