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Government Lying

Government Lying

By on June 20, 2013 in ethics, Government, morality with 0 Comments

As one scandal after another breaks in and around the Obama Administration, the integrity and ethics of government come into question. Those who raise these issues are correct in doing so, but rather naive if they believe this behavior is unusual. Simon Black provides a summary of some of the recent issues: Morally and financially [...]

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Government Waste

Government Waste

By on June 19, 2013 in Government with 0 Comments

More government fraud, vote-buying and/or incompetence:

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Culture of Corruption

Culture of Corruption

By on June 17, 2013 in Government with 1 Comment

Listen to Trey Gowdy’s remarks regarding the IRS:   H/T Tom Lester

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Some Reflections On The Present Political Condition

Some Reflections On The Present Political Condition

By on June 16, 2013 in Government with 0 Comments

The following three images capture the feelings of many Americans toward those in office or power:

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Going From Bad To Worse(r)

Going From Bad To Worse(r)

By on June 14, 2013 in Government with 3 Comments

Lots of good reader commentary developed regarding the recent post Why Things Are Getting Worse — Much Worse. Reader Blair is particularly strong in his condemnation of our current situation, quite a bit stronger than my original article. You can read it and decide for yourself whether you believe Blair overstates matters. His style is [...]

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How Does It End?

How Does It End?

The days of reasonable economic forecasting are over. Today, an economic forecast is more like the analysis of a criminal mind than the evaluation of economic data. The dominating role of government overpowers markets intentionally. In the short-term that will continue. Reactions to Federal Reserve minutes referencing continuation, alteration or cessation of quantitative easing cause [...]

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Why Things Will Get Worse — Much Worse

Why Things Will Get Worse — Much Worse

By on June 12, 2013 in economy, Favorites, Government with 31 Comments

It is easy to be upset about what is happening all around. The economy is being destroyed, deliberately, by insane economic policies. Incentives to work are being eliminated by punishing work. At the same time rewards are increasing for not working. Not surprisingly we get less of what we penalize (work) and more of what [...]

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Smoke And Mirrors Running Out — Depression to Follow

Smoke And Mirrors Running Out — Depression to Follow

Those who believe the economy is recovering are ignorant of the facts. Other than the Great Depression no US recovery (and I don’t believe we are in a recovery) taken longer. Eventually it may take more than a decade like the 1930s. Or perhaps it will be like Japan which is in its third decade [...]

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Ethics Summarized In One Minute

Ethics Summarized In One Minute

By on June 9, 2013 in ethics, Government with 1 Comment

A one-minute summary of the ethics of the Obama Administration and Obama himself provided by Congressman Jim Bridenstine:

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Reagan and Obama — Different Views Of Reality

Reagan and Obama — Different Views Of Reality

By on June 9, 2013 in Government, knowledge with 0 Comments

At the beginning of this video Ronald Reagan explains why America prospered. What conditions Reagan believed (correctly in my opinion) responsible for our success is what Barack Obama is systematically removing or destroying. Our success derived from freedom and free markets which allowed the initiative and creativity of individuals to thrive. Our failure will occur [...]

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