August 17, 2010 - Exposing Tyranny: Three Shock Waves of Tax Hikes"
Next year, there will be little place to take cover from three great waves of tax hikes (please see the complete report from Americans for Tax Reform):

Wave One: Expiration of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
Increases in personal income tax rates. Higher taxes on marriage and family. Child tax credit cut in half. Standard deduction no longer doubled for married couples relative to the single level. Dependent care and adoption tax credits to be cut. Return of the Death Tax. Higher tax rates on retirees, savers and investors. 33 percent increase on capital gains tax on investment. Dividends tax to rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent! READ MORE

August 18, 2010 - Western Values & the "Ground Zero Mosque"
After days of commentary on the Ground Zero Mosque, there seems to be consensus that, in a free society, the property can be used for any legal purpose including an Islamic mosque. However, locating the Mosque at that specific location is recognized as insensitive to the 9/11 victims' families and all Americans. Furthermore, there is concern that the location choice is politically motivated with negative symbolism. The insistence of the mosque supporters on the location amplifies the political and symbolic alarms. I personally agree with the consensus and I hope that President Obama joins the majority of Americans in requesting Imam Rauf to choose another location for his mosque. READ MORE

August 10, 2010 - Yet Another "Stimulus"?!
Under Polis, the spending orgy continues, and states will go further into with the blessing of the federal government - and at the expense of the US taxpayer!

Yes, the incumbent is back in Washington this week voting for yet another stimulus package. This time, the federal government is doling out $26.1 billion to state education and Medicaid programs, largely to help bail out state government employees and teachers unions in return for political favors.

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August 9, 2010 - Cultural Balkanization
Our nation was founded on the idea that government should protect each individual's right to "Life, Liberty , and the Pursuit of Happiness."

The original premise of our government, as embodied in our Constitution, is that the people delegate certain rights, or powers, to the government in order to maintain an orderly, just, and free society. READ MORE

August 4, 2010 - Spending and Tax Corruption
Corruption takes many forms.
Apparently, liberals believe that only the “average citizen” should pay taxes – not the political elite. So we have a tax cheat as Secretary of the Treasury (Timothy Geithner), a disgraced former Senate Majority leader (Daschle) and now Rep. Charlie Rangel. Furthermore, we have Rep. Maxine Waters ensuring that her husband’s bank is taken care of by the TARP bill. Finally, we have members of the Rules Committee, including Jared Polis, in lockstep with the Democratic Congressional Leadership that the 2011 budget can be deemed passed so that members of Congress can avoid going on record as voting for or against spending. As a result, we have yet more out of control government spending without accountability. READ MORE

June 8, 2010 - Yet More Government Spending $$$
A recent Rasmussen Poll asked Americans: "Would you prefer smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes or more active government with more services and higher taxes?"

The answer was overwhelmingly in favor of smaller government and lower taxes, by a margin of 3:1.  American citizens want to turn the tide away from expensive, overbearing, intrusive government. READ MORE

April 27, 2010 - Financial Regulation
How difficult is it to write a bill that states the Federal government shall never bail out a private company again?  Does it take the nearly 1,500 pages of Senator Chris Dodd’s so-called “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010” (Senate Bill 3217) to prohibit future corporate bailouts?  No, it takes one sentence:  “A private corporation or business shall not be appropriated funds from the U.S. Treasury, except in exchange for competitively bid, contracted services or products; nor shall it be granted tax treatment that is preferential to any other corporation or business.” READ MORE

April 2 , 2010 - A Troubling Aspect of the Patriot Act
Judge Andrew Napolitano, the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey, has been helping to spread an awareness of a troubling aspect of the Patriot Act which undermines the safeguards set forth in the Bill of Rights to protect individual liberty.

According to the Patriot Act, which relies on an expansive interpretation of Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce, an FBI agent can serve an individual a self-written search warrant, and in the process prohibit the individual from telling anyone about having received the warrant, including a spouse, priest, lawyer, or court of law. READ MORE

March 23 , 2010 - Telling the Truth about Social Security
I am an outspoken proponent for constitutionally limited government. Although this principled stand has been enthusiastically received, concerns exist about the future of social programs. Specifically, people are justifiably concerned about Social Security, which is projected to be bankrupt in less than 30 years. READ MORE

February 1, 2010 - Free Speech/Elections
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United vs FEC decision last week was a victory for free speech. Liberals are aghast, as the decision restores corporations’ rights to express an opinion about a political candidate. On a related subject, we note that the current incumbent is a cosponsor on a bill called the Fair Elections Now Act (these bills always sound so nice!), which essentially subjects a candidate’s free speech rights to redistribution by federal government bureaucrats. Some items included are tax-payer funded “political advertising broadcast vouchers,” a “Fair Elections Fund” (again funded by us!) and a federal Fair Elections Oversight Board, “whose members shall be individuals who are nonpartisan and, by reason of their education, experience, and attainments, exceptionally qualified to perform the duties of members of the Board.” You don’t say. . .

January 18, 2010 - Health Care
The nation is watching as Scott Brown and Martha Coakley compete this Tuesday in a special election for the senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts. While Brown opposes the current health care legislation, Coakley supports it – so this special election will potentially determine whether Democrats will have the 60th vote needed to pass the Senate health care bill. Interestingly, Democratic candidate Coakley is the one who has the support of health care lobbyists, to the extent that they recently hosted an impressive gala fundraiser for her benefit. READ MORE

January 10, 2010 - National Security Incompetence
With health care, cap and trade, more stimulus, more bailouts, our government is far too busy violating our rights to perform its proper function of protecting our rights. Not only did Homeland Security fail to prevent a suspected terrorist from boarding an international flight to the U.S. with no luggage and a one-way ticket or to detect the explosives in his underwear, they also failed to notify the flight crew during the flight once they realized that the suspected terrorist was aboard.

January 2, 2010 - Restoring Our Individual Rights
After decades of intentionally misleading the citizenry by insisting the U.S. is a democracy, a system of majority rule, and not a constitutional republic that protects our inalienable rights, our ruling class has exposed that democracy was a fig leaf hiding their true ambition: authoritarian government. READ MORE

December 18, 2009 - The EPA and CO2
By declaring CO2 (which is the ubiquitous byproduct of most life-sustaining activity) a poison – the EPA is instituting a command and control economy by fiat. While the policy itself is bad, the principles are worse. What we are getting is a regulatory apparatus in the form of czars and bureaucrats who have the power to manage the lives of fellow citizens without their consent – breathtakingly undemocratic! Even Michigan Democrat John Dingell, who helped to write the Clean Air Act, as well as its 1990 revision, says that neither was meant to apply to carbon. In the face of a Congress that is hesitant to introduce yet more taxes which would result from the regulation of carbon, the EPA’s action constitutes a seizure of power by the executive branch, and undermines our system of checks and balances. Lisa Jackson, the head of the EPA, asserts, “If the U.S. Senate fails to pass cap-and-trade legislation, then the EPA will be obliged to regulate.” Hmm . . . when was the last time we heard “taxation without representation?”