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NOT Fascism … because we don’t CALL it That
Today the President signed a bill to fix health care by forcing every American to buy health insurance – or else pay a fine. The President then said that he expects the Congress to present him with a bill to create jobs by forcing every American to buy a GM car – or else pay […]
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Pity Obama
Any fair person of any political persuasion must surely pity Obama. Confused and Betrayed Obama doesn’t understand why more people haven’t come over to his way of seeing things. Obama doesn’t understand how he won the election, and how he subsequently lost much of his original support. His job approval among likely voters was 43% […]
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Pity the Tea Partiers
I have observed first-hand that the media have fabricated about 99% of their criticisms of the Tea Parties.
A Tale of Regulation
At the request of one of my fans, I have spent a few minutes to list some preliminary thoughts on the following pro-regulation story Libertarians Are Dumb – Why We Eat Heinz Ketchup. According to the proponents of regulation, more than 100 years ago, only Heinz used fresh tomatoes in their ketchup, and all others […]
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The US Constitution
Articles of Confederation America declared independence in 1776, and the Constitution was ratified in 1788. In between, America was governed by the Articles of Confederation, and thus for all practical purposes, America had no central government, and yet we still managed to defeat the world’s dominant super power, but the founders felt that the national […]
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Video is a Game Changer
All leaders in all organizations can be influenced by legitimate positive reinforcement such as raises, praises, bonuses, and gifts; and of course, some leaders in some organizations can be influenced by illegitimate positive reinforcement – we call that corruption. However, by far the most effective way to influence most leaders in most organizations is embarrassment, […]
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The Responsibility Amendment
I propose the following Constitutional amendment to counter the incentives to spend tax dollars: At the end of each year, the President and each member of Congress shall receive even shares of one percent of the net amount by which total federal government expenditures decreased over the previous four years. Suppose the Congress and the President […]
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The Quality Amendment
I propose the following Constitutional amendment to increase the quality of legislation passed by Congress. The Congress shall not pass any bill larger than the original Constitution. Each bill must be smaller than 4,367 words. Higher quality legislation would thus be able to crowd out lower quality legislation. Such an amendment would simultaneously reduce corruption […]
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The First Time I Saved Us All
The first time I saved us all was when I was a teenager. The Reagan administration was promoting an idea for deployment of 100 ICBM’s (the new MX missile, each having 10 MIRVs) in a 10 square mile geographical distribution popularly known as Dense Pack. The plan was based on the theory of fractricide. The theory of […]