Archive for July 29th, 2013

Stronger Families, Safer Communities

Stronger Families, Safer Communities

The disintegration of American families is one of the most vexing problems confronting our nation today, fueling increased poverty, illiteracy, drug use and crime. Our criminal justice system is one arena where unintended consequences can jeopardize family unity.

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Obama EPA Trying to Bypass Congress

Obama EPA Trying to Bypass Congress

A national carbon tax masked as an “emissions marketplace” is one of the few pieces of anti-free market legislation Barack Obama has failed to pass during his first four-and-a-half years in office. Clearly this defeat has irked Obama, who is now attempting to bypass Congress and use his rogue Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose sweeping new regulations on America’s energy industry.

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Do We Need a U.S. Palace of Versailles? The Sycophants of American Politics

Do We Need a U.S. Palace of Versailles? The Sycophants of American Politics

Money is not the source of the corruption in Congress. The problem is that Congress has so much power worth corrupting. Subsidizing political bribery so everyone can participate does not help keep it out of the democratic process. Trying to remove money from the democratic process by adding subsidized political donations just adds fuel to the fire. It’s a move in the wrong direction. If Congress had less power, political donations would not be able to buy political favors.

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