17 April 2012 - Granite Grok

April 17, 2012

0.375%

People need to re-think how they think about progressives.  For example, the Buffett rule, which is already dead in the water because even Democrats won’t support it, would only generate enough tax revenue to pay 0.375% of the 1.2 Trillion dollar estimated annual deficit.  That’s for this year.  (0.375%) Using history as a guide, even …

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More GSA Hackarama

“Experience has shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”   —Thomas Jefferson On April 3rd I detailed the happenings of the GSA and their corrupt spending practices in, GSA, Clowns, Mindreaders and Sushi. So, this morning at 5:50 AM …

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The ‘Lamb On The Dole’ Enters The District 2 Senate Race

“Even though I’m a leftist. I think the left eats its own.” —Ted Rall “Liberal” Democrat Robert C. Lamb Jr. of Holderness has declared his candidacy for the Senate District 2 seat  now held by Jeannie Forester. Lamb skylined himself back in February when he argued in favor of keeping Holderness in District 2 with …

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What could go wrong? LA Set to Ban Paper and Plastic

Democrats don’t think things through.  (Progressive Republicans are no different, to be fair.)  They enact policies in response to the echo chamber of voices in their ideologically isolationist heads, all the things Edmund Burke warned us against centuries ago.  The result is almost always bureaucratic nonsense, another small loss of freedom, massive expense with little …

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