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Obama 2013 Budget InfoGraphic

April 11, 2013

Heritage (The Foundry) has an infographic on the Obama budget.   The infographic is on the jump–waaaaayyyyyyyy….too big for the front page. No! That is not it —————————> Here is a review of the Obama budget from Heritage.  Grab a beer or two, six, quarter-barrel….this budget is crlpllphfffff. The review is a long read. But there [ Read more ]

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Rand Paul Speaks at Heritage on Containment

February 7, 2013

Senator Paul speaks to the issue of Radical Islam and American engagement; No to isolationism, no to neoconservatism, yes to containment. He’s spot on though I’d be interested in hearing his opinion about the costs Reagan embraced to expand the military as part of the Reagan foreign policy he otherwise seems to approve of in [ Read more ]

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Head Start – it’s “For the Children” even when it is a failure.

January 12, 2013

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09 We TEA Partiers are always being accused of wanting [ Read more ]

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Data Point: The USA is Now Only ‘Mostly Free’ Because Government is No Longer ‘Mostly Harmless’

September 26, 2012

Every year, Heritage and Cato scholars calculate their indices of Economic Freedom for the nations of the World. The rankings are based on a variety of factors, including property rights, rule of law, free trade, size of government, regulatory environment, taxation, etc. Their methodology is slightly different, but both organizations are agreed: After an unprecendented [ Read more ]

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