List/Grid Tag Archives: symptom of the disease
Over-regulated: Feds demand public pools have ramps and wheelchair lifts
Why, just tell me why, the federal government feels the need to inject themselves into this issue? Can’t the public pool management just have a simple conversation with the people…
Symptom of the Disease: $300 million in earmarks benefit political elite
Wynton Hall over at Big Government points to a Washington Post article posted online yesterday detailing earmark projects that benefited property and business owners who happened to be congress-critters who…
Ginsburg: Don’t look to US Constitution … it’s not a good model for government
Not only does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg think the Supreme Court and state courts should look to the laws of other countries as a guide when making decisions, she also…
Politico: More details on Gingrich relationship with Freddie Mac
On this day of the Florida primary, more details are surfacing concerning Newt Gingrich’s interesting relationship with Freddie Mac. You might call the relationship incestuous, but it’s not lobbying and…
Congress and insider trading – Obama thinks it’s obvious we should ban it
This is a perfect example of Democrats reaching out with obvious solutions that everyone should agree on. Hah! Again, they attempt to treat a symptom, but do nothing at all…
Connecticut “loses” again – Race to the Top education grants
When the federal government is handing out funding for programs they never should be funding, there will be winners and there will be losers. Connecticut’s application for $50 million in…
Sarah Palin almost gets it – Solving the graft problem in Congress
In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this morning, Sarah Palin writes about graft inside the beltway, and the recently released “Throw Them All Out” by Peter Schweizer….
Biden’s correlation between rape, murder, and Obama’s jobs bill
At the risk of “screwing” with the vice president, I’m going to call him out. He’s playing dirty politics using scare tactics and a curious use of statistics to again…
Symptom of the Disease: $600 million in benefits paid to the dead
Six hundred million in the past five years. The AP story claims the federal government and the Obama administration are working to clamp down on the unearned payments, but there…
Symptom of the Disease: Solyndra “spending money left and right”
When – over a period of decades – we allow the federal government to get intimately involved with contracts and government-backed loans for companies like Solyndra in an effort to…
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