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Fighting increased dependency and expanding government – the TEA Party

By Steve McGough / April 20, 2010 /

Yes, tax policy and President Obama’s agenda are part of the TEA Party’s driving force, but more important is the realization that the expanding role of the federal government creates an increased dependency on government.

Liberals Censor Awkward Questions on Transition Site.

By Dave in EH / December 10, 2008 / Comments Off on Liberals Censor Awkward Questions on Transition Site.

In the movie A Few Good Men, we were treated to a Marine Colonel incredulously asking a pipsqueek Navy Lieutenant if he wanted answers and opining that said Lieutenant couldn’t handle the truth… Apparently, out here in the real world, some people can’t even handle questions.

Symptom of the Disease: Politicians and their investments (Example 2)

By Steve McGough / June 29, 2009 /

For my next Symptom of the Disease example we review politicians and their personal finances. When politicians are involved with the regulation of business, they automatically are privy to a defacto version of insider trading. Cleveland.com reports members of the House Financial Services Committee were buying and selling banking and financial service stocks last fall.

Battleground Poll: 90% concerned about federal government’s level of spending

By Steve McGough / April 15, 2010 /

The April 2010 version of the GWU Battleground Poll is out, and along with the question I normally check out (D3), new this time around I noticed question 33. Ninety percent describe themselves as concerned about federal government spending. Is the message getting out?

Economics 101 – Massive cost of the IRS tax code

By Steve McGough / April 13, 2010 / Comments Off on Economics 101 – Massive cost of the IRS tax code

Our featured video for the next few days. We’ve been neglectful on posting top-notch “training and development” videos. We also need to update the poll daily … but here’s a great video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation.

Army Lt. Col. writes about deployment experience – Truth, lies and Afghanistan

By Steve McGough / February 7, 2012 /

I found this link in a post from a forum I frequent unrelated to politics, yesterday and then Drudge picked it up and AP at Hot Air posted on the subject last night. It’s one respected man’s opinion, but it is just that. Afghanistan might not be going as well as we are told.

TEA Party efforts – conservative disorganization

By Steve McGough / April 19, 2009 /

There has been quite a bit of discussion about who attended the TEA Parties, and questions like ‘what do you want?’ have been pretty popular. When you have a true grass roots effort – like this one – there are bound to be different, sometimes disorganized messages. Hey, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, and…

Limbaugh to pull out of New York

By Steve McGough / March 31, 2009 /

I understand Limbaugh’s situation is an individual case, but when you target high-wage earners with putative income taxes, those high-wage earners have the ability to work somewhere else. And sometimes they do.

Another look at the Flat Tax and why it’s a good idea

By Steve McGough / March 29, 2010 /

There always seems to be a buzz about the Fair Tax and the Flat Tax. Dan Mitchel from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation has a video specifically on the Flat Tax, allowing you to learn more about the subject.

Small percentage of D.C. employees fired for unemployment fraud

By Steve McGough / February 7, 2012 /

I first want to point out that only a small percentage of employees in the District’s workforce were fired, but still 90 employees were fired after a three year investigation revealed they cashed unemployment checks between a few hundred and $20,000 while they were employed by the district.