In January 2007 libertarian Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas announced on national television (C-SPAN) he would seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2008. I was ecstatic. What a great opportunity to have a member of Congress run for president who has warned about the evils of big government for more than 30 years. I soon sent the Ron Paul for president campaign a contribution and continued to send him support as did my wife until we both reached the maximum legal limit.
Archive for the ‘Federal Government’ Category
Raining money in Newark
04
Oct
On Oprah’s national television show Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, accompanied by Governor Christie and Newark mayor Corey Booker, announced he will make a $100 million gift to the Newark school system spread over five years. Zuckerberg’s gift is in the form of a “challenge grant.” Newark has to raise an additional $100 million over five years, bringing the total philanthropic bounty to $200 million.
The BS GOP “Pledge to America” and what should replace it
25
Sep
With much fanfare including a photo op away from the nation’s capital, GOP congressional leaders rolled out their “Pledge to America,” which includes all the images (Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, small businesses, town hall meetings and of course the American flag) to invoke a warm and fuzzy feeling among the electorate who appear ready to vote overwhelming for Republicans in the midterm elections.
New Jersey needs a zero income tax rate
23
Sep
Governor Christie stated on Bloomberg radio he wants to cut the state income tax in order to make New Jersey more attractive than Pennsylvania and New York to do business. However, if the governor wants to make New Jersey one of the most attractive states in America to do business, if not the most attractive, the income tax should be cut all the way to zero. By phasing out the income tax over the next several years, Governor Christie and the Legislature would strike a major blow for liberty and prosperity, the New Jersey state motto.
Useful idiots
20
Sep
V.I. Lenin, the first supreme leader of the Soviet Union, allegedly said that western supporters of the communist regime were “useful idiots.” Whether or not Lenin said this is beside the point, because in the United States, we have an abundance of ‘useful idiots” who still believe the Bush invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were necessary for the national security of the United States.
The counter counterrevolution continues
16
Sep
The results of the GOP primaries this year reveal one indisputable fact; grassroots Republicans are angry, frustrated, and disgusted; they want to restrain the power of the federal government. We will have to wait until November 2nd to see if Democrats and Independents feel the same way as GOP activists, who have sent a clear message to the GOP establishment, enough of your rhetoric, enough of your big government policies, it’s time to restore the principles of freedom, liberty and limited government.
Obamanomics 101: I love big government, the free market, and American values
11
Sep
Last week, President Obama made a speech in Ohio about the economy. Below are excerpts from the speech and reveals what we know about seasoned politicians—they want everyone to love them except their political rivals. President Obama also demonstrates a lack of understanding of the free market, the role of government in a free society, and what caused our financial crisis.
Letting housing prices fall to clear the market–what a concept!
06
Sep
The New York Times is reporting that the federal government’s efforts to prop up the sagging housing market have not worked (what a surprise!); the housing market is still mired in a depression. Instead of calling on the federal government to “stimulate” the housing market to prop up demand—and prices—analysts are now calling for the unthinkable just a few months ago, letting housing prices find their equilibrium levels in a free market.
Christie, Schundler, Obama and education
02
Sep
The federal government will finish this fiscal year, ending September 30th, with a $1.4 trillion deficit. Instead of reining in federal spending to get its fiscal house in order, the Obama administration is desperately trying to “stimulate’ the economy with money it does not have, including sending more money to public school’s via a competition, “Race to the Top,” supposedly to enact “education reform.”
Obama’s prescription for disaster
30
Aug
Below are the prepared remarks I made at the New Jersey Doctors Tea Party meeting in Teaneck on Sunday (August 29, 2010). The event was sponsored by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the nation’s leading free market health care advocate. Membership is open to physicians and the general public. I urge you to join
Thank you Alieta for inviting me to speak today. I missed the Doctors Tea Party event on August 7 in New Brunswick and am thrilled to be here today. Please take notes the material presented today, it will be on the midterm. Everything you hear today will be meaningless if the Mayan calendar is correct.
Social Security: America’s 75 year old chain letter
16
Aug
The Social Security program turned 75 years old on August 14th and the political class and their allies in the media, academia and the business world toasted the event extolling the virtues of America’s longest and largest chain letter. Make no mistake about it; Social Security is a chain letter. Think of Social Security as Bernie Madoff on steroids.
Liberty, Independence and Elena Kagan
04
Jul
One of the greatest achievements of the human race was the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration stated unequivocally that government is created to protect the natural rights of the individual.
It’s the spending and the income tax, stupid
24
Jun
The New Jersey state budget is in perpetual crisis. Every year the governor and the legislature engage in the June 30th soap opera: Will a budget be in place by the June 30th deadline? Or, will there be a state shutdown because the legislature failed to pass a budget in time for the upcoming fiscal year?
Sean Hannity is a liberal…or worse
21
Jun
Sean Hannity supports the war on drugs. Libertarian journalist John Stossel supports the legalization of all drugs. Hannity, a self-described conservative, grudgingly admitted that he could support the legalization of marijuana but never the legalization heroin or crack cocaine. Hannity and John Stossel “duked” it out for a few minutes on Stossel’s Fox Business Cable weekly show last week, debating the merits of drug legalization. Read the rest of this entry »
Another reason to abolish the income tax
15
Jun
Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme ripped off thousands of investors, foundations, colleges and universities, and financial institutions for as much as $50 billion. Over the years, investors paid taxes on capital gains and interest their accounts supposedly generated for them. But after Madoff confessed to the largest private Ponzi scheme in history did investors realize they had been victimized twice, once by Bernie and the second time by the government that taxed their nonexistent gains.