Repeal ObamaCare - Jan 2015

Democracy and Power 102:  Voters are rationally ignorant. Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.  H.L. Mencken

The late Noble Prize winning economist Milton Friedman once stated:When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and how he spends it…And when a man spends someone else's money on someone else, he doesn't care how much he spends or what he spends it on.

Over a month ago, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) claimed that the American people’s unfavorable opinion of ObamaCare would likely change over time: Mark my words, several years from now, you're going to look back and say, 'Well, that wasn't so bad after all.

Earlier today, Minority Leader Boehner pressed Nancy Pelosi to commit to an up-or-down vote on legislation that would stop all of the upcoming 2011 tax hikes before Congress adjourns for the fall.

Today, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) offered another no lame duck privileged resolution on the House floor. According to Tom Price,Over the last two years, Americans have clearly voiced their opposition to Speaker Pelosi’s job-killing, liberal agenda. So far the Democrat majority has refused to listen, but I’m giving them one more chance to do the right thing and abandon their plans for a Lame Duck blitz.

 Democracy and Power 112:  Conflicts of Interest  The politician seeks a position of power, which requires the votes of his constituents.  However to be a power elite, a politician must be an obedient caucus member.  Only by dutifully complying with the dictates of the party, does the politician’s agenda receive reciprocal collaboration. 

New 2009 Census data is set to reveal that 1 out of every 7 Americans live below the poverty line. It is estimated that 45 million people—or about 15 percent of the population—were poor last year. The 1.8 percentage-point increase in 2009 is the highest single-year increase since the government starting calculating poverty data.

Remember back in June when the Obama administration promised the American people a “Recovery Summer?” Vice President Joe Biden assured us that “some time in the next couple of months we’re going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month.” To the contrary, the economy has lost 283,000 net jobs this summer