FULLY Repeal ObamaCare - April 2017

As we get closer to November we must consider the importance of getting involved in your local community.  Going to rallies and town hall meetings is not enough, you must get those boots on the ground.  I was asked a few weeks ago what the most effective thing an activist can do to help; the answer?  Walk door-to-door and make phone calls.  These tried and true methods of GOTV are essential to any grassroots campaign regardless of time or place.  This is why it pains me to see so many activists overlook this essential part of campaigning.  If we all promised to

Governance and Freedom 2:   Consistent and Universal Application of Laws  With assurance of consistent and universal application of societies’ rules, a person plans and invests his mental, physical and wealth in opportunities to expand and exchange ideas, goods and services.   

On Friday, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech claiming that the economy is finally headed on the right track. He stated at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic symposium that "despite this recent slowing, however, it is reasonable to expect some pickup in growth in 2011 and in subsequent years."

Democracy and Power 107:  Counting votes Successful … politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.– Walter Lippmann (1889-1974), American Journalist and Author

A few brief thoughts on a selection of Tuesday’s primary results:

Democracy and Power 108:  ObfuscationWherever politics intrudes upon economic life, political success is readily attained by saying what people like to hear rather than what is demonstrably true. Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity. – Hans F. Sennholz

FreedomWorks PAC’s Champion of Freedom, Marco Rubio trounced his Republican Florida Senate primary opposition garnering 85 percent of the vote. Rubio will now face Democrat Kendrick Meek and former Republican Charlie Crist, who chose to run as an independent after polls showed his weak appeal against Rubio. 

Last month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed that unemployment benefits “creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name.” PolitiZoid has created an animated video of Nancy Pelosi’s foolish speech on the “stimulus” of unemployment benefits:

Clearly, President Obama’s economic advisers’ policies have failed to produce any signs of economic recovery. A new report shows that 48 out of 50 states have lost jobs since the “stimulus” was enacted in February 2009. According to the report, government employment in Washington DC has increased while private sector jobs have stagnated across the country.