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By Tasine, on May 5th, 2011 Unfortunately, US politicians aren’t as smart as Chilean politicians, and possibly not as honorable.
In 2005, New York Times reporter John Tierney worked out his own Social Security contributions on the Chilean model and found that his privatized pension would have been $53,000 a year plus a one-time payout of $223,000. The same contributions paid [...]
By Striker, on April 30th, 2011 Written on April 29, 2011 at 12:35 pm by V2A at Vision to America
Gold futures rose to a record for the third straight day on bets that the dollar will extend a slump, enhancing the allure of the metal as an alternative asset. Silver headed for the biggest monthly gain in 28 years.
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By Tasine, on April 30th, 2011
America is hurting, and most of that hurt is directly caused by actions taken by our own government. Their goal was admirable, I am sure, but the results have been anything but admirable. I believe our citizenship, that part that pays attention to politics and current events, knows things are wildly out of control, [...]
By Striker, on April 18th, 2011 Boehner, Obama and Reid cut a deal…will cut $78.5 billion from Obama’s original fiscal 2011 budget, resulting in spending of $3.755 trillion. Senator Rubio voted NO! At last a Senator of REASON! [...]
By Tasine, on April 11th, 2011
Every thinking person I know truly wants to know where President Obama was born. He has taken great pains, and some say to great expense, to keep the facts of his birth hidden. Everyone knows that is a truly strange thing to do if everything is on the up and up.
There [...]
By Tasine, on April 9th, 2011 All right! I’ve had it! I am sick to death of the socialists’ hubris, hyperbole, and hate. In the recent budget debates many ridiculous things were said by the socialists in Congress – socialists for this discussion being all the Democrats, the socialists, the communists, the Black Caucus, and Republicans In Name Only. These things [...]
By Striker, on April 8th, 2011
While Congress has been screwing around and has now reached agreement to cut a token $39 billion in spending from this FY’s deficit of 1.65 TRILLION, Rand Paul addresses the issue in more realistic terms.
By Striker, on April 8th, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13015909
BBC North America editor Mark Mardell notes that while President Obama has made it clear a shutdown would damage the fragile US economic recovery, it would also do huge damage to the already battered image of Washington politicians.
Obama said in a statement that the US government could not continue to operate on a [...]
By Striker, on April 8th, 2011 Morality101 got a good “mention” here. Interesting website.
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By Striker, on April 8th, 2011 by Sam Wells, from a post on laissez-fairerepublic.com
A libertarian is a person – any person – who consistently advocates individual freedom and consistently opposes the initiation of the use of coercion by anyone upon the person or property of anyone else for any reason. (Coercion is here defined as any action taken by a [...]
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