Category: American Government

In Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address, he described America by saying, “We are a nation that has a government, not the other way around.” Thirty years later, that doesn’t exactly ring true.

Politicians are wicked beasts. Some people believe this is due to their lack of a moral compass. The truth however is that these heinous creatures do indeed have a moral compass. However it operates on a reverse …

We have failed to heed the lessons of economic history, with terrible consequences for our economy and country. And the most crucial of those lessons, particularly since the start of LBJ’s Great Society, is this: deficits have been caused not …

Thomas Paine once wrote that: “Government is, at its very best, a necessary evil; at it’s worst an intolerable one.” There is a lot of wisdom in that phrase. It’s something that every American should think about. Especially now, in …

In 2010, there was a “tax gap”—i.e., the difference between federal taxes owed and those actually paid—of $410–$500 billion.

No, I do not ask the question without knowing the answer. Government is too big when the lack of government actually prevents people from living their lives. Our founding fathers wanted government to be there to protect people …

When you get right down to it you can divide all of political philosophy into two camps: one believes that the state should control the individual, the other believes that the individual should control the state. Our founding fathers were …

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve come to the conclusion that our great, intelligent, and wonderful leaders all need to be put out to pasture; preferably in someone else’s sand-pile or back yard.

Chris Matthews has a television show. This MSNBC puke-fest entitled “Hardball” allows Mr. Matthews his opportunity to show his liberal stripes to all of the 700,000 or so liberal morons who tune into his egoistic Catholicism and general idiocy each …

The U.S. federal debt is our nation’s greatest strategic weakness. As the debt continues to grow, our military posture around the globe is threatened. Defense cuts are coming, and with that reduction must come a reduced mission. …

Under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, you have the Right to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, unfettered by government interference. Even the U.S. Supreme Court has decreed that government, be it city, county, state or federal, does not …

President Barack Obama, during his much heralded speech on Wednesday, mentioned his desire to “seek additional savings” within the U.S. Armed Forces which likely entail cuts to the Defense Department’s fiscal 2013 budget.

In broad daylight, after having won a landslide victory last November, congressional Republicans are engineering the most embarrassing surrender since Napoleon at Waterloo. And the greatest outrage of it is that such a debacle need not ever take place. To …

That’s a pretty bold statement to make until we look at some of their arguments for not resolving the enormous debt congress has racked up over the years. Harry Reid wants to subsidize Cowboys. Chuck Schumer wants to subsidies …

Amateur hour at the White House continued this week. President Obama, who swears up and down, cross his heart and hope to die, that he is serious about tackling the federal budget deficit released his proposed budget for fiscal …