Thomas Jefferson gave us the blueprint for dealing with the national debt.
This is the example modern presidents should follow.
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Michael Boldin and Mike Maharrey discuss the massive amount of spending and debt that’s being piled up year after year - plus a ramping up of the surveillance state.
There was a recent move to cut a pittance out of the federal budget and the Republicans in Congress couldn’t even get that done. The GOP talks a good game when it’s not in power. For eight years, Republicans promised they were going to repeal Obamacare. After controlling both houses of Congress and the White…
Are you depending on Social Security and Medicare for your retirement? You might want to rethink that plan. These unconstitutional government programs are going broke even faster than expected. For the first time since 1982, Social Security will have to dip into its $3 trillion trust fund in order to cover benefits this year. In…
The purpose of this article is to sketch a short history of Medicaid. Why? “We study the past to understand the present; we understand the present to guide the future." -- William Lund Nebraskans are, even now, being asked to sign a petition to put the question of whether to expand the state's Medicaid program […]
Back on January 17, 2013, I published an article here at the GiN website entitled “NE Medicaid Expansion: The Race is On.” I followed up with an entire series of articles detailing why Medicaid expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Those articles were widely read and, I believe, effective in helping to prevent Medicaid expansion […]
By observing the number of visitors to the GiN site during election seasons, it’s easy to see that a lot of Nebraska voters not only seek out a sample ballot some time before they head to the polls, but they are especially interested in more in-depth information about candidates and ballot items. Noting these trends, […]
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: “But what would you replace it with?” When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with? – Thomas Sowell I agree wholeheartedly with Thomas Sowell, so you may be surprised to learn that the purpose […]
Just a quick post today to call your attention to a bill in the Unicameral that’s not attracting much attention, but should. WHEN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING CONCERNING THIS BILL ON FEBRUARY 25TH, NO ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. LB512 was introduced by Senator Jim Scheer (Dist. 19), who’s [...]
Politicians, government bureaucrats, and the growing class of largely nonprofit corporate types who live off revenues siphoned from government entitlement spending make many a bizarre argument and manage to do it with a straight face. It’s a rare moment when you can catch them chortling over the idea of pulling [...]