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Government’s Getting Us Where it Wants Us — Eating Out of Its Hand

Post author:Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN)
Post published:January 31, 2013
Post category:Education Federal Nebraska Network Archives

About the time I began homeschooling my two sons 12 years ago, there was a spoof of a “news” story circulating around the internet on homeschool discussion boards. The fake newspaper article was a send-up of every argument leveled against homeschooling by teachers’ unions and other advocates for public education who insisted homeschooling needed to… more

Your Tax (and Print) Dollars At Work: Welfare Peddlers

Post author:Stubborn_Facts
Post published:October 4, 2010
Post category:Federal Nebraska Network Archives Washington

It’s not exactly news to anyone paying attention: the US government has a mounting pile of unsustainable debt. A quick look at how we spend our money reveals that welfare (“entitlement”) programs comprise over 50% of the budget. As the amount of social security paid out now exceeds the amount taken in, as the stated [...]