Eight Reasons Why Big Government Hurts Economic Growth

This Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation video analyzes how excessive government spending undermines economic performance. While acknowledging that a very modest level of government spending on things such as “public goods” can facilitate growth, the video outlines eight different ways that that big government hinders prosperity.

 

Common Sense: Craigslist, eBay and Twitter

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Could California’s budget crisis be solved by a triumvirate of Internet services, Craigslist, eBay and Twitter?

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is raiding the state’s storage sheds to sell off unneeded items on eBay and Craigslist. His signature on a California fleet car adds, it is estimated, $400 to its auction value.

He got the latter idea from one of his million Twitter followers.

Wow. I have nowhere near a million Twitter followers. I’m told that I should envy the governor’s Twitter cred, but . . . I’m not the jealous type; I won’t seek any “Tweet” revenge. Still, I’d be happy if all my listeners joined, and I got some usable ideas for raising money.

Unfortunately, neither I nor my sponsor, Citizens in Charge Foundation, have a vast resource of unneeded inventory to sell off. Nor do I have the cachet of the actor-turned-governor: My signature won’t add much value to a Ford Focus.

Yep. Someone paid $1,625.01 for a state-owned Focus with over 110,000 miles on the odometer. The governor signed the visor.

That’s better than a car once owned by Jon Voight!

The only new thing here, really, is using Craigslist and eBay. This isn’t a singularity in the progress of civilization. From this no miracles follow. But it is a healthy sign of thinking slightly outside the proverbial box.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.

 

Abandon hope all ye who enter here…

 These words from Dante’s Divine Comedy are apt for all friends and allies of the United States and could be the future motto for Americans still living after the coming purge.

Obama is going to disregard years of diplomacy and promises of protection to Democratic nations. His actions will embolden Putin’s Socialist States to accomplish their aim of rebuilding the USSR. His failure to follow through on promises will cause even our staunchest allies to distrust us. His actions will make it easier for Iran to spread its umbrella of terror.

Obama has nationalized banking and automobiles. He has put capitalism under the control of his appointed “Czars” who aren’t responsible to the voters or Congress. They staff their offices  and draw in six figure salaries living off the sweat and hard work of tax paying Americans all the while pursuing their inane hatred of this country. They were plucked from a conglomeration of radical ideologies with a common goal, that of destroying American ideals.

From his Attorney General who won’t prosecute racists who attempted to intimidate voters but will pursue American intelligence Agents who blew second hand smoke into the faces of prisoner captured on the battlefield to his Homeland Security Secretary who thinks veterans, Bible readers, gun owners and conservative bloggers are the only real terrorists and his Science Czar who believes in population control and compulsory abortion, this Administration is a bunch of nuts and crackpots from every fringe element.

From a cap and trade con-game designed to destroy the financial backbone of America to give away programs like HR 3200, the Obama Kennedycare Bill, designed to create even more poverty and make more citizens dependent on handouts. While our enemies dance in the streets, shooting Christians our Great Leader is apologizing for our belief system. From a Green Czar who is an acknowledged communist with a belief that we deserved what happened on 9-11 to paid agitators who attack dissenting citizens, to “Bully” Congressmen who threaten legal businesses with subpoenas in an effort to shut them up. Censorship both of media and the internet, “false flags”, red herrings, and all the transparency of a brick wall from a Community Organizer who hides all his records. Smoke and mirrors, distraction and diversion are the norm while in the back rooms they plot to destroy this Nation.

And yet with all the Machiavellian manipulations of this Anti-American mob that is in power, too few Americans bother to get inform, even fewer speak out. Teachers who indoctrinate rather than teach, Politicians that go with the money rather than stand on principles.

I didn’t think any President could be as bad as Jimmy Carter, sadly I now know I was in error.

I have this say…

Wake the HELL up America !! 

 

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Ghost Ranger, Tex’s first novel, is now available on Lulu and Amazon.

 

 

 

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Barstool Economics: The Tax System

Consider ten men going out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.  Assume every person drank the same amount.

If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

 

Clueless Democrats = State of California Collapse

California is bankrupt and hemorrhaging businesses and people (also known as tax payers) in record numbers. California has been run into the ground by decades of liberal control of our state. Despite the collapse democrats still do not get it. Eric Hogue gives some great examples. First up is Noreen Evans who believes:

“Well, there is this mantra out there – “live within our means” – and while that sounds really nice…and it sounds really responsible, it’s meaningless. Our means are completely within our control. We have just given away huge corporate subsidies in February; we have given away other tax reductions over many, many years; we’ve created tax loopholes; in good times, we routinely give away taxes, and then in lean times we never replace those tax deductions or close those loopholes. So “live within our means” doesn’t mean anything. The fact is, we have a state with a population that have [sic] needs that we have a moral obligation to provide.”

Ouch. While we are writing IOUs what is the congress doing? Well among other things cow tails. Really. How about chicken cages in other states. Even the Bee recognizes that

Economists predict Proposition 2, on its own, will drive up imports of cheap, conventionally produced eggs, pushing many in-state farms out of business.

Those are weasel words for the cost of eggs will go up. Note to the Bee and liberals: Cheap is good, especially to people struggling in a down economy.

Obama’s War On Talk Radio

Dick Moriss discusses how Obama, Congress and the Special Interests are turning a slump into a crash, freedom into socialism, and a disaster into a CATASTROPHE.

 

Michelle Bachmann (R-MN): Now we have moved into the realm of gangster-government.

An incredulous U.S. Rep from Minnesota calls it the way she sees it.

 

FOX News Analyst on Obama: “Roadmap to Nowhere”

Analyst discuss Barack Obama’s poor decision to promote a stimulus package that was suppose to help the economy.

 

Obama Budget Cuts Using Pennies

How much is the $100 million dollars in budget cuts compared to the federal budget as a whole? This video imagines the budget as $100 in pennies to provide the answer.

 

Rush Monologues on YouTube: Obama is Destroying the Economy

If you don’t watch any other videos on Rush, don’t miss this one. Go to YouTube to watch all 10 parts.

 

Ron Paul’s Prophetic Economics on Morning Joe

Ron Paul had the right idea in 2003 about the economic collapse. He talks economics on the Morning Joe.

 

Twitter Fail Whale: Should we Blame Barbara Walters, The Democrats, or Global Warming? (UPDATE – Blame #Skittles!)

UPDATE 03/03/09: Skittles has redirected its domain to Facebook. It is as of yet whether Skittles has left Twitter permanently, or whether it is planning to periodically redirect to its various social networking sites. For more speculation, see Mashable.

UPDATE: Apparently, Skittles broke Twitter…?! The Skittles website now just goes to its Twitter feed, and Tweeters are clearly enthralled.

ORIGINAL POST 03/02/09: Twitter is getting a workout today.

Between the Dow dropping below 7000 after Obama finally revealed last week what he was hoping to change in America, 15 inches of Global Warming shutting down airports in New England, and the hillarity which ensued after Barbara Walters attempted to exlain Twitter on The View – There’s just so much to tweet (and retweet)!

I haven’t been able to get onto Twitter for 20 minutes, now and I’m already having withdrawals.

If you’d like to follow the Twitter trends in real time – check out Twitscoop, and watch the tag cloud on the right. It’s fun!

Foul Ball

You’re in hopeless, catastrophic shape, probably the worst team since Depression days. And you’re not going to improve, either, until you get lots and lots and lots of outside help. and it’s going to take a long, long time–who knows how long? Now–go get ‘em team!

For more fun, visit www.DiversityLane.com.

 

Right Photoshop: Democrat Porkulus

This Right Photoshop aptly describes the Democrats in Washington and their “porkulus” bill.

What was Congress Told, During the Mortgage Meltdown?

I have read and traded comments with a handful of patriots, about the celebrated C-SPAN soliloquy… the revelation of Rep. Kanjorski (D-PA).  A few of these folks follow along the lines of conventional and credible wisdom, assembled at Maggie’s Notebook: “Paul Kanjorski Suckered C-SPAN.”

I suggest reading her piece — and pieced together analyes.  I also have a suggestion for you Citizen activists, adapted from a comment I made under Maggie’s article:

Pick two congressmen from Kanjorski’s committee and call their offices this and next week. Ask them the tough questions. Here is the subcommittee and  list of members:

House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises: http://is.gd/jFcq

For example, to Kanjorski’s own office, let’s ask:

• $550B within two hours?
• On what day?
• Why this big heavy burp, all of a sudden, at 11am?
• Who has investigated?
• What is the result?
• Any massive sell-offs by entities which have connections to each other, or which may not have the interests of the U.S.A. at heart?

Then, let’s ask the others on that subcommittee what they recall and by the way… whom do they think should be investigated, especially inside Congress?

And while we have them on the phone, how do they like the idea that we should throw more than another one trillion dollars at the problem, causing severe inflation and thus an auto-Madoff run on our livelihoods and savings?

And do they think we should join Obama’s MarxoFascist army now, to be ahead of the curve? Will that give us the ticket to move to the head of the breadlines, you know, as long as we campaign for other socialists and throw our weight around in our neighborhoods?

We should already know this is essentially a manufactured catastrophe, by one interpretation of that phrase or another. We are in the eye of the storm and the storm has been building rapidly. What do we do about it?

Here is another thing, for you Citizen activists (natural born, or otherwise) to do, as described by Citizen Wells in his piece, “Congress Watch, WHY Initiative, US Constitution, US Congress, Obama eligibility, Congressmen, Senators, Representatives, Accountable, 2010 Elections, Military oath, Restore the Constitutional Republic,” February 13, 2009. Please have a look at that.

This is one of the subjects discussed on last Monday evening’s netradio broadcast of “The Awakening.”  It is available via archive.

We also discussed further ways in which citizens may be prepared for a further “transformative change” in America — toward socialism/fascism.

And, please give me your comment or an email to arlenwilliams “at” yahoo.com, if you have feedback from one or more of these congressmen or their staffs!