The political cartoon of February 8th by Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune was most unfortunate. It showed Social Security and Medicare costs being the equivalent of tax cuts for the rich and war costs in increasing our deficit.
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Everyone should read the documents that founded our Country: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. During the State of the Union Address our President said he disagreed with a recent ruling made by the Supreme…
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Background: A gold standard imposes a limit on money creation, requiring a government to obtain money through taxes and borrowing. In 1971, we went off the gold standard. The world of economics changed.
Because the Federal government no longer is…
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A true story:
Mr. Fed has an unruly daughter named Taxpay, whom he would like to encourage toward goodness, while teaching her basic accounting. So Mr. Fed tapes two sheets of paper to the refrigerator door.
One sheet is titled…
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I’m glad to see that a lot of our senators and representatives still believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Great Pumpkin. They must, since they apparently believe that they can create money out of…
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On page one of Sunday’s edition (11/29/09) you placed articles such as “Dooley aide draws fire in campaign” and “Residents along rebuilt Hwy. 40 brace for noise”. Well, duh. Yet buried on page A15 is where
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As residents of Missouri¹s Second Congressional District, we recently received a Thanksgiving card from Todd Akin which completely re-wrote American history, past and present, leaving us appalled and looking forward to the day when we can give thanks that he…
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Sometime in October, the federal debt will touch the legal ceiling of $12.1 trillion, and Congress will decide whether or not to raise it. Surely, the debt ceiling law is among the nation’s silliest.
Visualize this: All year, you recklessly…
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