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Lead us Mr. President, even if you must run to the cliff ahead of us.

If you like the new insurance arrangement enacted by our elected officials, then you are happy. If not, then not. But there is one thing that is undeniable, the United States of America is at a cross roads predicted 235 years ago, and which will affect the next 235 years of most of the world.

The Great American Experiment followed the sacrifice of, “lives . . . fortunes . . . and sacred honor” in defense of an idea. The idea that individuals, free from the tyranny of central command and control, protected their individual interests better than any unrelated protector, no matter how kind, caring or otherwise motivated. The Great American Experiment was funded, fought, and died for on the promise that freedom led to higher standards of living for everyone, greater innovation in business, agriculture, and every other aspect of life for everyone it touched, successful and failing alike. The government would be as limited as possible, the people as free as possible. Continue reading Lead us Mr. President, even if you must run to the cliff ahead of us.

Will Teach for Peanuts

Did any of you notice that the President wants to spend the “leftover” TARP money on “job creation?” Why do I care? We were told that the money, once repaid, would be used to pay back the loans taken to fund the original program. (Would you take a loan in your children’s names and in the name of your grandchildren to temporarily fund your salary?) Are you surprised that this promise was so casually set aside? Should we be surprised that a government is so eager to promise to give back the resources or authority once it is no longer needed, but so unconcerned with meeting that promise? We don’t seem to mind it in any of operations of government.

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