Posted on 05 September 2012. Tags: 1 Billion, American Citizens, American Taxpayers, Attempts, Blatant Violation, Carbon Emissions, Consumers, European Union, Federal Government, Government Bureaucracies, International Institutions, International Organizations, Skepticism, Solidarity, Stc, Tax Regimes, Taxpayer Dollars, Tobacco Products, United Nations, World Health Organization
“American taxpayers are quite often skeptical and critical of federal government bureaucracies. That skepticism is amplified when applied to international institutions like the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), which receives more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars. “The EU is moving to set a tax on carbon emissions…Not only will this emissions [...]
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Posted on 18 March 2012. Tags: Attempts, Bilingual Country, Cnn, Cnn Article, Constitution, Delegates, Democrat, Designation, Language Test, Lead Balloon, Pedro Pierluisi, Predominant Language, Principal Language, Protests, Puerto Rican Leaders, Puerto Rico, Romney, Sound Idea, Spanish Speaking Country, Statehood
There was a dust up last week that was very revealing and it was over statehood for Puerto Rico and whether they could have Spanish as an official language. Here is the Santorum view: While campaigning Wednesday ahead of the island’s primary on Sunday, Santorum told a newspaper that for Puerto Rico to become “a [...]
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Posted on 10 August 2011. Tags: Albemarle, Albemarle County, Attempts, Board Of Supervisors, James City County, Jurisdiction, Liberal Newspapers, Local Governments, Nbsp, People Power, Relationship, Victory
In yet another great victory of people power over liberal newspapers and attempts by an ICLEI leader to misrepresent its purposes, the Board of Supervisors of James City County voted 3-2 to leave ICLEI when its membership expires in December! That is the second Virginia jurisdiction to find its way out of ICLEI this year [...]
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Posted on 08 May 2011. Tags: Attempts, Central Questions, Economic Model, Economic Recession, Followers, Free Markets, Friedrich Hayek, Government Intervention, Government Spending, Keynes, Keynesian Economics, Liberals, National Bureau Of Economic Research, Natural Disasters, Progressives, Prosperity, Slump, Struggle, Troubled Times, Video Check
This is an excellent video produced by EconStories explaining the struggle between the followers of Keynesian Economics that the Liberals Progressives (like Obaba) subscribe to and the Austrian Economic model of free markets without heavy handed government intervention preferred by Friedrich Hayek. From to the EconStoried site: According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, [...]
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Posted on 06 January 2011. Tags: Attempts, Bribe, Bribery, Colleague, Democrat, Extortion Charges, Innocent, Job, Money, Norfolk Va, Old Dominion University, Phil Hamilton, R 93, Republicans, Sacks, University Ventures, Virginia Delegate, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Government, Virginia Lawmakers
Former Virginia Delegate Phil Hamilton (R-93) was indicted this week on federal bribery and extortion charges. The former Delegate made alleged attempts to secure a $40,000 per year job at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. while working to secure grant money for the University from the State. In a year that saw big gains [...]
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