The Real Cost of Public Debt Is Not a Dollar Amount; It’s Freedom

The Real Cost of Public Debt Is Not a Dollar Amount; It’s Freedom by Jonathan W. Plante American Institute for Economic Research As the United States national debt soars above $29 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warns that Congress will run out of cash by the fall unless the debt ceiling is raised. Talk about debt has always been a contentious issue in policy. Recently after the pandemic, however, such talk is becoming more rampant in academia. Indeed, several academics have written books, directed at the general public, arguing that…

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How Could the Founders Have Done Better?

How Could the Founders Have Done Better? By Michael Anton for American Greatness In a regime of equality, excellence and superiority are allowed to thrive while the ordinary virtues of frugality, industry, piety, and fidelity are protected. hile I’m honored by the suggestion that I’m taking part in a renewed Jaffa-Bradford (or Jaffa-Kendall)-style debate, I make no such claim for myself. Paul Gottfried is a bit coy when he says that Brion “McClanahan and other paleoconservatives have not rushed to acclaim the [1776] commission’s work.” This is true but skips over the fact…

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Election cheating surges to top US issue, most want photo ID

Election cheating surges to top US issue, most want photo ID by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist for Washington Examiner The battles over the 2020 presidential election and subsequent fight between Democrats and Republicans on reforming the system have pushed the issue to the top of those Americans are now worried about. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 90% said it is “important” to end cheating, long the bane of elections and made a national issue by former President Donald Trump and his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020.…

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Why that poll showing 54% of California Hispanics want Gavin Newsom recalled may mean a big surprise for Dems

Why that poll showing 54% of California Hispanics want Gavin Newsom recalled may mean a big surprise for Dems By Monica Showalter for American Thinker The mainstream media have been promoting the truism that California’s embattled Gov. Gavin Newsom will win his voter recall referendum.  It’s in the bag. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, has been saying since at least 2008 that it has the Hispanic vote locked up.  Another “certainty.” Here comes a poll, though, reported by the Daily Caller, showing that both are deluding themselves: More than half of Hispanics in California say they would…

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