All Things Political
The State is bleeding money, and using a partial shut down as a kind of tourniquet. But that’s a temporary solution, and they’re constantly searching for something, anything, that can save them from their own insurmountable debt, but only until … Continue reading
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Throughout recent history, Republicans and Democrats have always blindly voted to raise the debt ceiling whenever federal spending has approached the nation’s debt limit. Congress continues to appropriate more money than it takes in through revenues, and this is causing … Continue reading
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One of the ways you know you’re living in a closed society is that only only the Jester can criticize the king and keep his head. The Jester has freedoms the King’s advisers don’t have because no matter how scathing a truth … Continue reading
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Insanity abounds! An old suggestion has resurfaced that was originally made during the debt ceiling crisis in 2011. Cullen Roche, writing for the Pragmatic Capitalist, shared a suggestion sent to him by one of his readers, and the unusual idea … Continue reading
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