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Return to a Limited Government, Step 5

March 10, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Elections, Latest, Politics

The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men ~ Alexander Hamilton

Return to a Limited Government, Step 4

February 27, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Elections, Latest, Politics

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago ~ John Adams

Return to a Limited Government, Step 3

February 24, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Elections, Latest, Politics

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything ~ Benjamin Franklin

Return to a Limited Government, Step 2

February 22, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Elections, Latest, Politics

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home ~ James Madison

Return to a Limited Government, Step 1

February 22, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Elections, Latest, Politics

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared ~ Thomas Jefferson

Utah Cigarette Tax Hike Proposed

February 15, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Latest, Smoking, Taxes

A Utah legislative house committee has proposed H.B. 196 to raise the Utah cigarette tax from 69.5 cents to $1.70 a pack. This will raise $22,500,000 in fiscal year 2011 and by $23,000,000 in 2012.

Paul on Politics: The Worth of Third Parties

February 1, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Elections, Latest, Paul on Politics, Rickety Picks

Third parties always decide an election. For that matter, minor groups decide elections. The percentage difference in an election is usually quite close. Consequently, that condition causes the minimal number of voters plus one to decide the election.

Senate Western Caucus Announced by Bennett and Hatch

January 23, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Latest, Politics

One of the aims of the Senate Western Caucus is to thwart the anti-oil agenda of the Washington elite and their extreme environmentalist allies, while at the same time promoting alternative energy.

California Should Promptly Balance Its Budget

January 8, 2010 by rickety  
Filed under Latest, Politics, States

As for California, both Repuplicans and Democrats are right. There should be deep cuts and tax hikes. Get on with it so the good people of California can go about their business.

Patrick Henry Caucus Supports Lawsuit Against Feds

December 26, 2009 by rickety  
Filed under Federal, Latest, States

The Patrick Henry Caucus is calling on the leaders from all States to join in the effort to file a lawsuit against the federal government in order to stop the federal health care bill. The Patrick Henry Caucus says the national health care bill is unconstitutional on two counts.

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