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Public domain photo of U.S. Senator Harry Reid (photo courtesy of WikiPedia.org  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Reid_official_portrait_2009.jpg )94

Senator Harry Reid's Christmas Gift Giving With Our Money

December 26, 2009 The big news in the past couple of days has been the Senate's now famous Christmas Eve vote to push forward the President's and Congressional Leadership's avowed ambition to impose European...

15 comments    money politics taxes
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For Sale – Principality of Sealand

One of the world's smallest countries is up for sale. Only one family and some employees live there and all of them have homes elsewhere so this is more like buying an expensive (very expensive in that the...

6 comments    politics world war ii bbc
Ida Mae Fuller - The recipient of the first Social Security Check87

The Social Security System's Achilles Heel

By now most everyone is aware that the Social Security program is not a sound program financially and that it is only a matter of time until it goes broke. Even its supporters admit that the only way to keep...

21 comments    finance politics government
Chuck profile image89

Views of Ron Paul and Libertarians on Education and Other Issues

Peeling has provided an excellent answer to the request What is Ron Paul's view of funding education and how does he view other social programs domestically? But I will try to add some more as well. Ron...

7 comments    education politics government
Chuck profile image86

How Do You Feel About the Head of the IRS being Someone Who Hasn't Paid His Taxes?

By this question I presume that you are asking for opinions on recent revelations that New York Federal Reserve President and current Treasury Secretary designate, Timothy Geitner, failed to pay Social...

62 comments    finance politics news
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Giving The Finger to North Korea

Recently (April 5, 2009) North Korea again attempted to flex its military muscle launching a long range missile. The test failed causing some embarassment for the crowd running the show in Pyongyang, North...

4 comments    politics history united states
Captain James Iradell Waddell79

Captain James I Waddell - The Man Who Fought the Civil War in Alaska

According to the history books, the American Civil was a war between the Northern States and the Southern States with most of the states involved and most of the fighting taking place in the eastern half of...

4 comments    politics alaska andrew jackson
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Belinda Stronach – Hot New Star in the North

There is a bright new face in Canadian politics and it belongs to the thirty-seven year old Belinda Stronach. Well endowed with wealth, beauty, brains and ambition, she is a lady to be reckoned with. ...

2 comments    politics canada conservative
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How Markets Work - The Case of Falling Gasoline Prices

October 20, 2008 Since peaking at a price of around $145 per barrel in July of 2008, the price of crude oil has been falling at a fairly rapid rate. By mid-October 2008 the price of a barrel of crude oil...

1 comment    business money politics
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The Pros and Cons of the Bush Tax Cuts. Do they really favor the wealthy or is that a myth? What will help the...

Those who favor the continuation of the Bush tax cuts argue that these cuts are needed to encourage investment which, in turn, will result in a stronger economy and more job creation. As I pointed out in my...

4 comments    politics income freedom
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