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Guess What These Four Fastest Growing States Have in Common… | The Daily Bell

Posted by M. C. on December 30, 2018

https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/guess-what-these-four-fastest-growing-states-have-in-common/

By Joe Jarvis

Keep the federal government shut down and let the states set policy.

“Non-essential” government workers… well then what the hell are they doing there?

Every penny of federal spending should be only the most absolutely crucial, necessary cent to keep the country’s most basic functions going…

I know, I know, I feel stupid just saying it. It would truly be better if everything was left up to markets–the people. I long for the day when no sector of the economy is violently monopolized, and funded via protection racket–security and courts included.

The whole thing is a farce, the system built to serve the elite. It’s disgusting that our tax dollars pay for a single politicians’, bureaucrats’, lobbyists’, or corporate cronies’ hors-d’oeuvres, let alone their salaries, kickbacks, bailouts…

At least at the state level, we can get out easily when the government gets too ridiculous. And that’s what people are doing. Read the rest of this entry »

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Why More Gridlock in Congress is Good for America | The Daily Bell

Posted by M. C. on November 9, 2018

https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/why-more-gridlock-in-congress-is-good-for-america/

By Joe Jarvis

Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate, and Democrats took the House.

Surely this will cause more gridlock. Less will get done. Fewer bills will pass. Each side’s agenda will be watered down.

And that is about the best results we could hope for.

The less that gets done the better. For everyone.

Calvin Coolidge was the last President to understand this… or at least to care.

Every President tries to leave his mark on the country. But usually, it is a blemish.

President from 1923-1929, Calvin Coolidge said, “It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.” Read the rest of this entry »

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