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A Little Music to “Sequester” By

Originally published February 28, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

A Little Music to “Sequester” By

For those of you who dread the Kalends of March, repeat after me: 

Filed Under: Budget, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Government Spending, Happy Hour Tagged With: federal budget cuts, panic about sequester, panic about sequestration, results of the sequester, sequester, sequester March 1st, sequestration, sequestration cuts, spending after the sequester

Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

Originally published February 15, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

Author’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid program, the Unicameral’s apparent intent to expand it, and the many reasons why expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Although they don’t have to be read in order, here are links to the previously-published articles in the series – see the […]

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Dr. Benjamin Carson — Speaking Truth to Power

Originally published February 13, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Dr. Benjamin Carson — Speaking Truth to Power

The phrase “speaking truth to power” is actually of Quaker origin from the fairly recent past — 1955 to be exact.  It was the title of a pamphlet published by the Society of Friends that suggested to the two major superpowers nonviolent means of resolving the Cold War.  If it appears cliché to the reader, […]

Filed Under: Bar Room Banter, Budget, Character, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Deficit, Education, Faith, Featured, Federal, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Health Care, In the News, Life, Morality, Personal Responsibility, Policies, Taxes, Videos, Welfare Tagged With: ben carson, benjamin carson, censorship, dr. ben carson, dr. benjamin carson, first amendment, mayme white miller poem, moral hazard, moral hazard entitlements, moral hazard presented by entitlement programs, moral hazard welfare, national prayer breakfast, national prayer breakfast speech doctor, obama, personal responsibiltiy, poem yourself to blame, political correctness, political correctness censorship, president obama ben carson speech, president obama called out in speech, president obama policies called out in speech, refuse to be a victim, refuse victim mentality, self determination, self-sufficiency, speaking truth to power, speaking truth to power origin, victim mentality, video dr. ben carson speech, video national prayer breakfast speech, yourself to blame

Senator Jeremy Nordquist: Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?

Originally published February 9, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Jeremy Nordquist: Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?

Author’s Note:  What follows is a reprint of an article published in the February 8, 2012, edition of the Lincoln Journal Star.  The only difference between what you will find in the Journal Star and what you see here is a small but substantial one.  As my article appears below, I have added links to […]

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Congratulations! She’s Having His Baby . . . and You’re Paying for It!

Originally published February 8, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Congratulations! She’s Having His Baby . . . and You’re Paying for It!

Author’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid program, the Unicameral’s apparent intent to expand it, and the many reasons why expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Although they don’t have to be read in order, here are links to the previously-published articles in the series, and see the […]

Filed Under: Bar Room Banter, Budget, Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Health Care, In the News, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, Progressivism, Senators, Sovereignty, Taxes, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: birth rate among women on welfare, birth rate decline, birth rate for welfare moms, birth rate for welfare mothers, birth rate increase, birth rates in nebraska, births in nebraska, births in nebraska paid for by medicaid, charity welfare relief public assistance entitlements, economic justice, entitlement mentality, entitlement programs, entitlements, expanding entitlement programs, expanding entitlements, expanding medicaid, expanding nebraska medicaid, expansion of entitlements, expansion of social welfare programs, expansion of welfare, gaming the system, having my baby anka, human nature, lincoln journal star, medicaid, medicaid birth rate increase, medicaid pays for nearly half of all births, medicaid program, medicaid spending, medicaid spending for births, moral hazard, nebraska birth statistics, nebraska medicaid, nebraska vital statistics, number of births in nebraska paid for by medicaid, paul anka, paul harvey, sense of entitlement, social justice, stereotypes, the rest of the story paul harvey, typical person on welfare, welfare, welfare fraud, welfare stereotypes

Sending Granny (and Gramps) to the Home

Originally published February 4, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Sending Granny (and Gramps) to the Home

Author’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid program, the Unicameral’s apparent intent to expand it, and the many reasons why expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Although they don’t have to be read in order, here are links to the previously-published articles in the series, and see the […]

Filed Under: Bar Room Banter, Budget, Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Health Care, In the News, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, Senators, State Legislation, Taxes, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: elder abuse, elder care in nebraska, elder nebraskans, elderly in nebraska, entitlement mentality, entitlement spending, estate planning for medicaid, estate planning to become medicaid eligible, expanding entitlements, expanding medicaid, expanding medicaid programs, expanding welfare, financial abuse of elderly, granny over cliff commercial, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, healthcare, healthcare reform, legislature, limited government, long term care, long term care insurance, medicaid, medicaid expansion under obamacare, medicaid for the elderly, medicaid payments for elderly, medicare reform, mediscare, moral hazard, nebraska budget, nebraska expanding medicaid, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, nebraska welfare spending, nursing home care, obamacare, paul ryan, personal responsibility, politicians, politics, progressivism, push granny over cliff, ryan pushing granny off a cliff, ryan's plan to reform medicare, Ryan's plan to save medicare, self-interest, self-reliance, sense of entitlement, spend down provision under Medicaid, Unicameral, welfare spending

Government’s Getting Us Where it Wants Us — Eating Out of Its Hand

Originally published January 31, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Government’s Getting Us Where it Wants Us — Eating Out of Its Hand

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People Don’t Walk Away From a Fool and His Money

Originally published January 28, 2013, By Linda. Updated February 25, 2018. Leave a Comment

People Don’t Walk Away From a Fool and His Money

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, see the bottom for a complete list. * * * * * * * * * * You’re probably familiar with the old adage “a fool and his money are soon parted.” Paul McCartney put a twist on this proverb in his lyrics for the song […]

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Letter to Senator Johanns: Will Republicans Just Repeat Debt Limit Mistake?

Originally published December 7, 2012, By Norlyn. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Letter to Senator Johanns: Will Republicans Just Repeat Debt Limit Mistake?

This letter was sent to Senator Johanns on November 12, 2012. Dear Senator Johanns, As I wrote you earlier, if the Republicans caved on the debt limit issue they would pay a price at election time. Well, the party leadership not only caved, they compounded their foolishness by agreeing to automatic future budget cuts that […]

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A Fine Kettle of Fish: Searching for a Federal Solution to the Asian Carp Invasion

Originally published March 10, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 11 Comments

A Fine Kettle of Fish: Searching for a Federal Solution to the Asian Carp Invasion

POLL: Which do you, as a taxpayer, prefer? A) Spending in excess of $50 million federal taxpayer dollars ANNUALLY to study Asian carp in the hope of developing a way to control and, ultimately, eradicate them from the nation’s rivers before they invade the Great Lakes; or B) Spending up to $9.5 billion to erect […]

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