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Debt Ceiling: I Laugh Because I Must Not Cry — That is All!

Originally published June 30, 2011, By Linda. Updated August 2, 2015. Leave a Comment

Debt Ceiling: I Laugh Because I Must Not Cry — That is All!

Editor’s Note: This article is particularly timely considering statements by President Obama at a news conference yesterday (Thursday, June 29, 2011). For a transcript click here, for video, click here. This post is a conglomeration of thoughts around a common theme:  Current Congressional talks re raising the debt ceiling.  The title includes a quote attributed […]

Filed Under: Budget, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Government Spending, Like Drunken Sailors, Taxes Tagged With: barack obama deficit, bloomberg businessweek, charlie brown and lucy, chicken littles, confiscatory taxation, cutting government spending, cutting spending, debt ceiling, debt ceiling debate, eat the rich, fair vs justice, fairness in taxation, flat tax, government spending, how many people pay taxes in america, increasing taxes, iowahawk, justice, obama june 29 press conference, obama presser conference, obama wednesday press conference, president obama debt ceiling, raising taxes, republicans debt ceiling, soak the rich, tax the rich, Taxes, us credit rating, us debt, us deficit

Nullification: Are State Level Officials Really Opposed to Federal Encroachment?

Originally published March 23, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 26, 2013. 4 Comments

Nullification: Are State Level Officials Really Opposed to Federal Encroachment?

This is Part 4 in an ongoing series about a the concept of nullification by states; the idea that individual states can declare a federal law or regulation unconstitutional and, therefore, refuse to implement it. See the bottom of this article for a complete series list.  My prior opinion, that nullification is a legitimate and Constitutional […]

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Ever Try To Pin Jello To The Wall?

Originally published August 20, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 16, 2014. Leave a Comment

Ever Try To Pin Jello To The Wall?

I’ve been scratching my head for a long time now about something. A lot of people say they are sick of politicians. But most politicians seem to think we want politically correct double speak. In asking questions about principles and positions on issues, its like trying to pin jello to the wall. Of course there […]

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SO, we had a 10th Amendment resolution, huh?

And how's that working out for us?
GiN's Nullification Series provides a hint:
  1. Nullification Not the Answer for Health Care
  2. History Has Proven Nullification a Failure: Just Look at REAL ID
  3. Nullification Measures Not Stopping Health Care Implementation (Think Idaho)
  4. Nullification: Are State Level Officials Really Opposed to Federal Encroachment?

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