Grassroots in Nebraska

Working towards Constitutional, limited government

  • Home
  • About
    • About GiN
    • Principles
    • Operating Philosophy
    • Policies
  • Elections
    • Election 2016
    • Election 2014
    • Election 2012
    • Election 2010
    • Local Elections
    • Sample Ballots
  • Local
    • City of Lincoln
    • Lancaster County
  • State
    • Your Representatives
    • Governor
    • NE Unicameral
  • Federal
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
    • Tip Submissions
You are here: Home / Archives for debt

Financial Collapse: Can It Happen Here? If So, Then What?

Originally published December 4, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 4, 2010. Leave a Comment

Financial Collapse: Can It Happen Here? If So, Then What?

There is an unfortunate tendency within human beings to deny the truth if it is too difficult to process. Politically this phenomenon is seen most frequently when people make the acknowledgment that it would be better to sweep incumbents out of office and start over with some “real people”. When it comes time to vote, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Tagged With: bailout, bailouts, crushing debt, debt, debt commission, dollar collapse, end the fed, eu financial troubles, european union, federal reserve, financial collapse, financial disaster, glenn beck, government debt, greece bailout, greece collapse, how to shrink the deficit, imf, international monetary fund, ireland bailout, ireland collapse, it can't happen here, obama's debt commission, the fed, u.s. dollar, us collapse, us debt, us deficit

GiN Election Information: Now Available Here In Printable Form

Originally published October 29, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 29, 2010. Leave a Comment

GiN Election Information: Now Available Here In Printable Form

For readers’ convenience, we have prepared a printable PDF version of the election information we’ve put out. Feel free to download, print, and share. Just click anywhere on either snapshot below to download and view. If you’d rather view the full-sized PDF before downloading and printing, click HERE. I have set the link to open […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Featured Tagged With: amanda mcgill, amendment, amendment 1, amendment 2, amendments, ballot, bill avery, borrowing, brenty smoyer, candidates, chad wright, city funding, city government, county board, county government, danielle conrad, debt, deficit, district 26, district 28, district 46, economic development, election 2010, election day, electionne, federal funding, funding sources, gin, gin cheat sheet, Government Spending, Grassroots in Nebraska, greg butcher, indebtedness, lancaster, lancaster county commission, mesures, nancy russell, nebraska constitution, november 2, projects, questions, shane osborn, state treasurer, tom dierks

Amendment 1 Smooths and Widens the Path to Fiscal Irresponsibility

Originally published October 27, 2010, By Linda. Updated October 27, 2010. 3 Comments

Amendment 1 Smooths and Widens the Path to Fiscal Irresponsibility

The State of Nebraska already gets 40 percent of its operating funds from the federal government. But such money comes with strings attached. In return, the state relinquishes control over significant parts of its budget to the whims of federal bureaucrats. Now, ask yourself this question — Do you really think it’s wise to allow […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Featured Tagged With: 10th Amendment, adding to the federal debt, amendment 1, ballot, ballot measures, ballot questions, candidates, city, county, cut spending, debt, deficit, election day, election day nebraska, election2010, federal, federal funding, federal strings, government growth, limited government, limiting government, local, mandates, measures, mike flood, nebraska, nebraska sovereignty, nebraska unicameral, no on amendment 1, november 2, property taxes, propety taxes, speaker flood, speaker of the legislature, state legislature, state sovereignty, Taxes, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral, voter's guide, voters, votes, voting

Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

Originally published October 9, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Don Raskey for this excellent, well researched article. Don worked hard with the No2Arena people to get the full facts in front of Lincoln voters. His continued efforts to follow up are much appreciated. By Donald Raskey The mayor and the Joint Public Agency (JPA) have been touting the future $50 […]

Filed Under: Bailouts, Budget, City of Lincoln, Featured, Government Spending, Like Drunken Sailors, Local, Stimulus Tagged With: american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, arena, babs, babs bonds, bailout, bailout bill, bonds, building america bonds, chris beutler, City of Lincoln, debt, federal deficit, federal dollars, federal subsidies, fiscal federalism, joint public agency, jpa, lincoln ne, mayor, national debt, nebraska, new arena, no2arena, state sovereignty, tarp, Tenth Amendment

Your Tax (and Print) Dollars At Work: Welfare Peddlers

Originally published October 4, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. Leave a Comment

Your Tax (and Print) Dollars At Work: Welfare Peddlers

It’s not exactly news to anyone paying attention: the US government has a mounting pile of unsustainable debt. A quick look at how we spend our money reveals that welfare (“entitlement”) programs comprise over 50% of the budget. As the amount of social security paid out now exceeds the amount taken in, as the stated […]

Filed Under: Budget, Civil Society, Featured, Welfare Tagged With: assistance, budget, charity, culture of depedence, d.c., debt, deficit, entitlements, federal, food research and action center, food stamps, frac, government, government dependence, government spending, great society, lbj, ne, nebraska, outreach specialists, peddlers, platte institute, poverty, progressivism, research, reserach, salesmen, school lunch program, schools, snap, statistics, students, think tank, u.s., unsustainable, washington, welfare, wic

In the News: Week of August 21-28, 2009

Originally published September 4, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 4, 2009. Leave a Comment

HEALTH CARE: In Nebraska It’s been a busy couple of weeks in Nebraska when it comes to the health care reform debate. What is VERY clear about what has occurred is that proponents of the bill have been very organized and ensured that there are a large number of attendees present who are for government […]

Filed Under: Grassroots in Nebraska Tagged With: AP, brian reidl, Constitution, constitutional, current events, david shepardson, debt, democratic retreat, detroit news, douglass daniel, Douglass K. Daniel, drug companies, duff wilson, gin, glenn beck, Grassroots in Nebraska, harold waxman, Health Care, health care changes, health care reform, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare changes, healthcare reform, heritage foundation, heritage.org, howard dean, hr 676, lawyers, lieberman, limited government, medicare, moe lane, national debt, national health care, national healthcare, ne, nebr, nebraska, new york times, Nina Owcharenko, pharmaceutical companies, politics, private health care, private health insurance, private healthcare, red state, republic, retirees, robert seidman, sen harold waxman, sen waxman, sen. joe lieberman, senator harold waxman, senator joe lieberman, senator waxman, socialized medicine, stop hr 676, Tea Party, tea party 2009, teaparty, teaparty 2009, the detroit news, the heritage foundation, tort reform, trial lawyers, tv by the numbers, u.s. national health insurance act, UAW, united states national health insurance act, us national health care insurance act, video, waxman, yahoo

GiN Quotes Collection: Taxes, Spending & Debt

Originally published January 1, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated January 1, 2009. Leave a Comment

TAXES, SPENDING, DEBT & CURRENCY To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. ~ Thomas Jefferson Washington is a place where politicians don’t know which way is up and taxes don’t know which way is down. ~ Robert Orben The art […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: anti-federalists, bank paper, bankers, banking, colbert, congress, currency, currency value, daniel webster, debt, democracy, federalists, founding fathers, founding principles, freedom, gin, government, Government Spending, grassroots, Grassroots in Nebraska, jean baptiste colbert, john dewitt, legislature, liberty, limited government, money, ne, nebr, nebraska, negrassroots, paper money, paper notes, patriotism, Policies, policy, politicians, politics, power, quotations, Quotes, richard lamm, robert orben, Taxes, the federalist papers, thomas jefferson, u.s., united states

Latest

Dream Small

Dream Small

In 2016, during a period of about a year when it seemed possible -- even likely … Read full article...

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Back by popular dem