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18 Apr 12

Meet the national debt

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn To see the national debt statistically visit http://www.usdebtclock.org/ To see the national debt visually visit http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html WARNING: Viewing these facts may cause swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat, difficulty breathing or swallowing, anemia, decreased levels of potassium or sodium, dizziness, excessive bleeding, facial flushing, fainting, rapid heartbeat, heart attack, hypertension, hypotension, [...]

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22 May 11

I owe, I owe…

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Though the sheer size of our national debt makes it difficult to grasp, perhaps the following illustration will help: NOTE: All dollar amounts are expressed in 2010 USD In 2010, the annual interest on the U.S. national debt was $414 billion. [1] To put that number in perspective, remember [...]

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7 Feb 11

Playing favorites?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Presidential approval ratings since 1950:[1] George W. Bush…was rated a HIGH of 90% and a LOW of 29%. George H. W. Bush…was rated a HIGH of 89% and a LOW of 29%. Harry S Truman…was rated a HIGH of 87% and a LOW of 23%. John F. Kennedy…was rated [...]

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26 Jan 11

The good old days?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn It will certainly come as no surprise to anyone who has been conscious since 2008 that the United States economy is…ah…struggling to put it nicely. High unemployment, market insecurity, government overspending, and the declining dollar are just a few of the problems plaguing the nation. Lost amidst this gloomy [...]

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18 Jan 11

Feeding the homeless?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Once upon a time, there lived a man, his wife, and their six year old daughter. One day, they were visited by a long-time family friend. Later that night while they were all eating dinner together, the guest asked the six year old what she wanted to be when [...]

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11 Jan 11

Money well spent?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Since 2001, the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) has spent $1.2 billion (2009 USD) to “educate” 8,400 students at a cost of $142,857.14 per student. [1] [2] [3] [4] $578 million to build the Robert F. Kennedy Community School which houses 4,200 students and opened in 2010. $377 or [...]

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17 Dec 10

Worth considering?, Part 1

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Although going “green” has been extremely lucrative for Al Gore as he is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire”, [1] he is better known for his Nobel prize-winning documentary (An Inconvenient Truth, 2007) [2] advancing the theory of global warming. The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) theory embraced [...]

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30 Nov 10

How government “works”?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Once upon a time, the government owned a vast scrap yard in the middle of the desert. But Congress grew concerned that someone might steal from it at night so they formed a Scrap Yard Oversight Committee to determine what should be done. After several drafts and numerous revisions [...]

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23 Nov 10

WWJFKD?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn [What would JFK do?] President John F. Kennedy appeared to have an excellent grasp of fiscal reality and perhaps ALL members of Congress would do well to heed his advice concerning the immutable relationship between raising taxes and ruining the economy.

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17 Nov 10

Buying influence?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn “The legislature, like the executive, has ceased, save indirectly, to be even the creature of the people: it is the creature, in the main, of pressure groups, and most of them, it must be manifest, are of dubious wisdom and even more dubious honesty. Laws are no longer made [...]

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9 Nov 10

An “agreeable” debt?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Given our nation’s precarious financial condition, I hope that ALL Americans can agree with the following… “Mr. President, I rise today to talk about America’s debt problem.” “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a [...]

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3 Nov 10

“Big labor”?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn In reviewing the “Top 100 All-Time Donors, 1989-2010″, it is interesting to note that several of the top donors are unions. [1] Just follow the money… [2] [3]

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21 Oct 10

Got energy?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The U.S. Congress bears sole responsibility for artificially increasing oil prices since it is OUR oil that remains largely untapped beneath OUR deserts, OUR forests, OUR swamps and OUR oceans. These politicians that we have freely elected…and re-elected…and then re-elected [sigh] are preventing OUR oil from being drilled by [...]

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28 Sep 10

It’s the thought that counts?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The federal government is growing at a faster pace than any other sector of today’s economy.[1] [2] [3] [4] WHAT THE TAXPAYER PAYS FOR… Salaries… The federal government is the single largest employer in the United States and currently employs approximately 2.0% of the nation’s work force (4.2 MILLION [...]

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21 Sep 10

From the horse’s mouth?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Successful coaches reward their most productive players with additional playing time and do not punish their productivity by benching them. Likewise, successful governments reward their most productive citizens with tax cuts and do not punish their productivity by oppressive taxation. After all, the more the government takes, the less [...]

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1 Sep 10

A fable for our time?, Part 1

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn THE LITTLE RED HEN Once upon a time a little red hen called all of her neighbors together and said, “If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?” “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the duck. “Not I,” [...]

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10 Aug 10

Economic “snapshots”?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn “Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.” –Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) OVERALL… From 1790 to 2010 the DJIA increased by 29,373%. From 1790 to 2010 the NYSE price of gold per fine ounce increased by 389%. From 1790 [...]

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18 May 10

Mainstream media bias?

compiled and edited by Daniel Hagadorn “If you have a long enough lever, you can move the world.” –Archimedes (c.287 BC – c.212 BC) One of the most powerful “levers” of our modern era is the influence currently wielded by the mainstream media, whose political bias will be examined below…[1]

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