A Libertarian website, by Mr Smith.
Monday, June 13, 2011
L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise: working to fulfill the promise of the American Revolution since 1995
L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise: working to fulfill the promise of the American Revolution since 1995
A Call to Action, by Shaun Lee and Jim Davidson
A Call to Action, by Shaun Lee and Jim Davidson
Here's Higher education for Libertarians, link and support. *dingaling dinaling dingaling* school is in session.
More stimulus for jobs, Seriously though! you've got to be kidding!
By Lawrence H. Summers
The opinions expressed are his own.
Even with the massive 2008-2009 policy effort that successfully prevented financial collapse and Depression, the United States is now half way to a lost economic decade. Over the last 5 years, from the first quarter of 2006 to the first quarter of 2011, the U.S. economy’s growth rate averaged less than 1 percent a year, about like Japan during the period when its bubble burst. At the same time the fraction of the population working has fallen from 63.1 to 58.4 percent, reducing the number of those with jobs by more than 10 million. The fraction of the population working remains almost exactly at its recession trough and recent reports suggest that growth is slowing.
Beyond the lack of jobs and incomes, an economy producing below its potential for a prolonged interval sacrifices its future. To an extent that once would have been unimaginable, new college graduates are this month moving back in with their parents because they have no job or means of support. Strapped school districts across the country are cutting out advanced courses in math and science and in some cases only opening school 4 days a week. And reduced incomes and tax collections at present and in the future are the most important cause of unacceptable budget deficits at present and in the future.
The opinions expressed are his own.
Even with the massive 2008-2009 policy effort that successfully prevented financial collapse and Depression, the United States is now half way to a lost economic decade. Over the last 5 years, from the first quarter of 2006 to the first quarter of 2011, the U.S. economy’s growth rate averaged less than 1 percent a year, about like Japan during the period when its bubble burst. At the same time the fraction of the population working has fallen from 63.1 to 58.4 percent, reducing the number of those with jobs by more than 10 million. The fraction of the population working remains almost exactly at its recession trough and recent reports suggest that growth is slowing.
Beyond the lack of jobs and incomes, an economy producing below its potential for a prolonged interval sacrifices its future. To an extent that once would have been unimaginable, new college graduates are this month moving back in with their parents because they have no job or means of support. Strapped school districts across the country are cutting out advanced courses in math and science and in some cases only opening school 4 days a week. And reduced incomes and tax collections at present and in the future are the most important cause of unacceptable budget deficits at present and in the future.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Utah adopts the Ron Paul plan to lower gas prices.
Utah Adopts the Ron Paul Plan to Lower Gas Prices - And Other Costs
Posted by John Markley
You may copy this, or if you prefer, use this information to write a letter in your own words . . .
More and more Americans are losing faith in the Federal Reserve's control of the money supply, with good reason. Take gasoline as an example . . .* Since 2008, oil prices have risen 150% in Fed dollars, compared to 96% in Canadian dollars.
* The Republican staff of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee estimates that the Fed's recent Quantitative Easing policy (a.k.a., legalized counterfeiting) accounts for 55 cents in the price of a gallon of gasoline .* Gasoline prices would be 27 percent lower today if the dollar had held its value relative to the euro over the last decade.To put that last point in clearer terms -- gas could and should be be less than $3 per gallon right now.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
One Subject at a time Congress!
Quote of the Day: "True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man." -- Antoine De Saintexupery (1900-1944) Source: Citadelle, 1948
We spent months revising and improving our three Downsize DC Agenda bills . . .
* We showed you the new and improved "Read the Bills Act" about ten days ago
* The new and improved "Write the Laws Act" will go up on our website in about a week
* And the new and improved "One Subject at a Time Act" is available on our website TODAY
* We showed you the new and improved "Read the Bills Act" about ten days ago
* The new and improved "Write the Laws Act" will go up on our website in about a week
* And the new and improved "One Subject at a Time Act" is available on our website TODAY
Meanwhile . . .
* We have interest about "One Subject" from new congressional offices
* We're coordinating with our allies in the Susquehanna Valley Tea Party to get all of these bills introduced in Congress
* And I'm planning a trip to Capitol Hill to meet with current pledged sponsors and potential NEW sponsors
* We're coordinating with our allies in the Susquehanna Valley Tea Party to get all of these bills introduced in Congress
* And I'm planning a trip to Capitol Hill to meet with current pledged sponsors and potential NEW sponsors
But you have a role to play also . . .
Now that we have our updated "One Subject" campaign in place, we need you to hit Congress once again, asking them to introduce and pass our legislation.
You can send your letter to Congress here https://secure.downsizedc.org/
We provide the following part of the letter for you . . .
Please introduce DownsizeDC.org's "One Subject at a Time Act" (OSTA). You can find the text of the legislation here: http://www.downsizedc.org/osta-legislation
I added the following personal comments to this, which you can borrow if you wish . . .
Please let me hear from you. I want to hear if you will or will not introduce this legislation. Here's why it means so much to me . . .
Congressional leaders routinely enact unpopular laws by combining them with unrelated legislation that's sure to pass. I'm NOT happy about this.
I consider it legislation without representation.
You CANNOT be said to have truly represented me whenever you vote on packaged bills containing multiple subjects.
You can ONLY be said to have represented me when each proposal stands or falls ENTIRELY ON ITS OWN MERITS.
No Congressional rule or promise can deliver this outcome, because Congress routinely ignores its own rules. So I want a law. I want DownsizeDC.org's "One Subject at a Time Act."
END LETTER
Then, please consider doing two other things . . .
* Make a contribution to help fund my trip to Congress
* Ask people you know to send letters to Congress supporting "One Subject"
* Ask people you know to send letters to Congress supporting "One Subject"
Here's where we currently stand . . .
Congress has received 73,957 letters on behalf of "One Subject" from DC Downsizers. This is huge, but it still represents only a fraction of the potential. Here's the startling thing . . .
You don't have to convince people to agree with "One Subject." Tens of millions of Americans would agree with the idea instantly, if ONLY they knew about it.
Discover the people who already agree. You know some of them, believe me you do. Tell them about the idea! Point out that . . .
* It only takes a few keyboard strokes and mouse clicks to send a letter to Congress using our system
* Tens of millions of Americans would want "One Subject," if only they knew about it, and . . .
* If the tens of millions who like the idea would tell Congress they want it, then Congress would have to pass it
* Tens of millions of Americans would want "One Subject," if only they knew about it, and . . .
* If the tens of millions who like the idea would tell Congress they want it, then Congress would have to pass it
It isn't that we lack the tools to get what we want; it's that too many Americans fail to do the simple, easy things that would bring the changes they claim to desire. You can fix this . . .
* Find the people who already agree with the "One Subject" idea
* Ask them to send a letter to Congress
* Follow-up to make sure they do it -- overcoming inertia is the main thing and that usually only takes a little persistence
* Ask them to send a letter to Congress
* Follow-up to make sure they do it -- overcoming inertia is the main thing and that usually only takes a little persistence
Go get 'em.
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h
Official email newsletter of DownsizeDC.org, Inc. & Downsize DC Foundation.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
NRA-ILA :: Mexican Police Chief Wants Armed Citizenry
NRA-ILA :: Mexican Police Chief Wants Armed Citizenry
The Police chief of Guerrero in Mexico wants the Federal Government to make it easier for CITIZENS to get a permit to carry a weapon. I would do him one better. Be like Kennesaw Georgia ,where it's required every house to have a weapon, crime in Kennesaw has dropped in recent years.
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