Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
Yes, my friends, a 17-year teaching veteran did it. He showed garden tools to his class. It’s incredible. He actually showed them tools. That’s right. He got out a box of tools. There was a pair of pliers. There was a screwdriver. But the school’s authorities knew this was a cover. He showed the children [...]
Continue reading →Why does the federal government steal one-third to one-half of the raisin crop every year? Why aren’t the farmers paid for the stolen crop? Why does the government then sell the stolen raisins to foreigners at below-market prices? Why has this been going on ever since 1948? Why haven’t you heard it through the grapevine? [...]
Continue reading →An Atlanta store went out of business. Before it closed, it called a local church. Did the church want the store’s inventory to give away to the poor? Sure, someone at the church said. But no one showed up to haul it away. So, the church offered the food for free to the public. The [...]
Continue reading →Nanny Obama is giving Nanny Bloomberg a run for his money. ObamaCare will now force you to be weighed and measured every time you go to the doctor’s. Your BMI is important to the federal government. Why? It’s not clear yet. At some point, fat people will start getting nagged. That’s what nannies are for. [...]
Continue reading →Bureaucrats are paid well to lie. They are paid well to tell the voters not to worry, that everything is fine. This lets politicians say the same. The banks in Cyprus remain closed. There is a $130 limit on daily withdrawals of currency out of an ATM. Capital controls keep depositors from wiring euros outside [...]
Continue reading →The immigration bureaucracy, known as the ICE, has released several hundred deportees. They were free to go. They went. The head of the agency said that this was in preparation for expected budget cuts. A federal bureaucracy is trying to save money.What’s going on here? This is a tried-and-true strategy of all governments that are [...]
Continue reading →It was New Year’s Eve. The Washington D.C. fireforce was sick. Really sick. A quarter of them called in sick. I mean, you don’t want firemen on the job on New Year’s Eve if they’re sick. But the firemen also answer emergency calls. One man called in for an ambulance. His father was short of [...]
Continue reading →Remnant Review The best description of the reversal of fortune is Mary’s Magnificat, recorded in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 1, verses 46-55. “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree” (v. 52). This was a fundamental theme in the Old Testament. We are told that those who [...]
Continue reading →When a profit-seeking firm sees that no one wants its services, it finds ways to lower prices and improve services. The United States Postal Service does what government agencies do: it raises prices and cuts services. In its press release announcing the cessation of Saturday delivery of mail in August, we learn the following. WASHINGTON [...]
Continue reading →The Feds shelled out $100,000 for a program to teach teenage girls on probation how to get their boyfriends to use condoms after the girls are released. The girls live in Houston. There are not enough of them to constitute a valid sample for study: 30 girls. But, hey, there was an extra $100,000 lying [...]
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