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Taking the Politics out of Immigration
I have wanted to write a new blog on immigration for some time now. Especially since I think there are politicians in both parties using it as a political scare tactic rather than looking for real and tough solutions that … Continue reading
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Tagged anti immigrant, common ground on immigration, conservatives and immigration, Democrat immigration policy, GOP immigration policy, HLN Conference in Miami, illegal immigration, immigration, immigration bipartisan support, legal immigration, Marco Rubio, politics of immigration, what to do with illegal immigrants, which party is pro immigrant
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High-Speed Rails and Electric Vehicles Driving Us Broke
Warning: This post is rated S for heavy use of sarcasm. We have a unique brand of crazy here in California – a special hubris that believes that regulators and bureaucrats can change the future and steer technology and the … Continue reading
The Road to Hell is Paved with Government Intervention
Who decided that all injustices in the world are the responsibility of the federal government to rectify? What makes us think that the federal government is better at managing our lives and our businesses than we are? Like many people, … Continue reading
Tucson, We Have a Problem
I realize that I haven’t written a blog in months. It was this whole quit my job, start my own business thing that got in the way. I still think of things that I want to say and I often … Continue reading
Governing and the Protests Thereof – the How and the Why
Like many people, I have been watching closely what has been going on in Wisconsin and in other states with public employee pension reform and protests. I understand that most conservatives believe that public employee pensions and benefits are bankrupting … Continue reading
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Tagged Governor Walker, Indiana, Ohio, pension reform, protests, Tea party, unions, wisconsin
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50 Examples of Diversity: The United States of America
I love California. I am typing this blog right now on my patio. It is mid January and it is 80 degrees outside. The sun, blue skies, warm breeze and palm trees are such a part of my life that I … Continue reading
I will Gladly Pay You in 2085 For Some Benefits Today
I have been researching this blog for a while. I looked at graphs that show our government’s debt, projected debt, current and projected cost of interest on that debt, solvency problems with Medicare and Social Security and the ticking time … Continue reading
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Tagged debt, deficit, generational theft, interest, spending, taxes
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Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You: Giving in America
Those of us who think that government has grown too large and overstepped the role it was given in our Constitution believe that many things that the government does today were intended to be the role of private citizens, charities, communities, … Continue reading
An Open Discussion – Participation Requested
So what do you think has made America so prosperous? Why are we the country so many dream of migrating to? Is it freedom? Do we think differently than other nations or cultures? If so, how? How did one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged American exceptionalism, free enterprise, freedom, prosperity
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Where Red and Blue Americans Find Common Ground 