The pursuit of Constitutionally grounded governance, freedom
and individual liberty
"There
is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it
steadily." --George
Washington
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"If Congress
can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the
General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing
enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular
exceptions." –James
Madison, letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1792
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Democrats would rather shut down government than admit they
were wrong about ObamaCare.
A few weeks ago, the House of Representatives did what they were supposed to do: pass a budget. Except this budget made sure to defund ObamaCare. Democrats in the Senate blocked this at every turn - and now the U.S. government is shut down, because Democrats would rather prop up a dangerous, deeply-flawed law rather than listen to the 61% of Americans who are standing strong against ObamaCare.
But here's the good news: Democrats can't run forever. That's why we need to put more grassroots pressure on Congress than ever before - and make sure that, when Congress decides to end the government shutdown, ObamaCare stays defunded. Democrats are trying to make sure nothing stands in the way of Obama's liberal, radical agenda - even the American people. And the American people are solidly behind the push to end ObamaCare. Like I've said before, 61% of Americans, according to a recent poll, think ObamaCare is the wrong prescription for our country. And that's up from 49% in January, just ten months ago.
The tide is quickly turning against ObamaCare. You and I have known that for years. Millions more Americans have learned over the last ten months - and now, finally, even the House of Representatives is stepping up to act, by refusing to approve even a penny for ObamaCare. Because of your actions, we're truly turning the tide on ObamaCare, and changing the conversation in Washington. And I know that, if we continue to keep up the fight and lay pressure on Congress, we'll be able to kill ObamaCare once and for all.
A few weeks ago, the House of Representatives did what they were supposed to do: pass a budget. Except this budget made sure to defund ObamaCare. Democrats in the Senate blocked this at every turn - and now the U.S. government is shut down, because Democrats would rather prop up a dangerous, deeply-flawed law rather than listen to the 61% of Americans who are standing strong against ObamaCare.
But here's the good news: Democrats can't run forever. That's why we need to put more grassroots pressure on Congress than ever before - and make sure that, when Congress decides to end the government shutdown, ObamaCare stays defunded. Democrats are trying to make sure nothing stands in the way of Obama's liberal, radical agenda - even the American people. And the American people are solidly behind the push to end ObamaCare. Like I've said before, 61% of Americans, according to a recent poll, think ObamaCare is the wrong prescription for our country. And that's up from 49% in January, just ten months ago.
The tide is quickly turning against ObamaCare. You and I have known that for years. Millions more Americans have learned over the last ten months - and now, finally, even the House of Representatives is stepping up to act, by refusing to approve even a penny for ObamaCare. Because of your actions, we're truly turning the tide on ObamaCare, and changing the conversation in Washington. And I know that, if we continue to keep up the fight and lay pressure on Congress, we'll be able to kill ObamaCare once and for all.
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Staying Poor
-Walter Williams
No
one can blame you if you start out in life poor, because how you start is not
your fault. If you stay poor, you're to blame because it is your fault. Nowhere has this been made clearer than in Dennis Kimbro's
new book, "The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires." Kimbro, a business professor at Clark Atlanta
University, conducted extensive face-to-face interviews, took surveys and had
other interactions with nearly 1,000 of America's black financial elite, many
of whom are multimillionaires, to discover the secret of their success.
Kimbro's seven-year study included wealthy blacks such as Byron E.
Lewis, Tyler Perry, Daymond John, Bob Johnson, Cathy Hughes and Antonio Reed.
Kimbro says that many of today's black multimillionaires started out poor or worse.
So what were their strategies? "The Wealth Choice" argues that wealth
(millionaireship) is not a function of circumstance, luck,
environment or the cards you were dealt. Instead, wealth is the result of a
conscious choice, action, faith, innovation, effort, preparation and
discipline. Or, in the words of billionaire W. Clement Stone, founder
of Combined Insurance, whom Kimbro met with and mentions early in the book,
"Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to
become an expert in anything." He also said, "If you cannot
save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you." Saving is necessary
for investment and wealth accumulation. Therein lies much of the problem for
many black Americans.
"[A] wise and frugal government ... shall restrain men from
injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own
pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of
labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is
necessary to close the circle of our felicities." –Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural
Address, 1801
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