Tag Archives: Government

A federal pay freeze only scratches the surface of what needs to be done

Via The Daily Beast, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama administration is recommending a two year pay freeze for federal workers as the president’s opening gambit in debt reduction negotiations with Congress. Of course, pay freezes and budget … Continue reading

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Post-election hangover

Things never look as good the next day as they did at the time we were doing them. So, the people who bothered to vote in this election brought the Republicans back into power in the House and many states … Continue reading

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Not a nation of government

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, … Continue reading

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Who’d’a thought

The government doesn’t have a Super Ninja Emergency Oil Spill Response Team just waiting to swoop out of a secret lair and save the day? “To push BP out of the way, it would raise the question, to replace them … Continue reading

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Circumventing government

In case you haven’t noticed, the government isn’t really very good at solving anything. My latest point of reference for that claim is the ongoing disaster occurring in the Gulf of Mexico now begins to devastate the Gulf Coast still trying to … Continue reading

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