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The Federal government role in education

The Constitution does not provide for a federal role in education, and public schools have traditionally been under the jurisdiction of local authorities. Washington’s intervention seems to have brought out the worst in education governance. It has led to ever-increasing spending and bureaucratic bloat while undermining schools’ direct accountability to parents and taxpayers. More.

Harry Reid has it backward

Civilian unemployment has mushroomed, sticking above 9 percent for months, although many experts put the real figure in the 18-20 percent range. Meanwhile, the number of federal employees has grown 12 percent since the official start of the recession in December 2007,MSNBC reports, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More.

Obama's infrastructure improvement jobs plans won't work.

Building and repairing roads and bridges neither creates net job growth nor boosts the economy in the near term.

First, increasing government spending on these projects simply moves resources from one place to another — it may employ construction workers, but only by reducing jobs in other sectors. Further, the money never gets out the door soon enough to promote near-term job growth. More.

Eric Holder lies to Congress, White House suppresses media coverage.

While other networks avoid the wrath of the Administration, CBS punishes reporter at the Whitehouse insistence. More.

Politicians will always come up with ways to buy votes with your money.

Today, politicians have found another wizard way of paying for their extravagances. You borrow the money from the next generation. They don't vote, they don't complain, so you can borrow as much as you like with no downside. Until, of course, people start looking at your books and figuring that if they carry on lending to you, you might not be able to pay them back. More.

The quest for equality in America - what is equality?

When Thomas Jefferson wrote that memorable line -- All men are created equal -- he was not talking about an equality of rewards, but of rights with which men are endowed by their Creator. He was talking about an ideal.

The word equality was not even mentioned in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights or the Federalist Papers. The word equal does not make an appearance until the 14th Amendment's equal protection of the laws after the Civil War. More.

The system in congress is broken

The way the Senate and House appropriate funds makes restraint in spending impossible. There is absolutely no incentive to limit spending. In the "good old boy" environment, if you don't approve my expenditure, i won't approve yours. More.