Tag: Obama
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Record Revenues! Record Debt! Why is $3.25 trillion not enough?
The numbers for fiscal year 2015 for the US Government are staggering. It has collected an all-time record of 3.25 trillion dollars. This is far and away the largest amount any government in history has ever collected from its people. Let’s look at that number again: 3,250,000,000,000 The American people and American corporations are paying…
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In Support of Pluralism
I was reminded again this weekend the wide range of views that people, even in my circle of friends, tend to have on various topics. The hot topic this past weekend was President Obama’s remarks about the Crusades and Inquisition at the a prayer breakfast. The views from the right wanted to crucify him for…
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20 Years of Losing – in Political Terms
As you may have gathered, I’m a huge Pittsburgh Pirates fan. I don’t typically write about sports on my blog, but I couldn’t let the momentous passing of the worst losing streak in the history of North American sports pass without some sort of commemoration. On Monday night, the Pirates beat the Rangers and clinched…
Author Mark W Sasse 