Tag Archives: Budget

First Principles: The Budget Should Be Balanced Not By More Taxes, But By Reduction of Follies

Posted on October 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.” – Herbert Hoover

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First Principles: We Are A Nation of Immigrants. But We Are Also A Nation of Laws

Posted on September 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Budget Should Be Balanced, the Treasury Should Be Refilled, the Public Debt Should Be Reduced and the Arrogance of Public Officials Should Be Controlled

Posted on June 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.” – Ross Perot

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Thought For the Day: Balancing the Budget Is Like Going To Heaven. Everybody Wants To Do It, But Nobody Wants To Do What You Have To Do To Get There

Posted on March 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.” – Phil Gramm

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Tandy 100

Posted on April 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Tandy 100by Michael DoyleI watched a show the other dayThat reminded me of life lived another wayI smiled on this journey bringing me backTo the late 80s, and Radio ShackThe Tandy 1000 was the trend of the hourIt had an … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Budget Should Be Balanced, the Treasury Should Be Refilled, Public Debt Should Be Reduced… Lest Rome Become Bankrupt

Posted on August 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again … Continue reading →

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Sustaining Liberty

Posted on April 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In this election year and in the midst of the pandemic, it makes at least me want to review those things that America is supposed to stand for as our moral compass. Sustaining Liberty by Michael Doyle Inherent as sisters … Continue reading →

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The Reagan Renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Reagan presidency: The Reagan Renewal by Michael Doyle By the late 70s, the Conservative movement formed a coalition Not all were of the same mind, but it combined of its own volition Seeking smaller government … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Avoiding Fraud, Waste and Abuse Is Paramount to Honest Government

Posted on December 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.” — Thomas Jefferson (1823) We can always think of more things to spend money on right? … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Expenditures Should Not Exceed Ability To Pay

Posted on June 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements, that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. To say that the … Continue reading →

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