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Thought For the Day: The Three Poisons of America’s Leftist Cities Are 1) High Taxed, 2) Schools That Don’t Educate and 3) Crime Running Rampant

“The three poisons of America’s leftist cities are 1) high taxes, 2) schools that don’t educate and 3) crime running rampant. … Alas, our cities can’t be saved if the voters in these metropolises don’t want to be saved.”  – … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Short Memories of the American Voters Is What Keeps Our Politicians In Office

“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.” – Will Rogers (1879-1935)

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Thought For the Day: By Dividing the Voters Through the Political Party System, We Can Get Them To Expend Their Energies In Fighting over Questions of No Importance

“By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Politics Is Fluid, Elections Are Multitudinous, and Voter Behavior Is Often Too Complicated and Subtle To Be Reduced To Group Identity

“Politics is fluid, elections are multitudinous, and voter behavior is often too complicated and subtle to be reduced to group identity. Ethnicity doesn’t determine elections — ideas do. And as Democrats have been realizing to their chagrin, the ideas embodied … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Never Forget That Government Is Ourselves and Not An Alien Power Over Us

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”  – Franklin … Continue reading

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First Principles: An Increased Welfare State Ends the Republic

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.”    – Benjamin Franklin That is what we have done in the United States.  We have created a subset class of persons … Continue reading

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