Tag Archives: corruption

Not Random Violence, but the Consequence of Ideas

Posted on August 25, 2013 by

Saturday, we saw a number of news reports on the interwebs about the murder of Delbert Belton, who fought at Okinawa, allegedly by two teenaged thugs. From these reports, we learned that robbery is bad, murder is bad, elderly combat … Continue reading →

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What should Congress do? #6 Oversight

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Given President Obama’s abdication in presenting select priorities to the Congress, Selfish Citizenship took the initiative to spell out the top seven legislative priorities for 2013 at the beginning of the year. Congress has utterly failed in its oversight of … Continue reading →

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NJ Gov. Christie Evades Government Spending in Union Giveaway

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Bloomberg reports that New Jersey’s unfunded public employee pension liability increased by $5.5 in 2012, which is a 13% increase in the states total unfunded pension liability. As I have written before in the case of Obama’s $761.5 billion accounting … Continue reading →

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Obama Using Accounting Cheat to Hide $761.5 Billion in Deficit Spending

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Federal Times reports an OPM announcement that the unfunded liability for federal employee pensions is $761.5 billion– the size of a TARP bailout. Today private companies, like Ford, have been pouring their profits into pension liabilities instead of new jobs, … Continue reading →

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Top Three Reasons to Vote Obama for President

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Having given full consideration regarding voting for Barack Obama as President on election day, the following is the reasonable case for doing so: #1 Obama has consistently evil policy innovations Unlike his main opponent who is unprincipled, erratic, and arbitrary … Continue reading →

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