Tag: entitlement programs

  • The Tenth Amendment: One Path to Cut the National Debt

    The Tenth Amendment: One Path to Cut the National Debt

    by Robert Kalebra, ©2025 (Jan. 25, 2025) — “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” – Tenth Amendment The U.S. Constitution, particularly through the Tenth Amendment, sets clear boundaries on the role of the…

  • Build that Wall!

    Build that Wall!

    From: Chris Cirino Date: October 24, 2021 at 3:20:27 PM EDTTo: dean.baquet@nytimes.comCc: agsulzberger@nytimes.com, katie.kingsbury@nytimes.com, kvogel@nytimes.com, charlotte.greensit@nytimes.com, editorial@nytimes.comSubject:Build That Wall! Good day Deano, I hope today finds you in good spirits. As usual, I would like to commend you on the outstanding work you do as the executive editor of the prestigious New York Times. You…

  • Responsible American Taxpayers Are Just A Bunch of Dumb Suckers!

    Responsible American Taxpayers Are Just A Bunch of Dumb Suckers!

    FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Sep. 9, 2018) — “Taking care of those who are TRULY in need is an act of human compassion and is worthy of our values.  But where is it written that responsible, productive and self-reliant, tax-paying Americans must pay for those people that…

  • Why Do 57% of Americans Want More Government?”

    Why Do 57% of Americans Want More Government?”

    FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Jan. 7, 2018) — “In a 2017 poll conducted by NBC News/Wall Street Journal, a record 57% of Americans responded that they want MORE government in their lives, and that the government should be doing more to solve people’s problems.  That’s the highest percentage since…

  • What You Gonna Do When They Come for You?

    What You Gonna Do When They Come for You?

    “REAPING THE WHIRLWIND” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Sep. 24, 2016) — Recently, in response to my article titled “Cold Hard Facts” I received the following comment. “What do you recommend instead of voting, armed conflict?” One would have to be mad to recommend armed conflict in a public forum. For…

  • How Democrats Milk America’s Safety Net

    How Democrats Milk America’s Safety Net

    FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Oct. 4, 2015) — Just recently we received the State Audit Report on the Workforce Development System for the State of Washington. Reading it makes one to want to stomp on it, set fire to it, pour acid on it and go get…

  • It’s Time for Conservatives’ Unity and Action

    It’s Time for Conservatives’ Unity and Action

    IN THE FACE OF THE “BENEVOLENT DICTATOR” by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired, ©2013, blogging at Gulf1 (Oct. 13, 2013) — The United States of America is growing weak under the present Administration, but for those who know it has not always been this way. This is not a new revelation for most readers; it became great…

  • America – Either Swim, or Sink and Die!

    America – Either Swim, or Sink and Die!

    FROM “THE PARALLAX PROPHECIES” by Ron Ewart, ©2013 (Feb. 17, 2013) — “Mr. President!  What is the true state of our union?   Though this may sound harsh, I’ll speak the truth here … We are a country going bankrupt to fund a bloated, distant, and often corrupt federal government, led by venal politicians more concerned…

  • The Pending Earthquake That Dooms America!

    TWO SIDES OF AMERICA PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER by Ron Ewart, ©2012 (May 27, 2012) —“During the 20th Century, on average 20,000 people died from earthquakes each year, planet-wide.  That equals 2,000,000 deaths from earthquakes.  In the same 100-year period, man’s inhumanity to man killed at least 160,000,000 people from wars and at least another 100,000,000…

  • The Republican Dilemma and America’s Future

    “AN AMERICAN OLIGARCHY” by Harry Wainwright, ©2011, blogging at GiveUsLiberty1776 (Dec. 26, 2011) — Having attained a majority in the House in 2010, we conservative citizens breathed a sigh of relief because we had loosened the Democratic stranglehold in the Congress. Our incoming freshmen campaigned on a platform of righting wrongs and supporting our constitutional…