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Archive for December, 2010

Will Christie support more school construction debt and end his political career?

28 Dec

Governor Christie has received high praise for his “6o Minutes” appearance more than a week ago.  He was blunt and unapologetic.  He diagnosed the issues correctly.  New Jersey is broke.  The state cannot afford to fund a new tunnel under the Hudson River.  The state’s unfunded liabilities are getting worse every passing day.  There is no more money to fund an expansion of government programs, and there will probably have to be cuts, not just reductions in increases, but actually decreases in school and municipality aid and other state expenditures in the next fiscal year to balance the budget.

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Posted in Education, New Jersey

 

Tax cuts, the federal budget and the case for zero taxation

18 Dec

President Obama signed a bill on Friday extending the current tax rates for another two years.  The tax bill also reduces an employee’s payroll tax rate by 2% for one year and extends unemployment benefits for 13 months.  However, the bill will not help the long-term unemployed who have exhausted their benefits.  In addition, several tax breaks scheduled to expire on December 31 will continue into 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted in Federal Government, Federal Reserve, Spending, Taxes

 

America’s legal counterfeiter

15 Dec

My letter to the editor, The Record (Hackensack, NJ), December 14

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Posted in Federal Reserve

 

The liberty dream ticket for 2012: Ron Paul and Mike Doherty

13 Dec

With the announcement last week that Congressman Ron Paul will chair the House Financial Services subcommittee on domestic monetary policy, Dr. Paul’s media exposure has risen exponentially.  Today, the New York Times has a front-page article about the congressman, without any snide remarks that would typically be included in a piece about “Dr. No.”  On Sunday, the Week in Review section of the New York Times ran an article about Congressman Paul and the Federal Reserve.

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Posted in Federal Government, Federal Reserve, The Warfare State, Welfare state

 

The rich are different from you and me…they are dumber

11 Dec

Apparently, a group of wealthy Americans thinks extending the so-called Bush tax cuts is a bad idea.  Calling themselves, ready, “Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength,” they have written an open letter to the President pleading for tax rates to increase on January 1 for individuals earning more than one million dollars per year.

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Posted in Federal Government, Federal Reserve, Income taxes, Spending, Taxes

 

How to reduce crime with less police

10 Dec

The Star Ledger’s editorial, “Brace yourself: Police layoffs could cost lives,” decries the 167 police layoffs in Newark asserting that crime will increase, thus turning the clock back on the gains made over the past decade to reduce the crime rate in the state’s largest city.

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Posted in New Jersey, Politics

 

A proposal to restore liberty and free enterprise

09 Dec

The following is an overview of  my presentation to both the Middlesex County Tea Party and Americans for Liberty this month.  The title of my talk is “How to get from here—big government—to there—limited government.”  The talk contains suggestions to end the welfare-warfare state and replace it with a constitutional republic.  At the end of the talk I suggest several books and essays for the attendees so they can become better spokespersons for the freedom philosophy. I am available to give this presentation to your association, group, wedding party, etc.

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Posted in Federal Government, Federal Reserve, Nonprofits, Spending, Taxes, The Warfare State, Welfare state

 

“I see something Janet Napolitano, Nazism on the march”

06 Dec

Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that Wal-Mart will begin making announcements in their stores, "If you see something, say something" as part of the DHS's effort to make America safe from terrorists.  Ms. Napolitano, "I see stupidity all over America.  Public officials have violated their oaths to uphold the U.S. Constitution."

See, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czoww2l1xdw&feature=player_embedded

 
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Posted in Federal Government, The Warfare State

 

How to restore liberty

04 Dec

The following is an outline of the introductory remarks I made to the Middlesex County Tea Party meeting on December 2nd.  In the rest of my remarks I discuss how to phase out Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and restore the federal government to its constitutional foundation.   To hear how can have a limited government in America ASAP,  join me at the next meeting of Americans for Liberty on December 7th in Parsippany.  Please visit Americans for Liberty for details of my talk.  Hope to see Tuesday.

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Posted in Federal Government, Spending, Taxes, Welfare state

 

Economic illiterates–Tony Fratto and Greg Valliere–defend the Fed and attack Ron Paul

03 Dec

Economic illiterates dominate financial cable news programs. These commentators reveal their ignorance about how the Federal Reserve manipulates interest rates, causes financial bubbles, and debases the currency.   For starters, these lame defenders of the Fed should read Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done to Our Money?, The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar and The Case Against the Fed. Instead of being knowledgeable about money and banking so they can inform CNBC’s viewers, they sound like high school dropouts. They spout economic nonsense that has been debunked for the past several centuries.   In time, the coming price inflation will blow up in their face, and they will deserve to be never heard from again.

 
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Posted in Federal Reserve, U.S. Dollar, Uncategorized