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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Alternatives to the Faith-based Initiative
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Sunday, December 12, 2004. Alternatives to the Faith-based Initiative. President Bush proposes a faith-based initiative. Somebody has to make the decision who the money should go to after evaluating the different options (and accepting the requisite bribes). This takes time and costs money. There is a better way to do it (see solution below). Separation of Church and State. Your site is co...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Question of the Day
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Monday, December 13, 2004. Question of the Day. On my drive into work this morning I was, as I tend to do on a sleepy Monday morning, questioning the role of government in my life. I am not for complete chaos and I'm definitely not a statist, but I do believe that Americans should at least be aware of the whats, whos, hows, and most importantly, the whys of our governing bodies. What motiv...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: January 2005
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Friday, January 07, 2005. Your Tax Dollars at Work. If you pay taxes, I'm sure you like to know where your dollars are going. Well, here you go. The Bush administration paid. So let's get this straight:. 1 Society hires a group of people to enact legislation. 2 The group of people enact legislation and allocate society's funds. When I ask George how much I owe him, he tells me $250 for the...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Mission Statement
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Sunday, December 12, 2004. While these viewpoints are very libertarian in nature, the problems we face extend far beyond party politics. Political party is merely a label and these days, it only means what team you are on. In fact, the two-party system is a source of problems I think we can uncover through dialogue. Posted by butterball @ 1:15 PM.
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Your Tax Dollars at Work
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Friday, January 07, 2005. Your Tax Dollars at Work. If you pay taxes, I'm sure you like to know where your dollars are going. Well, here you go. The Bush administration paid. So let's get this straight:. 1 Society hires a group of people to enact legislation. 2 The group of people enact legislation and allocate society's funds. When I ask George how much I owe him, he tells me $250 for the...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Why Deficits Matter
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Sunday, December 12, 2004. Dick Cheney has been quoted as saying that deficits don't matter. They do, and here's just a few reasons why. The growing US deficit has forced the dollar to all time lows. Clinton knew this and applied it. When Clinton took office, the government was operating at a $290 billion deficit. By 2000, Clinton had created a surplus. Posted by butterball @ 5:43 PM.
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: Social Security Crisis
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Sunday, December 12, 2004. I humbly admit that I don't have a sound solution to the Social Security crisis. I like the idea of privatizing it and making personal savings accounts, but I think many Americans don't have the knowledge and discipline required to manage their money. Are Americans too dumb to take care of themselves? I don't mean that as a rhetorical - I really don't know! There...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: See the Forest
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Sunday, December 12, 2004. The progressive thing to do is allow same-sex couples to get married and enjoy all of the benefits that opposite-sex couples have. However, this only temporarily allows us to move forward. What about polygamy? Next, what about different-species marriages? Perhaps years from now the progressives of the day will find it terribly disconcerting that Man-Sheep marriag...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: December 2004
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Questioning the Role of Government in Our Lives and Embracing the Power of Reason. Friday, December 17, 2004. I watched the third and final Presidential debate on MsNBC. As soon as the debate finished up, the two candidates walked to center stage, shook hands, and greeted their family members as they joined them. Simultaneously, one of the political pundits from the Hardball Panel, Andrea Mitchell. Is that really what we care about in selecting our political leaders?
