Why Are Obamacare Stats So Hard to Get? Mark Meckler December 5, 2014 Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News How many people have signed up for Obamacare? You’d think it’d be easier to get an answer to such a simple question. But no one knows how to answer, least of all the people who are supposed to have the information. Updates don’t come very often, and...
National Debt Reaches New Milestone: $18 Trillion Mark Meckler December 4, 2014 Budget, Economy, Featured, News This milestone is not a reason for celebration. Fox News reports: The national debt has passed the $18 trillion mark, sparking renewed criticism Tuesday from Republicans and other fiscal conservatives over the soaring trajectory of government...
Federal Government Makes Power Play on Education, Hopes You Don’t Notice Mark Meckler December 3, 2014 Big Government, Education, Featured, News 1 Comment While you were thinking about cooking turkey and how to survive your weird uncle, the White House was trying to slide information out into the public without you noticing. They seem to have made it a tradition of dropping regulatory agendas into the public...
The Right Place for Generosity Mark Meckler November 27, 2014 Big Government, Featured, News, Shared Values On Thanksgiving Day in 1986, President Reagan gave a radio address to the American people on the subject of generosity. He emphasized that big government programs are no replacement for good work done by volunteers and the private sector. My, how times...
Saturday Night Live Lesson on Executive Orders Mark Meckler November 26, 2014 Big Government, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News "I'm Just A Bill" is a Schoolhouse Rock classic worthy of the elementary Top 10. Who can forget that little piece of paper's longing to become a law? Or his excitement when the President actually signed him? "Oh, yeah!" Well, there will be no more waiting...
“My House Is Not For Sale” Mark Meckler November 21, 2014 Featured, News Homeowners in Indiana are fighting a mayor who wants to bulldoze their neighborhood. Mayor Bob Hall of Charlestown, Indiana, applied for state grant money to remove 350 homes from the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood and put in a nicer development. The houses...
Civil Asset Forfeiture is Worse than You Think Mark Meckler November 17, 2014 Corruption, Featured, News 1 Comment Have you heard about civil asset forfeiture? It’s an underhanded way the government can take citizens' money without even charging them with a crime. And it's even worse than federal agencies seizing small business owners’ bank accounts… police officers...
Dumb and Dumber: The Left Believes a Myth about Obamacare Mark Meckler November 14, 2014 Big Government, Featured, Lawmaker Lunacy, Mark's Commentaries, News In the 1994 movie “Dumb and Dumber” one of the characters drives through the countryside in a van and says “according to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” That’s dumb. But here’s what someone who’s supposed to be smart said...
Do You Like Being Called Stupid? Mark Meckler November 13, 2014 Big Government, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News 2 Comments It’s bad enough to be called stupid – but then for someone to say they’re glad you’re stupid so they can pull things over on you? That’s just insulting. And insulted is how every American should feel when they hear the comments made by Jonathan...
Will Obamacare Survive the Supreme Court? Mark Meckler November 11, 2014 Big Government, Featured, Lawmaker Lunacy, News 1 Comment Do you remember this summer’s news that the writers of the Obamacare law left a significant loophole regarding subsidies? Basically, funding for the whole system could collapse because the law limited eligibility for tax breaks to people who purchased plans...