A trigger provision buried in U.S. laws since 1990 quietly took effect at the end of October. The U.S. taxpayers' annual donation of 22 percent of UNESCO's budget was summarily terminated when UNESCO voted 107 to 14 (with 52 abstentions) to … [Read more...] about Goodbye UNESCO a Model for Goodbye UN
Rick Perry’s Marriage Problems
Does Rick Perry want to undermine traditional marriage? This question leaps out from his new 20 percent flat tax plan, which would eliminate all tax advantages for married couples in which one spouse is the primary breadwinner. For more than 60 … [Read more...] about Rick Perry’s Marriage Problems
The High Costs of Marriage Absence
Most Americans are unaware that about $700 Billion a year of federal taxpayers' money is handed out to non-taxpayers allegedly below a poverty line (in addition to $250 Billion a year given out by the states). After Barack Obama became President, … [Read more...] about The High Costs of Marriage Absence
Issues Congress Should Tackle — September 2011
Issues Congress Should Tackle Time to Say Goodbye to the WTO The World Trade Organization just ruled against the United States again. A "dispute resolution panel" of WTO representatives from Pakistan, Portugal and Switzerland ruled that U.S. laws … [Read more...] about Issues Congress Should Tackle — September 2011
Debt Ceiling Up, S&P Rating Down
Remember how we were threatened that if the Republican House of Representatives didn't raise the U.S. debt ceiling, the stock market would crash and Standard & Poor's would punish us by downgrading our credit rating? So, the Republicans … [Read more...] about Debt Ceiling Up, S&P Rating Down
The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers
With Father's Day coming up, we should ponder the sad plight of the 20 million American children who are growing up without their fathers in the home. In 1993 Charles Murray identified "illegitimacy as the single most important social … [Read more...] about The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers
Unconstitutional Attack on U.S. Inventors — June 2011
Unconstitutional Attack on U.S. Inventors One of the most valuable individual rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution is the right of "inventors" to own "the exclusive right" to their "discoveries" for "limited times." This right was set forth in … [Read more...] about Unconstitutional Attack on U.S. Inventors — June 2011
Patent Act Is Dangerous to U.S. Security
More and more dangerous effects of the proposed changes to U.S. patent law (S.23, H.R.1249) keep emerging, especially since the hearings failed to hear from any real inventors. The proposed bill is unconstitutional, an attack on our national … [Read more...] about Patent Act Is Dangerous to U.S. Security
What We’ve Learned from the Budget Debate — May 2011
What We've Learned from the Budget Debate Barack Obama's runaway spending is the top issue with grassroots Americans. The problem is a long way from solved, but we've learned a lot from the budget debate. We've turned a corner. The debate is no … [Read more...] about What We’ve Learned from the Budget Debate — May 2011
The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional
The biggest issue for many new Members of Congress and TEA Partiers is trying to hold the federal government within its constitutional limits. Unfortunately, the House now seems poised to pass a law in direct violation of the Constitution. One of … [Read more...] about The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional
