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A balanced budget amendment is a waste of time

By On August 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Editorials

One of the issues that wasn’t covered very much in the recent fraud referred to as the debt ceiling debate was the balanced budget amendment. Several Tea Party favorites like Rand Paul touted adding such an amendment to the compromise so that we “didn’t find ourselves in this same situation later on down the road.”

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Sen. Paul and Sen. Lee on Averting a Government Shutdown | Bastiat Institute

By On July 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Clips

Sen. Rand Paul discusses his bill which ensures Social Security, interest on the debt, and soldiers’ salaries are funded regardless of whether or not a debt ceiling compromise is made:

Senator Lee explains that the U.S. has enough revenue to pay Social Security recipients whether or not an agreement on the debt ceiling is made:

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Republicans are Letting Obama have his Lincoln Moment

By On July 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Editorials

This entire debt ceiling summit is nothing more than a charade designed by the Democrats to let President Obama appear to be a great statesman and a “hard worker” for the upcoming election cycle. So called journalists are already conjuring up comparisons to the many sleepless nights Lincoln spent in the White House pouring over [...]

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