ALG's Daily Grind: Are America and Europe trading places?

Feb. 16, 2012

Are America and Europe Trading Places?

World Bank report: "Over time, big governments can also create sclerotic bureaucracies that crowd out private sector employment and lead to a dependency on public transfers and public wages."

Cartoon: Stands on its Own

Obama's record is indeed historic.

Obama's education fail

No Child Left Behind is unpopular, but does that mean Obama can just arbitrarily suspend enforcement of it?

Bloom: Money-printing, central banking scammers should be locked in prison

Godfrey Bloom of the UK Independence Party makes the case against Eurobonds, and against bailouts generally.

ALG's Daily Grind: Republican? Democrat? What's the difference?

Feb. 17, 2012

Republican? Democrat? What's the difference?

Members of the House need to get back to the basics of why they are in charge and not be afraid to throw their weight around.

Video: Greece In Ruins, Can It Ruin All Of Us?

Here is an illustration of what financial woes in Greece can mean for the rest of us.

Food Police go after preschooler, confiscate homemade lunch for being "unhealthy"

Since when does the government decide what types of food children are allowed to eat for lunch?

Zerohedge.com: While You Were Sleeping, Central Banks Flooded The World In Liquidity

"[I]t is sheer idiocy to assume that the printers will stop here... or anywhere for that matter. They simply can't, now that the marginal utility of every dollar is sub 1.00 relative to GDP creation."

ALG blasts House passage of payroll tax holiday, unemployment extensions

Feb. 17, 2012, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement condemning House adoption of a deal to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits, and the "doc fix" for another year without paying for it:

"This legislation the House has passed will add $165 billion to the debt over the next three years. This is simply inexcusable. They are promising partial pay-for's down the road, such that the ten year cost will supposedly be brought down to $89 billion. That's still too much. Republicans took a majority in the House promising to reduce the debt. This bill speeds up the bankruptcy of Social Security, adds significantly to the debt, and betrays the voters who demanded fiscal responsibility in 2010.

"The economy is beleaguered by excessive debt, both public and private, and we will not work our way out of this malaise with yet more debt. This legislation is counterproductive and denies the growing body of evidence that too much debt has become severely detrimental to economic growth. The spenders in Washington, D.C. are completely clueless to what ails our economy. We need new leadership."

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Americans for Limited Government is a non-partisan, nationwide network committed to advancing free market reforms, private property rights and core American liberties. For more information on ALG please call us at 703-383-0880 or visit our website at www.GetLiberty.org.

ALG: 'No deal is better than a bad deal' on payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits extensions

Feb. 16, 2012, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement responding to a deal to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits, and the "doc fix" for another year without paying for it:

"This is a severe disappointment. This is a deal that will hasten the bankruptcy of Social Security, add over $100 billion to the debt, and dispirit the base of voters who swept Republicans into a majority in the House in 2010. When critics claim there is little difference between the two parties, this is what they're talking about. This is a win for none other than the political class in Washington, D.C. The American people once again lack representation. Who's looking out for the interests of the taxpayer?

"Now it is up to individual members of the House and Senate to oppose and hopefully defeat this bill despite the position of party leadership. No deal is better than a bad deal."

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Americans for Limited Government is a non-partisan, nationwide network committed to advancing free market reforms, private property rights and core American liberties. For more information on ALG please call us at 703-383-0880 or visit our website at www.GetLiberty.org.

ALG's Daily Grind: Obama's phony $4 trillion in deficit 'reduction'

Feb. 14, 2012

Obama's phony $4 trillion in deficit 'reduction'

At best, Obama's budget can claim $1.977 trillion in deficit reduction off of the current baseline, but over 95 percent of that is because of tax increases.

America's Lingering, Looming Employment Problem

Since his election Obama's modus operandi has been to blame the previous administration for the recession and to tout his policies as the reason for the nation's turnaround.

Video: The 'Occupy' Movement, Ann Coulter and A Movie Star In Our CPAC Wrap Up

ALG caught the fracas between Occupy D.C. and the CPAC crew, it was all a part of an eventful convention this year.

Only way to rein in out-of-control NLRB

With its phony 'recess' appointments, the NLRB lacks quorum to even act. Now is the time to enact legislation by Rep. Austin Scott that will rein in the agency's rulemaking authority.