ALG's Daily Grind - Southern Poverty Law Center tied to domestic terrorism

April 29, 2013

Southern Poverty Law Center tied to domestic terrorism

Floyd Lee Corkins, II pled guilty to charges of domestic terrorism explaining that he came to target the Family Research Council saying, "Southern Poverty Law lists anti-gay groups." 

Editorial: Will no one stand up for freedom?

The 224 year creep toward acceptance of governmental control is driven home in the shift of the Obamacare debate over the past few years, where in political circles, the fight has largely gone from resistance against the imposition of a federal health care law to acceptance and a battle over implementation. 

The lost generation is already here

Slow growth is leading to fewer jobs for young, college-educated Americans, 3.4 million of whom have not entered the workforce since 2009.

Pinto: Let's not repeat the same mistakes that led to the housing bubble

"Since 1975, one in eight of the 25 million families getting an FHA insured loan suffered a foreclosure from their 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages with a small down payment."

ALG's Daily Grind - IRS overpaid Earned Income Tax Credit by at least $110.8 billion since 2000

April 26, 2013

IRS overpaid Earned Income Tax Credit by at least $110.8 billion since 2000

Inspector General report: "the IRS cannot conduct extensive eligibility checks similar to those with other Federal programs that typically certify eligibility prior to the issuance of payments or benefits."

Cartoon: The Welfare State

The Boston Marathon terrorist bombers were on welfare.

Solis' questionable law firm debt

Why did Hilda Solis spend between $50,001 and $100,000 to retain the services of one of the most prestigious white collar law firms in D.C. in the year prior to her leaving the Administration?

Wiker: Why Liberals Think Being Educated Means Being Liberal

Dr. Benjamin Wiker chronicles the left's complete conquest of educational institutions over the past 150 years.

ALG's Daily Grind - Republicans taking default off the table

April 24, 2013

Republicans taking default off the table

The "Full Faith and Credit Act" will certainly avert default if the debt ceiling is reached, but Republicans also need to avoid the accusation that the debt ceiling fight throws Grandma off the fiscal cliff.

On Global Warming Advocates and Scientific Consensus

Does scientific consensus determine scientific truth?

EPA obstructs Keystone XL pipeline, puts Obama nominee at further risk

As the EPA continues obstructing Keystone,  the Senate should reject Gina McCarthy's nomination to be the next EPA Administrator, so the Obama Administration would understand that their continued expansion of power will no longer be tolerated.

Jindal: Obamacare's Medicaid expansion is bad for Louisiana

"President Obama's Medicaid expansion could cost taxpayers in Louisiana $1.7 billion over the first 10 years of implementation, and the cost will continue to rise."

ALG's Daily Grind - Rand Paul's question still has not been answered

April 23, 2013

Rand Paul's question still has not been answered

The White House says, "Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot be tried in military commissions." If the government cannot even do that, then how and when can a U.S. citizen be targeted with military force on American soil?

Cartoon: Compromise

Is dealing with Obama the path to victory in 2014?

Beware of Gov. Martin O'Malley

Maryland to institute rain tax, in which homeowners, businesses and nonprofits in certain counties will pay a fee based on the amount of "impervious surfaces" on their property, supposedly raising $482 million annually.

TheHill.com: EPA urges State Department for another Keystone delay

"EPA urged the State Department to revisit its suggestion that Keystone would not expedite production of Canada's carbon-intensive oil sands or significantly ramp up greenhouse gas emissions — two major assertions made by the pipeline's critics."

ALG's Daily Grind - Public employee unions' 'official time' personnel bailout

April 22, 2013

Public employee unions' 'official time' personnel bailout

The Dept. of Veterans Affairs has over 250 employees working full time for unions such as the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Association of Government Employees, the National Federation of Federal Employees and the Service Employees International Union.

Earth Day 2013: A Cloaked Celebration of Statism

It is because of modern innovation that we have much more efficient, cleaner, and health preserving, products to use, not through government controls.

The left's real shame

Gun control group official: "Bribery isn't what it once was. The government has no money. Once upon a time you would throw somebody a post office or a research facility in times like this. Frankly, there's not a lot of leverage."

Dorfman: The U.S. Already Has Cyprus-Style Taxes

University of Georgia economic professor Jeffery Dorfman notes several Cyprus-style wealth taxes already in effect on U.S. citizens.