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."

Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on the National Debt

AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry issued the following statement on today's announcement that the federal debt has now hit $15 trillion dollars: 

"Today, the federal debt hit a depressing $15 trillion. This astounding debt is a heavy pair of cement shoes for our children and America's economic future. Now more than ever, America needs leadership committed to overhauling Washington. That's why my Uproot and Overhaul Washington plan includes a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, a ban on earmarks, real spending and tax relief, and a part-time Congress to bring fiscal conservatism and responsibility back to our nation's capital."

ALG: Inflation, Not Economy, is Growing

October 28, 2011, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement warning that price inflation was playing heavily in reported GDP growth of 2.5 percent:

"There is a fundamental disconnect between what the government is telling us about the economy, and what people are feeling.  When every underlying component points to economic pain, with little to no job growth and rising prices, and yet there is an irrational exuberance in the headlines reporting on economic growth, it is hard to reconcile.  Unless one takes a look at consumer and producer prices, which are rising rapidly.  Inflation, not the economy, is what is apparently really growing."

Attachment:

"Pay No Attention to that Inflation Behind the Curtain," by ALG President Bill Wilson, October 28, 2011 at http://blog.getliberty.org/default.asp?Display=3799 .

ALG Praises Rick Perry for Opposing QE3

August 16^th, 2011, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today praised Texas Governor Rick Perry for calling any attempt to print money to benefit the Barack Obama's reelection chances over the national interest "almost treasonous":

"Continuing to print money to pay the debt is nothing more than a political dodge from the hard choices that our elected officials are hired to make.  Governor Perry is to be commended for recognizing this pernicious scheme for what it is."