By Kevin Mooney While a broad cross section of Americans continue to favor a balanced budget amendment (BBA), the idea is too closely identified with the Republican Party, and is unlikely to pass anytime soon, North Dakota State Sen. Curtis Olafson, has long argued. The […]

By Rebecca DiFede — In a disgusting display of greed a defunded quasi-government organization in Michigan known as the Michigan Quality Community Care Council (MQC3), with the help of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), found a way to dupe parents of sick children into […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : The Super Committee debt deal failure Super Committee fight is about increasing spending, not reducing deficits There is no light at the end of the tunnel Cartoon: The Horn of Plenty Dem pollsters call for Hillary to replace Obama on the 2012 ticket… The mystery of the Teacher Union’s missing money Newt Gingrich was a lobbyist, plain and simple Flashback: “Going Gingrich” Nothing Newt under the sun Lessons for Congress from a disgraced lobbyist

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By Rebecca DiFede — On Nov. 17, in a statement that would shock the world, scientists in Brussels, Belgium released the most important discovery of the century: water can no longer be considered healthy, as it is not a significant cure for dehydration . One can almost hear the screams of joy from college students everywhere — and the accompanying groans […]

By Bill Wilson —  Markets were all giddy on Nov. 18 because of a new proposal by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reported by Dow Jones , that would call on the ECB to get around the Lisbon Treaty’s Article 123 prohibition on purchases of government debt by lending the money to the IMF first. Then, […]

By Rick Manning — Sometimes you really don’t want to be right. Unfortunately, that is the situation which I find myself in as the child of the debt deal, the Supercommittee, is due to submit its recommendations to cut a meager $1.2 trillion off of the national […]

The House rejected a Balanced Budget Amendment today. According to Politico: The House voted 261-165 on Friday to reject a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. The House last voted on a balanced budget amendment in […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : National debt: $15 trillion It’s $15 trillion and counting Even Democrats are growing tired of Obama The brain-dead left Dear Average American: it’s all your fault ! Gingrich, the historian, evades own past Stossel: The FDA kills smokers If you want to get rich, get elected to Congress Sniffing out rent seekers The accountability charade Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?