A Conservative's Viewpoint (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1562029-A-Conservatives-Viewpoint When conservatives held various Tea Party rallies on April 15th, many people turned up their nose and pointed to the slogan of "no taxation without representation." The idea was that conservatives had participated in the elections which resulted in Washington's big spenders, and therefore couldn't gripe about the results. Now that states ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 May 2009 10:33:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650581 When I heard that ACORN was going to be helping out with the 2010 census, I wasn't overly concerned. Oh, I wasn't thrilled that they were going to get more taxpayer dollars, and as a genealogist, I wasn't excited that an organization with a fictional tendency would be putting this stuff down, but I wasn't exactly fired up. Then I came acr...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 May 2009 10:32:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650580 I don't understand the federal government. I thought these people were supposed to be intelligent. How is it that they think the solution to the current economic crisis is for people to borrow more money? I thought borrowing money was what got us into this mess. Take a look at the subprime mortgages. Loans were made to people who couldn't affo...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 May 2009 10:31:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650578 The New York Times and Wall Street Journal recently noted that the Obama administration is considering legislating the way that top banking executives are paid. It seems that the administration blames Wall Street for the recent economic crash, refusing to acknowledge the role that government meddling and "equal opportunity" lending played. The so...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650576 President Obama announced his plans today for his new tax reform. In addition to going after tax cheats, he made certain to let us know that companies operating in countries such as China and paying legitimate taxes there are cheating us all by not paying taxes here. I found it highly enjoyable he felt that he had to repeat the word "fair" - &#34...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650575