Monthly Archives: April 2009

Federalism Amendments!

I am not a Constitutional Law scholar, but this looks pretty good to me, and very much within the spirit of the Tea Parties: http://federalismamendment.com/ You can grab the amendment document here: http://federalismamendment.com/The_Bill_of_Federalism.pdf These look to be the kind of … Continue reading

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Ruinous TARP

From PowerLine: On April 21, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2009–”SIGTARP”–submitted his quarterly report to Congress on his office’s activities in relation to the TARP program. The report is a disquieting document that … Continue reading

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Why Taxes May Double

From http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/04/david-walker-why-.html: Unless we begin to get our fiscal house in order, there’s simply no other way to handle our ever-mounting debt burdens except by doubling taxes over time. Otherwise, our growing commitments for Medicare and Social Security benefits will … Continue reading

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Manhattan Project

My buddy Benito has a nice writeup of his Manhattan Project, in which I have been a subject. The things we do for science. ;-)

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Memphis Tea Party: Success!

I was part of the organizing committee for yesterday’s Tax Day Tea Party here in Memphis. That sounds kind of formal; it was just a bunch of folks who found each other on the internet and (with some amount of … Continue reading

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Solar_Mind_Read

Solar has a new class for user interaction: Solar_Mind_Read. Read on for more! Continue reading

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