Posted on 12 April 2009. Tags: Alex Kozinski, appropriation, Bill of Rights, blank check, checks and balances, clause, Commerce Clause, common defense, Constitution, constitutional government, controversial, courts, David Ramsay, debts, declare it void, dual sovereignty, duties, electoral retaliation, enumeration of powers, excises, federal government, Federalism, freedom, general welfare, history, impeachment, imposts, James Madison, judiciary, Judiciary branch, legal interpretation, Legislative branch, levy taxes, liberty, limited government, Lincoln, New York, Noah Webster, playing favorites, Politics, pork spending, porkulus, power, professor, protectionism, public funds, public trust, ratifying convention, Robert G. Natelson, Savannah, socialism, Spending Clause, spending programs, Steven Engel, stimulus, supreme court, tax money, taxation, Taxation clause, taxes, Treasury, united states, Virginia
Has the federal government risen above its constitutional right to tax and spend billions of dollars on pork? What argument do we have which puts a seemingly all powerful federal government back in its constitutional place and restores the principle of federalism? Continue Reading
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Posted on 07 March 2009. Tags: acquisitions, AIG, American International Group, auto industry, auto meeting, bailouts, barack obama, Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Chrysler, congress, construction, corporate equity, corporate stock, defense, defense contractors, democracy, Economics, equities, federal reserve, federal stimulus, Federalism, financial institutions, foreign currencies, forex, Geitner, General Motors, global New Deal, government structure, hedge funds, House financial services, House of Representatives, IMF, infrastructure, International Monetary Fund, international standards, mark to market, nationalization, Nevada, operate across borders, Politics, President Obama, prevailing wages, private-equity, regulations, Republic, Rob Viglione, Sarbanes-Oxley, SOX, state sovereignty, states rights, stock market, stocks could skyrocket, strings attached, systemic risk, trading partners, Treasury, U.S. dollar, unions, USD, White House
Will stocks skyrocket after this week’s mark-to-market House meeting? Federal stimulus raises concerns over state sovereignty, Obama targets defense contractors, IMF marching towards Global New Deal, feds hold auto meeting to determine government involvement, and the U.S. dollar reaches highest level since 2006…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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