tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52272696319131727292011-12-06T12:02:12.156-08:00This is where you can find out what is happening in the great state of Nevada specifically and the nation in general. You will find interesting articles and videos plus reports on what is happening with me and my campaign. You can post your suggestions, comments, and opinions here also.Tom Jones Reportshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994098499765763691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227269631913172729.post-42530624478009809012011-12-06T11:54:00.000-08:002011-12-06T12:00:58.183-08:00

Why can states refuse to allow write in votes? If you read these 3 amendments to the Constitution, you will see that you cannot deny or abridge the right of citizens to vote for almost anything except the states can refuse to let a person vote for a write in candidate and therefore in effect abridge their right to vote.Amendment XVThe right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be

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i saw this posted on the Independent American web site. Air Force Academy Spends $80,000 on Pagan Worship CenterPosted on December 5, 2011 by Christopher What do you get when you combine pagans, two witches, and the Air Force Academy? Eighty thousand taxpayer dollars. That’s how much the government is spending in its pursuit of political correctness in the military.After a year’s worth of work,

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Read this story about how Iceland solved its financial problems. Then consider what we are doing here in the United States and what is happening in the European Union with Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.Why should the taxpayer pay for the mistakes made by the banks and the FED? Why are the voters reelecting the people who voted to bail out the banks?It is time to elect representatives who

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How would you feel if the government said that you had to own a car even if you didn’t want one and couldn’t drive one. It demanded that you buy it from one of the Big 3 American Car Companies even if you could get a better car for less money from a foreign car company. It demanded that you pay for a car for someone else who couldn’t afford it and that you buy it from the American Car Companies

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While the media talks about income equality, it is important to realize that it is not in any sense related to the quality of life. The real problem is that the number of poor is growing. More people are on food stamps than ever before and that number is growing fast. Although the income gap is becoming larger, that is not the reason that our quality of life is declining. The real cause of our

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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case from the 10th Circuit's Court about the right to have to have a expression of faith on public property. This was a defining moment for religious freedom in American. Sometimes no decision is the worst decision of all. As you may have heard, the U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to intervene at a defining moment for religious freedom in

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I love my country, it’s my government I don’t trust. I am concerned about our legislators raising and spending money without any regard for the Constitution of the United States.Legalize the Constitution.

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With the Fed printing more and more money, our money will purchase less and less until prices are so high that the state will have to cut services and we will be unable to afford food and shelter.Nevada must reduce its spending. We must balance and reduce the state's budget. Some states are out of control and will experience rioting and looting. It will not be safe to live in those states. It is

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I read an article today that stated that We are all aware that the Fed has a dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment. But what may come as a surprise to most is that they have a distinct preference in their mandates. The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke has a clear bias toward fulfilling the goal of maximum employment. Looking at those two mandates, I would say that the Fed has

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This article by Jacob Sullum appeared in the Review Journal today.It stated that This week, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, unveiled a plan to cut nearly that much in 2013 alone, followed by similar cuts in the next two years, yielding a balanced budget by 2015.I believe that it should get more media attention. At the Republican Debate in Las Vegas,

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Here's a fact: America's standard of living is falling at a faster pace today than at any time since the Great Depression. Specifically, the real median income is down 9.8% since the fall of 2008. Additionally, Americans have lost roughly $5.5 trillion in asset value, or about 8.6% of their wealth.When you talk about a depression, what you're really talking about is a collapse in the standard of

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I have been very busy the last month so I haven't posted anything in this blog. I have also been very unhappy with the news lately. Last night, I watched the Republican Presidential Debate in Las Vegas. What a joke! 2 candidates dominated the air time with their arguing. The candidates who really had something to say didn't get enough time.Ron Paul didn't even get a chance to have a closing

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Recipients of taxpayer money, including government employees who cannot be fired and have a great pension plan that is bankrupting the country, and welfare recipients who periodically break out in mob violence, are the majority voting bloc of the Democratic party. The Republicans are no better with business monopolies buying votes. We need to support the largest third party in each state as is

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Credit is money that's been borrowed. In a healthy economy (one with sound money, like gold), credit is limited to savings. That only makes sense, doesn't it? How could you borrow something that someone else hasn't already put aside for the purpose of lending? Of course… saving is hard. Most people would prefer to have the benefits of credit without the effort of saving. Thus, we have modern

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Obama promised The health care bill will not increase the deficit by one dime.Turned out to be the single biggest tax hike in historyNo boots on the ground Libya.Don't make me laugh!!!Quantanimo bay to be closed within a year.Its actually expanded and more of them have been set upSlowly pull the troops out of the middle east.Oh but wait,he has expanded the war and continued with Bushlers

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The French philosopher, Frédéric Bastiat, wrote in 1850 about the law, See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.Now some people will argue that Wall Street executives earn many times more

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America is not a socialist country. We have private ownership of assets and profits. However, it is not a capitalistic coutnry either. The State contols almost every business with regulations, fees, restrictions, and taxes.Because various types of government make up more than 40% of GDP, we live in a society dominated by government.America is a combination of the two with socialism becoming the

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I read this article that said that the United States was stifling investment by adding more and more investment regulations. It stated, If the object of the government is to encourage investment, entrepreneurship, and create jobs, this is exactly the wrong way to go about it.And I'm not blaming just one political party. Things are the same now as under the last American president. It's as if the

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In the Review Journal today, my letter was published. It is about the 2nd Congressional District special election and mentions the IAP candidate Tim Fasano.To read the letter, scroll down to the 2nd letter.The letter refers to an article published May 26th in the Review Journal in whish reporter Laura Myers mentions the Democratic and Republican candidates, but doesn't mention any of the other

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In May of this year, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that We hold that there is -no right- to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers.To summarize the article about this case, the case deals with one Richard Barnes, a regular Joe citizen of Indiana, who was in the midst of marital problems with his wife one evening in 2007. The couple was arguing when police arrived to the scene and

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My letter to the Review Journal editors was published on 5/17. It stated, The Saturday article "Vote helps math-challenged" is the perfect example of why our educational system is failing. It has nothing to do with money. It has to do with demanding that our children learn the curriculum.Why even have a proficiency exam? As students fail more parts of the exam, just allow them to pass if they

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To put it simply, we spent too much, we borrowed too much, we now are spending less because we have to pay our debts, and now we have an economic crisis. Until we pay back our debt, it will continue.By expanding the money supply and increasing our debt is the wrong answer. It just will make matters worse. It is like giving a fat person ice cream and chocolate. It will satisfy their hunger, but

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Most people seem to see inflation of “2% or so” as a normal part of a “growing” economy. In fact, in a successfully growing economy there should be technological advances and economies of scale, which should reduce the cost of goods naturally…a natural “deflation.”The idea that there should be a targeted “inflation” is preposterous. It simply reflects a continual theft from those who save in

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Yesterday, the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency announced that consumer prices slowed last month to an annualized 3%.But this morning, here in the good ol' USA, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.5% last month -- which works out to a 6% annual clip.Yes, this is Zimbabwe where once $100 trillion was worth about $30.“Since the expansive

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This is a concise video on how this economic collapse happened in America and what needs to be done to correct it.We are in this mess because we want the government to take from others to help us. We must take responsibility for ourselves and then also be willing to help others. However, the government should not forcibly take from one person and give to another. We must be willing to sacrifice

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The growing battle between public employee unions and taxpayers is getting out of hand. On one side are the state employees who think you owe them a livelihood, full health benefits, and a stout retirement income. On the other side are the producers, the taxpayers who've had no voice in government for decades.The main reason so many state and local governments are bankrupt, or on the verge of

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Inflation is back and it is back with a vengeance. If you want to buy a food item imported from abroad, you'll pay about 30% more than you did a year ago. Or, if you want to buy a barrel of oil, that will cost you about 60% more.Almost every business in America uses imported energy. Every American eats. As far as we know, you can't buy home-grown pineapples or coffee beans – not in the 48 states!

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I would point out, too, that the U.S. dollar has lost 95% of its purchasing power since 1913. And the U.S. dollar is among the best currencies of the last hundred years. That says something about paper currencies, doesn’t it?This points out why if we keep printing more paper money, we will have hyper inflation and our economy will be ruined. Inflation is already growing at an increasing rate.

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What can we learn from the events in Egypt? We can learn 2 things from these riots.One is that we are partly responsible for the riots. One of the main causes of the riots was the huge increase in the price of food which can be traced to the Fed's inflationary monetary policy. The CRB food index shows increases in food price in the past year of up to 36%. When people are hungry they riot.The

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Many years ago, Federal Reserve Chairmen tried to protect the dollar's purchasing power. Many decades ago, they didn't even exist. America used silver and gold to protect our purchasing power.Ben Bernanke, the current Federal Reserve Chairmen, seems to believe that a rising stock market will produce rising employment. However, by printing more money and increasing the United States debt, he is

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The media says the the riots are political, but the real reason behind the riots is food price inflation.It was no coincidence that the protests across North Africa were triggered by a Tunisian fruit vendor who was protesting against police confiscation of fruit and vegetables he was trying to sell on the street.The United Nations reports the price of cereals rose 39% last year. The price of oils

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This post by the NPRI states that We've finally achieved bi-partisan consensus — tax increases hurt people.In trying to condemn Governor Sandoval, the liberals are saying that ending a subsidyis a tax increase. However, ending a subsidy isn't a tax increase — ending a subsidy is ending a subsidy. That is wby Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, said that Sandoval’s suggestion that

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In response to this letter in the Sun, I sent this letter to the editor.In his letter about solving the poverty problem, Bruce Carper asks for solutions. He points out the poverty is obviously on the rise. I suggest that there are 3 major reasons for the increase.One is that welfare isn’t working because it encourages people to live off the government instead of encouraging them to improve

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This report by the NPRI points out how Nevada legislators have been ignoring state law. This is a problem at all levels of government. This article states The Chicago-based Institute for Truth in Accounting today called the financial position of the State of Nevada "precarious" and said past Silver State governors and legislatures had evaded the state's balanced-budget law."If governors and

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In this Sun letter to the editor, the writer states Education cuts? Really? Is that what our new governor is proposing? Reducing our public school spending, which is currently ranked 46th in the nation, one that has our students ranked last in chances for success?”Later he states, The people of Nevada want a balanced budget, oh yes we do. However, it needs to be done smartly and no one gets any

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This is an article written by a reader of the Review Journal. It points out how the Nevada bureaucracies hinder businesses and actually drive them out of the state.The article has many examples of the problems that Nevada bureaucracies caused businesses. For example, it states, I had to wait four months for the Fire Department to inspect my building so that I could receive my business license and

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This article in the Review Journal states,Here's the House of Representatives new rule: "A bill or joint resolution may not be introduced unless the sponsor has submitted for printing in the Congressional Record a statement citing as specifically as practicable the power or powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the bill or joint resolution." Unless a congressional bill or

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Social Security (SS) and Medicare (MC) are both paid for by workers during their working life. They were not designed to be welfare programs. However, they are both being treated by the government as if they were welfare programs.The government pays disability to people who have not worked or worked very little. The government gives MD coverage to people who have not paid into the program.However

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This letter to the editor states,While it may be possible to put into service a testing program from existing resources for a reasonable amount of money, what does increase the funding level are the resources in both materials and personnel to carry out the remediation programs necessary to bring nonproficient students to proficient status.I taught in the public school system in Florida while

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I received a newsletter that was very interesting to me. It was about the situation that the United States is experiencing. The article suggested this link to an article entitled "The Fed-Caused Disaster is Here."I think that this article explains the cause of the current economic situation. Dollars were incorrectly invested in real estate which caused the real estate bubble. The Fed was the

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This editorial really hit home. I just had to mention it in my blog. On Thursday, members of the House's new Republican majority read the U.S. Constitution aloud -- the first time in the nation's history that's been done during a session of Congress. First of all, I cannot believe that this is the first time that the Constitution has been read in a session of Congress, but then when I think of

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In the Sun, there were 2 letters to the editor about Americans and smaller government. One states that Americans have shown that they want less government by their vote in the 2010 election.The other says that Americans don't have the will power to give up their big government. It states,Every dime the government spends goes into someone’s pocket. The vast majority of federal government

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This article supports something that I have promoted in my campaign for State Senator last year. It states, And that is: Don't promote from third to fourth grade those who can't read.The article then points out that this is what Florida has done. In 1999, Florida instituted secondary education reform, including performance-based pay for teachers, grading schools, annual tests and, most

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This is a very interesting concept. In this article, David Brooks proposes that government action should be judged by what it will achieve. It states,The best way to measure government is not by volume, but by what you might call the Achievement Test. Does a given policy arouse energy, foster skills, spur social mobility and help people transform their lives?David then discusses past actions by

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A letter to the editor in the Sun, states,Mr. Kolander goes on to support his view by referring to the founding of the nation and American history.While the Sun’s editorials and I disagree with Mr. Kolander on the Constitution and on American history, we are arguing the wrong issues here. This is in a letter discussing health care. I agree with his contention that all people want is a good

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This article blames the liberals for all our problems. It states,For the past 50 years, the Democrats — and many Republicans who should know better — have been wrong about virtually every major domestic policy issue. Let's review some of them:I agree that the Democrats have some bad policies, but the Republicans are also at fault. That is why I think that we need a strong third party and maybe

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This is the entire letter to the editor in the Review Journal.President Obama and the lame duck Congress pushed the START treaty through, and we've not been told how many in Congress read the accord.Now the treaty has won initial approval in Russia's Duma (the counterpart of our Congress), but its members pointedly say that final approval won't occur until Jan. 11 at the very earliest, because

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This Sun letter to the editor states,But why despise the rich for this? I can see intelligent people showing anger toward the greedy Wall Street gang that created toxic assets that resulted in them getting richer and millions of middle class people losing their savings. I think most of us admire the people who gain wealth by working hard, competing against each other and getting ahead, but it is

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This article in the Sun is about a young lady who is an illegal alien. She is a model student and would make a great citizen of the United States. However, she is illegal and cannot become a citizen.The article states, Jessica, whose name has been changed in this story to protect her identity, is one of hundreds of thousands of undocumented residents whose immigration was their parents’ decision

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In the Review Journal business section today, there were 3 articles with bad news. The first was about home prices falling again. All major cities showed declines in home prices in October.The second article was about Las Vegas loses 13,400 construction jobs. Construction employment grow or remained steady in 120 out of 337 large cities, but Las Vegas was not one of them. The third article was

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This Review Journal article is about cutting government spending. It tells about how the mayor of Atlanta solved an out of control budget. It states,The politicians we need are what I’d call “pay-as-you-go progressives” — those who combine fiscal prudence with growth initiatives to make their cities, their states or our country great again. Everyone knows the first rule of holes: When you’re in

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This is a depressing article in the Review Journal about the lack of knowledge Americans have about the Bill of Rights. It states,Americans are woefully ignorant, correctly answering questions about the document only 32 percent of the time.Most revealing is that 42 percent of Americans believe the concept of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" appears in one of

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This article was in the Review Journal, but I could not find the link so I used this one. It points out that many have not prepared for retirement and states,"The situation is extremely serious because baby boomers have not saved very effectively for retirement and are still retiring too early," says Olivia Mitchell, director of the Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research at the

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One article on taxing the rich, one article on what has happened when the rich were taxed, and one article on the blame for job losses show how the government is really the problem.The first article states,Two percent of the people in America control trillions of dollars and spend millions to get folks elected who will allow them to amass more.Trickle-down economics never worked and it never will

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This article is depressing. I had to use a non RJ link, but it is the same article. It states,Nearly one-fourth of the students who try to join the U.S. Army fail its entrance exam, painting a grim picture of an education system that produces graduates who can't answer basic math, science and reading questions, according to a new study released Tuesday.It continues,The report by The Education

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This is another article that was in the Review Journal that I could not find a link in the RJ, so I am using this Washington Post link. This article is the effect of red tape on business expansion and about reducing the regulations. It states,One reason often cited for this unwillingness to invest is executives' belief that Washington regulators are stifling fresh investment and discouraging

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This was an article in the Sun. I could not find the link to the Sun article, but I found a link to the same article titled "When Zombies Win". It states,When historians look back at 2008-10, what will puzzle them most, I believe, is the strange triumph of failed ideas. Free-market fundamentalists have been wrong about everything — yet they now dominate the political scene more thoroughly than

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This Review Journal Article states,Earlier this month, an audit of state contracts with current and former state employees revealed sweetheart deals that have led some lawmakers to suspect "criminal activity."The irregularities include one employee billing the state for working 25 hours a day -- talk about dedication! -- and another receiving $350 an hour for a job usually rated at $65 an hour.

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This article was in the Review Journal, but I couldn't find the link so I used this one. It is about the legislature's abuse of the government's authority to regulate commerce. It states,U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson took a stand for the principle that Congress may exercise only those powers that are specifically enumerated in the Constitution. It's about time someone did. Over the years,

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This article in the Review Journal states,There's an economic parable that has been floating around for several years that hits this nail on the head. It's titled: "The tax system explained in beer." There are a number of variations, but here's the quick version:"Ten men go out for beer, and the bill comes to $100."They paid their bill the way Americans pay taxes."The first four men (the poorest)

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In this article in the Orlando Sentinel, it states,People who wonder what America's budget problem is ultimately about should look to Europe. In the streets of Dublin, Athens and London, angry citizens are protesting government plans to cut programs and raise taxes. The social contract is being broken. People are furious; they feel betrayed.Modern democracies have created a new morality.

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This article in the Review Journal states,State Employment Security Division administrator Cindy Jones decided Tuesday to increase the average unemployment tax rate paid by employers by 50 percent starting in January.Later, it states,Because of Nevada's highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate of 14.2 percent, the state has had to borrow more than $579 million from the federal government in the

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This article is about inflation and our fiat money. A reader sent a letter that said,"No, our money is just fine, Vin," writes in one correspondent, answering my column of Nov. 21. "In spite of what the gold bugs would have you believe; the value of the dollar is still, historically and relatively speaking, at the place it was a century ago."The author replied,It's hard to believe anyone who's

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This is an interesting article in the Review Journal. It states,The stakes are high for Nevada in the cases seeking to block implementation of the law overhauling health care.If the law were struck down, it would save taxpayers in the economically depressed state as much as $574 million in costs to the state's general fund through 2019, according to the latest state estimates.Wasn't this supposed

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This article in the Review Journal states,Anyone who argues state government has been cut to the bone hasn't visited Nevada's website.Clicking on the "Boards & Commissions" button reveals flab begging to be carved away. More than 160 panels are listed alphabetically. Most of them serve dubious purposes -- especially licensing boards that exist solely to deny low-skill workers the chance to earn a

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This article was in the Review Journal, but it is from the Washington Post. It states,President Obama on Monday announced a two-year pay freeze for most of the 1.9 million civilians who work for the federal government, as he tried to address concerns over a mushrooming deficit and placate Republicans who have targeted the workforce for big cuts. While I am against the federal government ordering

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This article in the Sun states,Bowles and Simpson call for a wide range of cuts, including in Social Security, Medicare and the Defense Department. They suggest overhauling the tax code to reduce rates while eliminating many loopholes. And they also call for raising the gas tax to pay for roads.Why aren't they suggesting the elimination of some ot the regulatory agencies which can create laws in

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In this article in the Review Journal, it states,When the Obama administration took over financially ailing General Motors, more than one observer dubbed the resulting enterprise "Government Motors."Since then, GM has geared up production of pricey "hybrids" that supposedly cause less pollution, until one considers battery disposal. Critics complained the central state was mandating production of

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In this article in the Review Journal, it states,Many -- even "moderate" Republicans -- have been heard of late to say, "There are sections of Obamacare that need tweaking, maybe even repeal. But there are some provisions that should be kept, that we can all agree make sense, including the ban on insurance companies refusing to cover people with pre-existing conditions."This seems like a very

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In this article in the Review Journal, it states,If there's one good government idea out there, it's the concept of moving public workers from anachronistic defined-benefit plans to modern 401(k)-style retirement plans.This is a good idea. In fact, it is something that the IAP working on getting passed in the 2011 legislative session. The article also states,Defined-benefit plans stem from a bad

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This article in the Review Journal states,Nevada's outgoing governor isn't the only one questioning the need for licensing boards that set standards and license workers in many occupations.While defenders say the boards protect the public from harm, others suggest they are unnecessary for occupations that don't require high skill levels.I think that we have too many licensing boards now. You have

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This letter to the editor in the Sun states,I want the size, scope, power and reach of the federal government reduced. Why? Because when any human driven entity becomes very powerful, it eventually becomes “out of balance,” and it abuses its “power and reach.” Later, it states, Creating giant deficits through awful economic policy, manipulating the housing market leading to a housing value

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Regarding the editorial entitled “Back up”, the problem of the backlog of immigration cases could be solved by passing a law similar to the SB 1070 in Arizona. By fining employers of illegal aliens, the illegal aliens would have trouble fining work and many would leave the state.Illegal aliens would also be concerned with any traffic violation that may lead to their deportation. The economic

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In this letter to the editor in the Sun, it says that,Why let political shenanigans decide who and what gets our vote instead of using common sense and putting country and all American people first? Of course, this is something about which we don’t usually think, as is the fact that we never learn our lesson nor see that power-hungry political parties are not interested in the welfare of the

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I want to thank everyone for their support and prayers. Unfortunately, I didn't win the election. Here are the results.for Nevada State Senate District 9.Elizabeth Halseth-Republican 41,658 votes 50%Tom Jones-Indenpendent American Party 4,575 votes 5%Benny Yerushalmi-Democrat 37,152 votes 45%I learned a lot about campaigning and really enjoyed meeting everyone.As the Clark County IAP Secretary, I

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This is a great article in the Review Journal. It is about how our Congressmen are breaking their oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.I could not find a link to the Review Journal article so I am using this link to the same article.The first line in the article states,Most people whom we elect to Congress are either ignorant of, have contempt for or are just plain

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On October 26, the Review Journal ran an article on school spending and the Sun ran an article on school spending. The Sun's article was about how budget cuts are taking a toll on school maintenance.So it is with the 356 schools — more than a third over two decades old — that are cleaned, cooled and repaired by the Clark County School District.Spread over an area the size of Delaware and

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This article in the Review Journal is about the 50% hike in unemployment taxes which will take effect January 1, 2011. The article states that,The tax is being increased because the state unemployment trust fund was exhausted in October 2009 and the state so far has been forced to borrow more than $500 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to keep paying benefits. The heavy borrowing occurred

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This Review Journal article shows an example of how inept our government is in almost anything that it does. The article states,Up to 8,000 non-citizens enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces every year and serve alongside American troops. As of May 2010, there were 16,966 non-citizens on active duty. The military does not allow illegal immigrants to enlist.If non-citizens die while serving, they are

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This Sun article demonstrates how the liberals try to justify spending. It uses the disabled as an example of the hardships that cutting spending will include.If you look at the last 50 years, you will see that our economy is worse than beforre, that people are losing their homes, that our schools are lacking, that we are not any safer, and that more people are living in poverty than ever before.

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In this Review Journal editorial about the attorney general race which isthe most high-profile -- and, arguably, important -- state constitutional officer. it stated that,While we initially had high hopes for Ms. Masto, she's proved a disappointment. Mr. Barrick is marginally qualified. Joel Hansen, with perhaps the best ideas, is an Independent American with little chance of being elected.Voters

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In the Review Journal’s article on the State Senate Races, the only candidates mentioned were the Democratic candidates and the Republican candidates. Why? I am sure that there are many very qualified third party candidates or independent candidates.In fact, I am a candidate in the State Senator District 9 race and feel that I am more qualified that the other two candidates mentioned by the RJ.

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This Review Journal article states,The last thing our education system needs is more money.Of all the things the Newark, N.J., school system needs, the last of them is more money. Newark spends more per pupil than any other city in the country, and gets dismayingly little for it. For $22,000 per pupil — more than twice the national average — it graduates half its students.Later in the article, it

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This article in the Review Journal states,Happy New Year, Nevada employers.Starting Jan. 1, you will be hit with a 50 percent increase in the taxes you pay to provide unemployment benefits to workers, the state Employment Security Council decided Tuesday. But that won't be the last of your increases.As early as September, your unemployment taxes are expected to be boosted again to help the state

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This article was in the Review Journal, but I had to use this link. It is about the unintended consequences of passing laws without considering the laws of economics.It states,It's raining! I don't like it! Why hasn't Congress passed the Good Weather Act and the Everybody Happy Act? Sound dumb? Why is it any dumber than a law called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which promised

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This article was in the Sun, but I could only find this link. It is about how California welfare recipients are spending their welfare money on trips to Las Vegas and cruises to other places.It states,More than $69 million in California welfare money, meant to help the needy pay their rent and clothe their children, has been spent or withdrawn outside the state in recent years, including millions

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This front page article in the Review Journal states,The more Nevadans think about the state's projected $3 billion revenue shortfall, the more they want to cut spending and increase taxes.At least that's what the Impact Nevada survey found when 600 likely voters around the state were polled from Sept. 6-16The problem with this poll is that is assumes that the state will have a $3 billion deficit

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This article was in the Review Journal, but I could not find it on the RJ site so I used another site.'The lessons of history ... show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.' These searing

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This letter to the editor in the Sun, states,The Tea Party/Republicans encourage voters to focus on the deficit, the deficit, the deficit. Yes, the deficit is a major problem. But it is only part of the problem. Other major challenges that are rarely mentioned are Wall Street, big business, the whole military/industrial complex, insurance companies and Big Pharma. Abuses by all of the above are

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This article in the Sun is about Steven Horsford discussing the Nevada 2011 budget.Senate Majority Leader Horsford states,With the state facing an estimated $3 billion shortfall, Horsford, D-Las Vegas, proposed in an interview with the Las Vegas Sun that the state should cut programs or shift them along with their costs to local governments.These spending reductions would total about $1.5

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This is the letter that I wrote to the Review Journal about their series of articles using the impact opinion polls.In your series of articles about the impact opinion polls on taxes, you have neglected to ask some of the most important questions of all. Would you be willing to cut services to avoid tax increases?Would you favor an amendment like the Tax and Spending Control amendment which would

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This article was in the Review Journal on October 1, but I cannot find the link so I used a link to the same article on another site. it states,As I've said before, a tax cut is not a handout. It simply means government steals less. What progressives want to do is take money from some — by force — and spend it on others. It sounds less noble when plainly stated. That's the moral side of the

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This Review Journal editorial points out that Obamacare is not working. It states,As a matter of fact, today was the day when those provisions of the new law were set to take effect. But it didn't work out quite as planned."Major health insurance companies in California and other states have decided to stop selling policies for children rather than comply with a new federal health-care law that

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This is a major problem with our school system and is one reason why I don't think that more money will fix the problems.This letter to the editor states that It is painfully obvious that the middle school structure as it stands is not working for today's children. Many children are coming to middle school reading below a fifth-grade level and/or not knowing their multiplication tables. Because

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This article in the Review Journal states,Two parties are simply not enough to represent all the principles, values and interests of the citizens of this country. We need more parties -- especially more viable ones -- not fewer. Voters should have real choices each election cycle.That is why I suggest that voters change their voter registration to the Independent American Party. If enough voter

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This article in the Review Journal by Danny Tarkanian states,Nevada is suffering through the worst economic crisis in our state's history. Where our state leads the nation, we do so in unenviable categories: unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcies. Our $6.5 billion state budget is projected to have a $3 billion deficit. Yes, you read that right -- Nevada can only fund a little over half of

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This article in the New York Times and the Review Journal states,The heart of any moral system is the connection between action and consequences. Today’s public anger rises from the belief that this connection has been severed in one realm after another. Financiers send the world into recession and don’t seem to suffer. Neighbors take on huge mortgages and then just walk away when they go

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One is about question 4 which seeks to revise the PISTOL amendment about eminent domain. It says that If voters approve the question, then they revise the Peoples' Initiative to Stop Taking Our Land (PISTOL) constitutional amendment that 60 percent of them approved in 2008.Why should the government be able to take land from an owner to give to a private company for any reason? Another is about

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This is an email that I received.Dear Friends, Today, September 17, is Constitution Day. We commemorate the signing of the Constitution 223 years ago today. How blessed this nation has been because of those who “pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.” Then having risked their blood they started us on the grandest experiment of liberty in history…the Constitution of the

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This article in the Sun states thatEach school day, 300,000 high-spirited children and voracious teenagers — virtually a city the size of Pittsburgh — converge on the public schools to eat.Of these, about 156,000 qualify for free meals.It is very important to make sure that children are fed. However, it is sad that in America over half of the children going to public school qualify for free

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