We Need the ‘Penny Plan’

Our debt has exceeded $21.5 trillion and continues to climb. While most politicians in Washington are a-okay with spending our country into oblivion, Sen. Rand Paul continues to push the budget that we have preferred for years – the Penny Plan. Sen. Paul recently reintroduced the Penny Plan in the US Senate, and yet again…

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Socialism: Dreams of “justice” & “shared wealth” end in starvation, extreme poverty, & tyranny

For years, American socialists pointed to Venezuela as an example of how well socialism could work. Celebrities flocked to the country for meetings and photo-ops with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. They commended his promises to end poverty and end the “injustice” of wealth and private property, and his increase in “social spending,” scolding American Presidents…

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Jenny Beth’s Journal: Net Neutrality was Just Govt. Overreach, Plain and Simple

One year ago this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reversed the Obama-era “net neutrality” policy which essentially allowed the government to regulate the internet. Jenny Beth has the commentary on Breitbart: “Neutrality,” like the word “fairness” and other liberal shibboleths, has a nice ring to it, but the true aims of net neutrality are…

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Jenny Beth’s Journal: It’s Time to Bring Fiscal Sanity Back to Washington

Will the government ever stop spending money it does not have? This week, Senator Rand Paul tried to provide a solution to Washington’s spending addiction. Paul’s “Penny Plan” (which would implement a miniscule two cents on the dollar spending reduction and balance the budget in just five years) earned only 22 votes. Once again, Washington…

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Jenny Beth’s Journal: The Case for Trump’s Immigration Proposal

There’s a reason why we have immigration laws – why most countries have immigration laws. Unfortunately, our government has spent decades refusing to enforce our current laws and refusing to make any attempts to address the growing threat of illegal immigration. Recently, President Trump addressed the inconsistencies in our current immigration system. As of right…

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Jenny Beth’s Journal: Eventually, Someone Has to Pay the Tab on Entitlements

The impending crisis of Social Security and Medicare may be heading our way a lot sooner than we thought. Social Security will become insolvent by 2035 and Medicare will be depleted by 2026 under current projections. How did we get to this point? Jenny Beth has the commentary: It’s time to recognize that we’re all…

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