Inflation is caused by excessive currency printing by our Federal Government; and, inflation causes our currency to devalue; which, in return, causes the price for goods and services to rise…

To continue with their current level of spending, our Federal Government basically has two options:

1. Borrow more money from other countries – which increases our national debt; causes the interest on our current debt to compound further; and which needs to be paid back at some point in the future.

2. Raise taxes on the citizens.

Since raising taxes is not very popular, politically, and continuing to borrow money is not very prudent, our Federal Government, instead, creates money out of thin air, to support their desire to spend more money. Therefore, anyone who insists that our Federal Government spend more money, without cutting spending in other areas, should keep in mind, that, all people, of all income levels, at some point, are going to be affected by inflation. And, likely, not too far in the distant future. For anyone who remembers the late 70s, not much else really needs to be said.

While the current income tax rates were recently extended by Congress; and, while it is better, economically, for people and businesses to keep more of their own money – as long as The Federal Government continues to create and spend more money it doesn’t have, eventually, down the road, this will still be tantamount (in the form of inflation) to a consumption-based, or national sales tax. For these reasons, and several others, it is said that inflation is the most insidious tax of all. read more…

In this 1959 interview, Mike Wallace is interviewing the famous author, Ayn Rand; who is most famous for her 1957 novel, “Atlas Shrugged.” In this interview, Rand, eloquently, and intelligently, explains how, and why, Capitalism is far superior to Socialism; and what has gone wrong with The Free-market system, since our Founders first implemented it, with the creation of our new Republic.

Enjoy!

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“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

- Thomas Paine (from The Crisis )

This amazing scene, below, took place at The Scottsdale Fashion Square, in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 22, 2010. They are singing Hallelujah, from George Frederic Handel’s Messiah. This is really beautiful, and inspiring!

The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the child to be born will be called HOLY. – Luke 1:35 (NIV) Hallelujah!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Enjoy!

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Below, in this December 14th, Fox News interview, Sean Hannity is debating Congressman Anthony Wiener over taxation in The United States.

In this interview, I agree 100% with Sean. I am beyond tired, and frustrated, with this class-warfare rhetoric that is coming from the hard-left of our Federal Government!

The United States was founded on the idea of Equal Rights and Equal Protections. And, this quasi-Socialist rhetoric, coming from the left-wing side of our Federal Government, is not only disconcerting, but, potentially, very divisive to The American people!

I pray that all Americans of good faith, will not allow this nonsensical, and irresponsible, rhetoric, to put a wedge between you and your fellow citizens! The only thing that I really hear coming from Congressman Weiner is, we The Federal Government, know better then you commoner peasants in the private sector. This interview really crystallizes the classic debate between Collectivism vs. Individualism.

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As most Americans are aware of, in The United States’ Federal Government, we have three branches of Government: The Executive Branch, which includes The President, Vice-President, and their cabinet; The Legislative Branch (Congress), which is made up of The Senate and The House of Representatives; and The Judicial Branch, which is The Supreme Court. But, do we really have three branches of government? …

After it was decided by the framers of our Constitution to incorporate the theory of seperation of powers, as conceived by Charles-Louis de Secondat (Baron de Montesquieu), the question, of course, then became: how do the occupants of these three branches get elected or appointed?

While the framers debated as to how The President of The United States shall be appointed, the opinion seemed to be most in favor of allowing Congress to appoint The President. There were also some who thought the state governors should appoint The President. And, finally, some who thought The President should be elected by a popular vote by the citizens. After much debate, it was decided, that allowing Congress to appoint The President was a slippery-slope to legislative tyranny, as it could have made The President beholden to those who appointed him, if he were to retain his position of power. The framers, not thinking it was prudent to allow an often uninformed, and disengaged, citizenry, to directly elect The President, decided on creating the electoral process (Article 2, Section 1, Clause 2), which directed state legislatures to select electors (virtuous and trusted citizens) from their respective state, and these electors would select two people who they would elect as President – with the most votes being President, and the runner up, Vice-President. The number of electors was to be equal to the amount of Representatives and Senators that each respective state had in Congress.

And, here is where it began to get dicey:

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