Krauthammer: Election Night Could be Very Bad for Obama
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“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.” Ronald Reagan [Reader Post]
If the government does not tax you on something, is it giving you a subsidy? Many politicians and the general public often answers yes. The premise underlying this Marxist view is that government owns all wealth and property, and only through its benevolence may you be allowed to use some of it. Liberal politicians often imply that a tax break is the same as a subsidy. However, a tax break is an instance of government taking no action, when the government keeps its hands off your property. A subsidy, by contrast, occurs when the government actively distributes tax money. Subsidization is a positive and destructive action taken by government.
Obama code switches [Reader Post]
Harry Reid once observed Barack Obama’s ability to shift between common English and what Reid called “Negro dialect.”
“He [Reid] was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama — a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ ” Halperin and Heilemann say.
Reid was right, but he was dunned into apologizing for it.
A Walk To Remember Our Former Friend and Author, ChrisG – Bumped
As many of our long-time readers know ChrisG, a former author at Flopping Aces, took his own life in 2009 while suffering from PTSD.
To honor Chris his wife, Shannon Galloway is walking in the “Out of the Darkness Community Walks to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention” in her local area.