We always love talking with Roger Pilon. He is the chair of the Center for Constitutional Studies at the CATO Institute and always gives such incredible insight to our founders intent.
Article I, Section 7: “Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States”
Article I, Section 8, Commerce clause: “ establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;…”
This is more than a Constitutional battle. This is a moral battle. We always hear that we need to pass this bill because it’s the compassionate and moral thing to do! Is it? We asked that question to Tom Bowden who is an analysts at the Ayn Rand Center:
Which is great because I was just thinking the other day that we had $108 billion too many dollars laying around and we should find somewhere to throw it away. John Tanner found it!
Here is Ian Vasquez from CATO on what the IMF is, why this is a waste of money, and the politics behind the vote:
Marsha Blackburn voted against the funding. From her press release:
Troop funding bills should be about the troops. They should fund and expedite their missions and keep them safe. The bill before us was inherently inconsistent. With one hand Congress is giving our forces the funds they need to accomplish their mission. With the other hand we are handing propaganda and taxpayer dollars to those who wish to defeat our forces and freedom around the world. I support a clean supplemental funding bill and am disappointed that the Conference Committee didn’t heed the bi-partisan instructions of the House to supply one.”
“Our Troops urgently need these resources, but not at the expense of a more difficult and dangerous mission. Language blocking the release of images that we know would be used as anti-U.S. propaganda and a recruiting tool for terrorist organizations should have been included. Without it, our forces are at the mercy of an activist court that could overturn the Commander-in-Chief’s efforts to protect them. IMF funding, which could support the very state sponsors of terrorism who finance attacks on our troops, should have been stricken from this bill. The American Taxpayer is tired of bailouts and will not tolerate a bailout for Hugo Chavez or Hamas.
John Tanner did not release a press release on his website about this, but, who would expect him to. No one is paying attention, right?
“The guy at the end of the show didn’t like your wax candle maker story because it didn’t really apply to the situation he said. Maybe he would have liked William Durant’s story more. He was a horse-drawn carriage maker that became the president of buick and a few years later general motors because the horseless vehicle started to overtake the demand for horse-drawn carriages. Maybe that applies better.”
To improve the economy, policymakers should focus on reforms that remove impediments to work, saving, investment and production. Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth.
After the Supreme Court ruled on the Second Amendment, we knew that every gun law in the country was going to be reviewed. Here is the first. Georgia just passed a law that says, “those with the proper licenses will be able to carry a concealed weapon on public transportation.” Is an airport public transportation? Let’s kick that up a notch; Should you be allowed to carry a gun in an airport? (Everywhere BEFORE the security check-point. We’re leaving the “guns on a plane” debate for another day)
Here is Ilya Shapiro, the editor-In-chief of the Supreme Court Review, last week when I asked him what the Supreme Court ruling means for the gun laws currently in existence:
Just when things look like they might settle down in radio land, the Supreme Court comes to the rescue! Ilya Shapiro took some time to chat with us this morning on the recent supreme court opinions
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