Tag: Federal Work Force

LIES, DAMN LIES, STATISTICS

sensiblemajority, February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

These is an age old saying which I hesitate to credit to any one source, but it goes, “There are lies, damn lies and then there are statistics.” I studied graduate level statistical analysis for two years and God help me I enjoyed it. I try to resist the temptation…

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I AM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

sensiblemajority, February 17, 2025February 23, 2025

It may surprise the average American to know that in 1980 there were 2.9 million Federal Employees. Today 45 years later the Federal Work Force consists of 3 million employees. During this time the U.S. population has grown from 226 million citizens to 334 million. Our Gross Domestic Product has…

Benjamin Franklin: Our Founding Blogger

March 30, 2025

Benjamin Franklin is the only Founding Father to have signed, The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Paris and the Constitution. The Trifecta; The three most important documents at our country’s inception. He was born in 1706 and died at the advanced age of 84 in 1790. So, his period...

March 4, 2025

It has been over fifty years since the Nixon administration attempted to bug the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the Watergate Hotel. Nixon was about to win the general election against George McGovern in what can accurately be described as a landslide. Electoral Votes 520 to 17. Popular vote...

February 24, 2025

I believe it is time to include not only the wisdom of our Founders on this site but to also include what I will call The Preservers. Men and women who in times of great peril stood up for Constitutional Values. Today is not the first time this country has...

January 13, 2025

Been a while since we added a Word From Our Founders but I was moved by an Alexander Hamilton Quote and thought it might be worth a few words. When The American Experiment in Democracy began, the Founders adopted a very conservative approach. They believed in an Aristocracy of Talent...

May 26, 2024

Thomas Jefferson is said to have written the poetry of America’s aspirations, Madison wrote the prose.