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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…

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It’s The Economy Stupid; Or are the Economists Stupid?

sensiblemajority, March 7, 2024March 9, 2025

They say a broken clock is right twice a day and after a year can boast of a long string of successes. Sooner or later the economic pundits are going to be right.

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The Deficit: AAK STATISTICS!

sensiblemajority, January 17, 2024September 28, 2024

Right now, the total deficit sits at 34 trillion dollars. It would take 123% of annual gross domestic product to pay it off.

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Economists Predict a Prosperous 2025 – Should We Be Worried?

sensiblemajority, January 14, 2024September 28, 2024

2023, 65% of economists according to Goldman Sachs predicted that there would be a recession within the calendar year. The results are in.

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...

Watergate: Words From Our Preservers

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...

A Word From Our Founders: Alexander Hamilton

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...