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I AM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

sensiblemajority, February 17, 2025February 19, 2025

AND I AM HERE TO HELP YOU 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…

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

sensiblemajority, March 7, 2024July 30, 2024

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.

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...

John Jay

March 31, 2024

John Jay has historically been relegated to the second tier of the Founding Fathers. Yet he was instrumental in getting New York to ratify the Constitution. Had either Virginia or New York failed to ratify the Constitution it is unlikely that the young nation would have survived. He successfully negotiated...