How is it that so many get tax refunds when they have paid no taxes?
By Dr. Harold Pease Take my talented friend Ellen who is a single mother with one qualifying child with a very modest adjusted income of $18,957. She paid no federal income tax in 2012, but did receive a “tax refund” of $3,500. With a college...
Does the UN influence your local government? It does if it supports Agenda 21!
By Dr. Harold Pease Are your city or county government leaders ICLEI members, or is your city an ICLEI city? If so, you, or they, may not fully realize that the United Nations has a big influence over your local government decisions. You need to...
When will the Republican Party take responsibility for its irresponsible spending?
By Dr. Harold Pease Every evening as I watch the news I hear the Democrats blasted for their irresponsible, wasteful spending leading this nation to its highest national debt with over $6 trillion accredited to President Barack Obama alone. Just...
For most of our history no one paid income tax. Why now?
Dr. Harold Pease As a nation under the U.S. Constitution we are 224 years old. It may surprise readers to learn that for most of these years, 124 to be exact, we had no established federal income tax and handled our national debt quite well. Today...
“Stand with Rand,” the Patrick Henry of our Day.
By Dr. Harold Pease The approval rating presently for Congress, according to the Washington Post, is 14 percent and few Americans believe them capable of providing the leadership that is so desperately needed in our time. Few, if any, command...
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton also Supported States Nullifying Unconstitutional Federal Laws
By Dr. Harold Pease Finally the 10th Amendment is beginning to be used by states to prevent the Federal Government’s overreach of Constitutional powers. It reads, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by...
Citizens and Sheriffs’ Rally to Preserve Threatened Second Amendment Rights. Where is the Press?
By Dr. Harold Pease All over the land, from California to New York and from Florida to Alaska, thousands gathered on February 23, to remind the federal government that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” They are...
George Washington’s Largely Unheeded Message to Posterity
Dr. Harold Pease It is the normal course of things to read in both houses of Congress every February, somewhere near his birthday of February 22, President George Washington’s Farewell Address. Until the last two decades it has always been seen as...
State of the Union Address lacks Constitutional authority for much of what is proposed.
By Dr. Harold Pease In President Barack Obama’s 5th State of the Union address he did not offer a single cut, but did ask Congress to do many things, most of which are very expensive. They include: raising the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour,...