photo credit: kmevans A new study indicates that “1 in 2 Americans now receives income from government programs”. It would help to translate this into layman’s terms: “One in two Americans now receives income from the other one.” The article states: Slightly over half of all Americans — 52.6 percent — now receive significant income [...]

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photo credit: Neville_S Comptroller General David Walker is at it again. He’s making more headlines, following up on an interview several months ago, when he discussed the “fiscal cancer” plaguing our society. In his latest interview, Walker compares our situation to that of Rome before it fell: Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman [...]

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The following is a letter I wrote for a class assignment on April 7, 1992. I was 10.5 years old at the time. There have been a lot of jokes about what happened when we went to war with you. Some are super scary!! Most are about your military going on revenge because you don’t [...]

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photo credit: Capannelle Due to continually creeping socialism and the ever-expanding welfare state, American citizens are now being raised with an entitlement mentality. Rather than being instilled with a desire to work hard and follow the law of the harvest, children are ingrained with the errant notion that they will be able to depend on [...]

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I sent the following letter to the editor in to the Deseret News which was published yesterday (a guy named Jacob agreed). The letter follows, highlighting the changes that the editor made to my original letter: Romney not representative of LDS viewsRon Paul a true conservative As a news junkie and political enthusiast, I have [...]

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photo credit: !borghetti Law is force. It is not philanthropic. It is not benevolent. It is not patient and long-suffering. It is brutal and swift to punish. Its only method of survival is force. For that reason alone it should be restrained, checked, and limited. The following are quotes by three like-minded men who understood [...]

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I sent the following questions to a few friends and family, and would like to get any of my readers’ responses as well to get additional perspective on the issue and see what others understand regarding the payment of tithing. Any comments would be appreciated! 1. The definition of tithing is such that we are [...]

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It’s been about a year since I launched Sustain’d, and the experience has proved to be quite rewarding. As I announced on the Sustain’d blog, the More Good Foundation has acquired the website and will be responsible for future updates and improvements. Thanks to everybody for their suggestions, feedback, and participation in this project over [...]

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