More spending, more glad-handling, more invasions of private information (through the 'research' end of this)... The brown shirts are starting to become visible beneath the white collars of the bureaucrats.

But, we're SURE janet Napolitano can name the provisions in the US Constitution that allow her agents and pals to do these things... Right?

As Cosby said, "Riiiiiiiight."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/dhs-expand-and-formalize-coordinatio...

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Ugh.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/new-pay-per-mile-scheme-would-boost-taxes-...

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Galt's Gulch? Will the feds plant a few 'special' friends in the population to claim abuses are happening inside?

http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/patriotic-group-build-a...

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Recall our discussions on the Liberty Conspiracy that the entrance of the feds into the student loan and grant business has prompted an artificial increase in demand for college admissions, thus pushin gup prices and decreasing quality?

Well, the defaults have begun, and the feds are instituting a NEW, FUN program to inspire more defaults and to, essentially, pay for huge portions of college loan recipients' bills! Great!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-05/here-comes-student-loan-bailout

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Perhaps the US population will be more like the Brits when it comes to teeth as well as doctor visits...

Ouch.

http://www.atr.org/braces-kids-more-expensive-obamacare-tax-a7407

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This is the second time this accusation has been leveled. If true, that means that those shut down by BoA got to see their tax money taken from them by the Feds in order to bail out BoA and help BoA buy Merrill Lynch at a cheap price. That bank is now arbitrarily blocking the lawful sale of the guns and gun parts. Nice. Anyone have money with BoA? Investments with Merrill? It might be a good idea to show them how the market works...

http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/bank-america-freezes-gu...

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It's something libertarians expected. Government grows, takes more, and tells you it's for your own good.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-01/senate-passed-deal-means-higher...

Note: The "payroll tax cut" is the one where the gubment stopped taking some peoples' medicare and social security taxes. Supposedly those programs are "isurance programs" -- but when was the last time you were FORCED to pay for an insurance prog-- oh, yeah, the federales are now FORCING US citizens to pay for health insurance.

Ahh, remember the ghosts of the free market, where people were not forced to buy anything?

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Good to see.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/29/us-france-tax-idUSBRE8BS05M201...

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What a shock. Not that we've been saying this for years, and not that the pop media claims that the US gubment would "make a profit" off the bailout were wrong or lies or anything... Nah.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121219/AUTO0103/212190382/Treasury-announces-GM-exit-strategy-automaker-buying-200-million-shares-from-U-S-?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|FRONTPAGE

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In the "is ANYONE surprised?" category...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100306053

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We bring this back to you from a couple months ago, as a reminder of the utterly ludicrous nature of the Keynesian economics currently being peddled by Paul Krugman.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/13/paul_krugmans_baltic_problem?fb_action_ids=111889992296515&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%22111889992296515%22%3A465974223434294}&action_type_map={%22111889992296515%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[]

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No! What a SHOCK!

http://www.cjr.org/swing_states_project/healthcare_expert_for_sale.php?p...

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But don't forget, these are the cats who are all in favor of "privacy", and this is the guy who openly admitted to smoking pot (even has a pic of himself toking)...

The Obama admin has increased three-fold the arrests for drugs in the US. Hey, former Obama fans, as Johnny Lydon said, "evver get the feeling you've been cheated?"

http://rt.com/usa/news/marijuana-federal-law-state-541/

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And it's also a nice invasion of privacy, collecting your medical data without a warrant, which runs contrary to the 4th Amendment.

But don't worry. The Constitution will stop this. It will surely constrain the ever-growing lust for power and control that politicians have exhibited for ages throughout human history. Yep. It will stop them. Sure...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2012/12/03/cbs-cheesecake-fac...

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As disturbing as the revelation is the implicit admission that this euthanization is already being done to the elderly in Britain.

When one relies on the government/state for the supply of health measures, one should not be surprised when it begins making broad policies that cut costs through elimination of high-risk patients - by death.

Welcome to state-run health "care".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240075/Now-sick-babies-death-pa...

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Keynes. Keynes. Keynes. Keynes...

Sad. Nothing like redirecting the flow of useable capital into areas the POLITICIANS like, rather than letting individuals use the money to fulfill their desires and interests.

Got yer precious metals yet?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-seeks-16-trillion-in-tax-increase...

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A message to those who think taxing the so-called "rich" will not cause them to take actions to protect their property/cash/earnings. Also a message for statists who think their gubment will grab higher amounts of cash by increasing rates on high earners.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9707029/Two-thirds-of-millionai...

But, of course, it's those "RICH" people who are the bad guys, right? After all, they're so selfish to leave like that, to actually WANT TO DO WITH THEIR EARNINGS WHAT THEY WISH.

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This hits exactly what we were mentioning on the program last night. In the final segment, I went over how none of these supposed "cuts" are cuts at all.

Again, we have to note that the issue is even larger than this suit suggests. First, when you read about "contraceptives" in this linked article, be reminded that many of the drugs they are discussing are not "contra-ceptives". Plan B and the so-called "morning-after pill" do not stop conception. They are abortafacients, which flush the already conceived fetus out of the body, prevent it from attaching to the lining of the uterus. You can decide whether that is the taking of a human life (technically, it is), and whether you believe government should be involved in policing that (it can only do so by stealing money from people).

We shouldn't even be talking about comparisons of what is earned by whom, but the nature of gubment is to pit some people against others. The larger the population of thieves, the more they will try to prey upon the minority of high-earners.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49939444

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