No doubt you’ve seen or read the news that the Social Security System will begin paying out more in benefits than it will receive in revenue, something the “experts” in the CBO didn’t expect to happen until at least 2016. Well we knew it would happen and President Bush did as well which is why [...]

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The new era of healthcare in America has arrived with the passage of the healthcare “reform” bill and along with it’s passage comes a series of new taxes (I mean you didn’t really think this would be free did you?). •A new 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services that takes effect for services provided [...]

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Welcome Comrades, Please take a seat as we recall the recent history of how our great Socialist Republic was forged. First we took as our guide the writings of our father Karl Marx. He provided us with a 10 point program that would be easily implemented in an advanced industrialized nation over time. For ease of reading we [...]

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Well my fellow Risers of Monroe, it’s been a long time since I have posted or even commented here in cyberland…in fact so long that I almost forgot I had a username. I like many of you have been very busy with work and family and in my case preparing for a new child coming [...]

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This will not be a popular post, so let’s clear the air first. No I am not a ‘crazy liberal’ protester, unless by crazy you mean parent of a teenager and by liberal you mean Jeffersonian to the core! No I do not, nor have I ever supported either the war in Iraq or Afghanistan. [...]

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As we watch and wait to see exactly what health care “reform” will finally eek its way out of the hallowed halls of government we can be sure that whatever the final result the government will have its hands all over it. Will we see another big and useless bureaucracy? Probably. Will we lose the [...]

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As government encroachment gains momentum and you and I watch our liberties and money go out the window I believe a moment of thoughtful insight into what our nation once was and what it could once again be is appropriate. We were…founded as a Democratic Republic, a representational form of democracy. We were… founded on [...]

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Have you heard of the Safelink program? It has recently been featured on channel 8 news and it has some people up in arms. Safelink is related to the Lifeline program which was created by the FCC in 1984 to provide home phone service to low income households (read welfare recipients) at low or no [...]

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Earlier in the year there was a piece of political satire floating around the bloggernacle, that the White House had plans to rewrite the oath enlistees into the military take and have them swear allegiance to the office of the president instead of the constitution…it went something like this. “Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is [...]

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(Editor’s Note: Welcome classicalliberal, a regular on the comments sections — this is his/her first post on monroerising.com) My 15 year old and I were recently discussing the subjects he has been studying in school in “Global Studies” (remember when that was called History, American History or something of the sort?) and he began relating [...]

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