by Mike Van Schoiack | Jan 5, 2017 | New, President, Ronald Reagan
“Our Founding Fathers, here in this country, brought about the only true revolution that has ever taken place in man’s history. Every other revolution simply exchanged one set of rulers for another set of rulers. But only here did that little band of men so advanced...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 3, 2016 | Ben Franklin, Constitution, Founders, Government, New, Quotes
Benjamin Franklin anecdote: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy. A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.” Notes from Dr. James McHenry, Maryland delegate to the constitutional Convention, published in The American...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Jul 5, 2016 | Links, New
Here are some links from Patriot Post – good articles to read about our founding, our country.”Unalienable Rights” — /A Civics Lesson; “Endowed by their Creator…”A Primer on Independence DayEssential Liberty selection of...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Debt, Economics, economy, New, Quotes
“I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy: it keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock, thereby boosting productivity and real incomes.”...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Economics, economy, Founders, John Adams, New, President, Quotes
“The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to be careful to prevent their growth in our own.” John Adams, First Address to Congress, Nov. 23, 1797
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Economics, economy, Founders, New, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in...
