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7. Baseline Spending Increases Baseline budgeting is a Washington term that means projected spending increases are included into the budget every year at around 7% in order to cover inflation. This automatic 7% increase has been happening since 1974. Politicians love to make marginal cuts in future spending and claim they are cutting government, even…
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Lysander Spooner and The Case Against Government Mail
Photo by notbeinggoverned Second, exclusivity must be ruled out in light of the clear language of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments; powers may be delegated to the United States, but only if stated explicitly are they to be denied to the several States or to the people. Third, competition does not constitute interference or obstruction….
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Photo by kfergos 5. Bible study In some places it is illegal to hold gatherings of a certain amount of people without a permit. This is what landed one Phoenix, Arizona man a 60 day jail sentence and $12,000 in fines. His crime? Holding Bible studies at his home. The City claimed it had concerns…