Comments for Institute For Balanced Government http://balancedgovernment.org Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Legislative Duty by Tweets that mention Legislative Duty | Institute For Balanced Government -- Topsy.com http://balancedgovernment.org/2011/02/23/legislative-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Tweets that mention Legislative Duty | Institute For Balanced Government -- Topsy.com Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:16:45 +0000 http://balancedgovernment.org/?p=415#comment-645 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Balanced Government, Michael Tams. Michael Tams said: On legislative duty and the morality of oaths: http://bit.ly/fsvNFE #WI #tcot Legislators are elected and paid to do a job, so do it. [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Balanced Government, Michael Tams. Michael Tams said: On legislative duty and the morality of oaths: http://bit.ly/fsvNFE #WI #tcot Legislators are elected and paid to do a job, so do it. [...]

]]> Comment on Cause and Effect by Tax Relief | Institute For Balanced Government http://balancedgovernment.org/2011/01/06/cause-and-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Tax Relief | Institute For Balanced Government Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:28:57 +0000 http://balancedgovernment.org/?p=359#comment-638 [...] an earlier post entitled “Cause and Effect“, we offered the following prescription for our tax/entitlement/government problems: The work [...] [...] an earlier post entitled “Cause and Effect“, we offered the following prescription for our tax/entitlement/government problems: The work [...]

]]> Comment on Consequences and irresponsibility by Government as Machine | Institute For Balanced Government http://balancedgovernment.org/2010/12/22/consequences-and-irresponsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Government as Machine | Institute For Balanced Government Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:27:16 +0000 http://balancedgovernment.org/?p=345#comment-624 [...] overturn existing laws that have the same effect – is the answer to our domestic problems. We’ve also cataloged those problems here too – oppressive taxation, out-of-control spending and a crushing debt burden. These problems [...] [...] overturn existing laws that have the same effect – is the answer to our domestic problems. We’ve also cataloged those problems here too – oppressive taxation, out-of-control spending and a crushing debt burden. These problems [...]

]]> Comment on Report on Public Credit by Cause and Effect | Institute For Balanced Government http://balancedgovernment.org/2010/12/30/report-on-public-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Cause and Effect | Institute For Balanced Government Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:15:28 +0000 http://balancedgovernment.org/?p=353#comment-620 [...] on our hands, and it may even be fair to call it a national financial disaster. In my prior post, a report on public credit, I identified the unavoidable embodiment of our problem: our now $14 trillion national debt. This [...] [...] on our hands, and it may even be fair to call it a national financial disaster. In my prior post, a report on public credit, I identified the unavoidable embodiment of our problem: our now $14 trillion national debt. This [...]

]]> Comment on In Defense of Local Government by michaeltams http://balancedgovernment.org/2010/11/08/in-defense-of-local-government/comment-page-1/#comment-596 michaeltams Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:44:59 +0000 http://balancedgovernment.org/?p=322#comment-596 Edmund, Well-said, of course, and naturally I agree. The maxim truly is "if citizens don't control their government, the government will control the citizens." If you accept this, you MUST acknowledge that the units of government that CAN be controlled by citizens SHOULD be endowed with the greatest responsibilities. Thus arranged, citizens can actually determine how much external government they have in their lives. Thanks for the comment! MT Edmund,

Well-said, of course, and naturally I agree. The maxim truly is “if citizens don’t control their government, the government will control the citizens.” If you accept this, you MUST acknowledge that the units of government that CAN be controlled by citizens SHOULD be endowed with the greatest responsibilities. Thus arranged, citizens can actually determine how much external government they have in their lives.

Thanks for the comment!

MT

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