Thomas Jefferson tells us that there can be no such thing as government for dummies, yet we are but one election away from proving him wrong. This is what he said. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” I [...]

“Most people can’t think, most of the remainder won’t think, the small faction who do think mostly can’t do it very well.   The extremely tiny faction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion… in the long run, these are the only people who count” — Robert A. Heinlein Seems to be a lot of [...]

Local school districts are sending the message through news reports that a cliff year for school budgets are upon us this year.  Trial balloons are being released by school boards testing residents interest in approving school budgets that exceed the 2 percent tax cap.  The whole point of the recently passed tax limit legislation is [...]

Good start here Please forward to your elected NY representative Let NY Work Agenda 1)  Make the Pension System Affordable – the State of New York, for both state and local employees, should offer two retirement options to new employees.  A reduced defined benefit plan or a new defined contribution plan that is controlled by [...]

The struggle in Albany between the New York State public work force and taxpayers is moving to the front burner.    All the low hanging fruit of budget gimmicks and more tax increases is off the table.   Now real cuts and changes are going to have to be implemented to just to try to stay the rate of budget [...]

The following is from a Zero Hedge post.   The small and insignificant blogger that I am, with good intentions, it is a little disconcerting that I would end up on a goverment database. The State of US Surveillance One of the most ominous developments for us personally crawled out from under its rock in November. Again without any [...]