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Matt Chancey
Recent Posts From Matt Chancey
Arlen Specter is Not the Enemy
Wed, 04/29/2009 - 6:33am | posted by Matt Chancey
First, watch a little of this YouTube Video:
Now, watch this short one:
Redefining a Nation
Tue, 04/28/2009 - 10:28am | posted by Matt Chancey
My last article, “Secession… an American Tradition,” elicited some good questions from readers. The whole issue of secession seems to beg the larger question of what constitutes a nation anyway.
To answer this requires a brief overview of modern nationalism.
Here are a couple of definitions to start:
Nation:
A large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax. (www.Dictionary.com)
Nation:
Secession…an American Tradition
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 6:26am | posted by Matt Chancey
Texas Governor Rick Perry raised a few eyebrows recently when he used the “S” word in public. Secession, he said, was always an option on the political table as far as Texas was concerned.
WANTED: Examples From World History…
Sun, 04/12/2009 - 7:16am | posted by Matt Chancey
Just a random thought today…
I may be betraying my ignorance of history, but I’m willing to take that risk.
I am trying to find a situation in all of recorded history analogous to the present U.S. economic crisis, where a government has spent $ TRILLIONS of fiat money within a few months to “solve a problem” and hyper-inflation (or massive taxation) DID NOT occur as a result.
If anyone out there in cyberspace knows of an example, please post a comment.
Introducing: The Politician’s Pocket Guide to Raising Taxes
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:59am | posted by Matt Chancey
I’ve finally gotten around to publishing my Pocket Guide for Politicians. Some of my readers will recall that this project has been sitting on my shelf gathering dust for years. Well, the first edition is finally complete. You can purchase copies by clicking HERE or on the book cover to the right.
In Defense of Brandy
Sun, 04/05/2009 - 7:19am | posted by Matt Chancey
President Obama showcased his ignorance of world political history at the G-20 summit in London recently when he made a crack at his political predecessors’ penchant for back-room brandy sessions:
Well, if there’s just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy, that’s an easier negotiation. But that’s not the world we live in, and it shouldn’t be the world that we live in.
I realize that every generation likes to think of itself as unique and facing problems their ancestors did not. It’s the easiest way to excuse failure. No one will blame a world leader for poorly handling a challenge that the world has never seen.
How to Stop School Shootings
Fri, 03/13/2009 - 12:09pm | posted by Matt Chancey
After the latest school shooting in Germany, I think we all need to get together and decide to get serious about ending school violence – by banning schools!
Something goes on in modern schools that lead more and more young people to grab guns and blow away their teachers and classmates.
School shootings are even more numerous than shootings at Post Offices or other Government buildings. So, we need to take drastic measures and ban all schools.
Who’s with me?
Cutting Taxes = Increasing Revenue
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 7:22am | posted by Matt Chancey
Around 150 BC, Emperor Ching Ti came to power in China and immediately faced a major problem: his treasury was empty.
Taxes were very high, but no real revenue was coming in. That’s because the system of taxes at that time was an early form of income tax that centered on the government taking a large percentage of a farmer’s crops.
So Ching Ti did something bold and innovative: he cut taxes.
Overnight, taxes went from over 50% down to about 3%. Farmers, who had fled to the hills to escape draconian tax rates, now came home and began farming again. To make a long story short, Ching Ti’s greatest problem while governing was trying to keep all the grain in his barns from spoiling.
It seems that ancient Chinese history is good for more than just cutesy script on a fortune cookie.
The More Things Change
Tue, 02/24/2009 - 7:26am | posted by Matt Chancey
Here is the situation: A man in Oklahoma City gets pulled over by the police. Reason? He has a sign on the back of his truck that reads “Abort Obama, not the Unborn.” The police tell the man that this sign could be construed to be threatening the president’s life!
Wait a minute… I thought all abortion does is remove a blob of tissue from a woman’s uterus. Seems like the Oklahoma City Police know better… But I digress.
The police confiscate the sign and then call the Secret Service, who show up at the man’s home and search it to make sure he wasn’t a part of some “hate group.” After politely interviewing the man for 30 minutes, the Secret Service leaves.
And the crickets start chirping from the Left.
