Remember when Democracy thrived in this country?  Probably not.  For too long, We the People have been toiling away for the benefit of the cronies in DC and it is ruining this country’s future.  Our collective will has been superseded by the millionaires on Capitol Hill to keep their pockets lined with our money.  Is this modern slavery on par with that of early history?  Not yet, but that’s because most of US are blind to the reality going on around US.

Links

-> Widening Gap Between Public Will, Government Action

-> 10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

-> Reaganomics Vs. Obamanomics: Two Wholly Different Outcomes

-> What Rand Paul And Bill Clinton Have In Common

-> Senate Candidate: I’ll Use My Hog Castrating Experience to Help End Pork Barrel Spending

-> 23 Brilliant Proposals For Skyscrapers Of The Future

-> The 8 Best Industries for Starting a Business (In Detail)

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The wise wonder squatting in the Illinois Governor’s Mansion has some an interesting thoughts on business and the Bible.  Governor Pat Quinn is so certain Illinoisans need to be paid more that he is invoking the Good Book, calling for a $10 an hour minimum because the Bible says so.  Of all things to use the Bible for, really?  No one will disagree that working 40 hours a week deserves appropriate compensation, but is scripture the convincing factor?

Links

->VIDEO: llinois Gov: A $10/hour Minimum Wage is a Principle as Old as the Bible

-> 10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

-> STUDY: Obama Most- Well Traveled, Expensive, President In History -Through First 5yrs

-> Visit the Mine Full of Federal Paperwork, Where Your Tax Dollars Go Back In Time

-> China’s Manufacturing Index Silps To 8-Month Low, But New Export Orders Show Growth In March

-> Foreign Policy And The Road From Etchasketchistan

-> Is There Such Thing as a True Boss-Employee Friendship?

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It’s not easy being #1.  American exceptionalism has been the glue holding the world together for the last 90 years or so, and things have been pretty good.  But that kind of dedication to democracy and freedom takes its toll, and the world knows it.  Just look at Putin & Assad, two leaders who grew up knowing the US’s might, they bank on our fatigue and use it to their advantage. Should we policing the world and defending the freedom at every end?  Our grandfathers would say yes, but they lived in a different time.  America is tired and the world knows it.

Links

-> American Fatigue Syndrome

-> 10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

-> President Obama has grown the entire regulatory state by 11 percent in just five years

-> The Most Transparent Administration in History

-> China’s Yuan Has Fallen To A Level That Means ‘Real Pain’

-> CBO Director: Important to Give Advance Warning About Coming Changes to Social Security

-> 4 Ways to Say No Without Sounding Like a Jerk

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