There’s a slogan popular with some Libertarians that claims “Taxation is theft.” It’s a cute saying but really only provocative hyperbole and nearly pure nonsense. When the government wants to steal something from you, it uses a process with the called Civil Asset Forfeiture. The anodyne named procedure allows governments to seize the assets of
From a press release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, today introduced broad, bipartisan legislation that seeks to improve veterans’ education benefits and enhance the post-9/11 G.I. Bill. The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, S.1598, will further invest in the proven educational
Well, we do have a race for Governor coming up. To borrow loosely and shamelessly from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the political story of the 6th Congressional race now in our review mirror appears to many of us to be “a tale told by an idiot, full of noise and emotional disturbance, but devoid of meaning.” After all,
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of Atlanta attorney Chris Wray to be the next FBI director. Now he’ll face the full Senate within the next couple of weeks: Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next FBI director, cleared a key hurdle in
On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon. Peaches Mayor threatens arrest in email exchange over “In God We Trust” stickers Mosques threatened in Georgia Don’t point a laser at a police helicopter Also, don’t fish illegally at Lake Oconee Double
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The appropriations bill is what fund the Department of Homeland Security annually. In that bill, the House will appropriate $1.6 billion to start construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border which was one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign topics. There is also
To date, of the candidates announced for Georgia Governor, none are from rural Georgia. A claim “outside the metro area” as home, but none are from the far reaching corners of the state, the areas desperate for help but would settle for simple attention. Lt. Governor Casey Cagle – Chestnut Mountain in Hall County Senator
