FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

FROM The Crux

A new Congress has been seated, and it brings the prospect of perhaps, maybe, potentially, in a possible way doing something about the runaway federal deficits. And in other news, several New York area bridges are for sale, which you can acquire at a bargain price.

Excessive Spending Destroys!

Feds Have a Spending Problem — DO NOT RAISE THE CEILING!

Feds Have a Sewage Problem!

[Editor's Note: So, what is the purpose of government? WHY do people need government? It is true that Defense of the USA against enemies, foreign and domestic is necessary, but there is no other service besides Defense provided by federal government today that could not be provided by private enterprise for a fee and probably much more efficiently with much less waste and fraud. How much factual evidence is required to convince a significant majority of Americans that government should be cut by at least 50% (probably much more) to provide only services for which people are willing to pay a fee? No one can deny that the "Legislative-Executive-Judicial Cabal's" organizational failures detrimentally affect citizens. In fact, wasteful, fraudulent government agencies exist merely to expand government employee union ranks and their power both financially and politically. Not one government department or agency provides a NECESSARY service except Defense. The Executive branch with its "independent" agencies is so huge, complex, and organizationally "top heavy" that accountability does not exist. Each generation of Americans loses more "true" information about how government infringes their rights. Each generation loses more and more freedom.]

FROM The Daily Signal

A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania found that a majority of Americans are unaware of what is considered basic knowledge of the Constitution.

This information, which was released Wednesday, comes on the cusp of the 228th anniversary of Constitution Day (Sept. 17).

Here are some of the most surprising findings from the survey:

  • 1 in 3 Americans believe the Bill of Rights guarantees the right to home ownership.
  • 1 in 4 Americans believe the Bill of Rights guarantees "equal pay for equal work."
  • 1 in 3 Americans (31 percent) could name all three branches of the U.S. government and 32 percent could not identify a single branch.
  • 1 in 4 Americans (28 percent) believe a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling is sent back to either Congress for reconsideration or to the lower courts for another decision.
  • 1 in 10 Americans (12 percent) believe the Bill of Rights guarantees the right to own a pet.
  • 25 percent of respondents agreed that “it might be better to do away with the court altogether" if it started making a lot of rulings most Americans disagreed with.
  • 26 percent said when Congress disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decisions, it should pass legislation saying the court can no longer rule on that issue.
  • 26 percent favored requiring a person to testify against himself in court.
  • 46 percent opposed a prohibition on “double jeopardy," or retrying a person for the same crime twice if new evidence emerged after a not-guilty verdict.
  • 54 percent believe the government should not be able to prohibit a peaceful march down a main street, even if the marchers’ views are offensive.
  • 50 percent believe the government should not be able to prohibit practice of a religion if a majority of voters thought that it held un-American views.
  • 76 percent opposed giving the government “prior restraint," the right to stop the press from publishing articles critical of the government.

The survey was conducted during the last few days of August among 1,012 adults ages 18 and up. Its margin of error is plus or minus 3.7 percent.

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