http://conservativeposts.com Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:25:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/clunker-drivers-have-been-bailed-out-wheres-the-outrage/ http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/clunker-drivers-have-been-bailed-out-wheres-the-outrage/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:25:33 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=425 It was less than a year ago when Wall Street firms started seeing the first wave of government bailouts.  Shortly thereafter the media and “Main Street” started crying about corporate excesses and greed.  Those same people, however, are praising the “successes” of Cash For Clunkers; even advocating for a sequel Dollars For Dishwashers. Why was [...]

]]> http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/clunker-drivers-have-been-bailed-out-wheres-the-outrage/feed/ 0 http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers-thank-you-for-proving-our-point/ http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers-thank-you-for-proving-our-point/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:44 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=422 For years, conservatives and liberals have clashed over taxes.  Do we tax less, and allow the free market to thrive with the increased spending, or do we tax more to allow for an increase in government spending. Cash For Clunkers has proven the conservative point of taxing less to benefit the economy, and here’s how. [...]

]]> http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers-thank-you-for-proving-our-point/feed/ 0 http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers-yet-another-government-blunder/ http://conservativeposts.com/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers-yet-another-government-blunder/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:55:19 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=420 If you’ve driven by a new car dealership lately, you’ll likely notice the same thing I did when I went out looking to buy a new car.  The lots are barren.  You’re lucky to find a dealership who has more than one of the model car you’re looking for, and even luckier if it happens [...]

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]]> http://conservativeposts.com/2009/07/whats-coming-from-dr-obama-md/feed/ 2 http://conservativeposts.com/2009/05/redistribution-of-earnings/ http://conservativeposts.com/2009/05/redistribution-of-earnings/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 10:50:29 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=340 I think a lot of people have come to the conclusion that rich = evil, and lower to middle class = victims of the rich.  If you’re wealthy, no matter how you became wealthy, you’re looked at differently these days.  You’re not looked at as someone who is successful and should be looked up to, [...]

]]> http://conservativeposts.com/2009/05/redistribution-of-earnings/feed/ 1 http://conservativeposts.com/2009/04/quit-bashing-the-rich/ http://conservativeposts.com/2009/04/quit-bashing-the-rich/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:15:50 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=286 To all of you out there who think the rich are evil and need to be put in their place – STOP COMPLAINING! You’re also probably complaining that they don’t pay their fair share of taxes.  Since they make so much more than the average Joe out there, they should have to pay more, a [...]

]]> http://conservativeposts.com/2009/04/quit-bashing-the-rich/feed/ 0 http://conservativeposts.com/2009/03/tuesday-morning-humor/ http://conservativeposts.com/2009/03/tuesday-morning-humor/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:05:37 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=189 I received this in an email forwarded to me, and thought it was funny.  Note: I haven’t verified the dollar amounts quoted towards the end, but I’m sure they are not too far off.  Enjoy! The little red hen called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said,’If we plant this wheat, we shall have [...]

]]> http://conservativeposts.com/2009/03/tuesday-morning-humor/feed/ 0 http://conservativeposts.com/2005/08/are-welfare-and-food-stamps-going-too-far/ http://conservativeposts.com/2005/08/are-welfare-and-food-stamps-going-too-far/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:52:41 +0000 Scott http://conservativeposts.com/?p=133 Ben Franklin once said: “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.”Ronald Reagan once said: “Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, [...]

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