The Federal Trade Commission along with state and local government agencies, prohibit advertisements that make misleading, false, or deceptive claims. Keep in mind that an advertisement can be deceptive without being an outright lie and deceptive advertising can be accomplished with pictures as well as with words. There are lots of truth-in-advertising standards which apply …
When we look at the Federal Budgeting process in simple terms, it really isn’t very hard to understand. It starts with the President compiling his budget request and submitting it to Congress. Only Congress can authorize the spending of money under our Constitution. When the President puts the budget request together, the first step is …
Each time we elect a President of the United States, at least in recent years, there is a conversation about the Electoral College and how we should do away with this relic of the past. After all, in this day of computers and high speed communications we are certainly able to compile and certify the …
According to the preamble of our Constitution one of the important purposes of our government is to “insure domestic tranquility.” I don’t know about you, but I haven’t felt tranquil since the 1990s when President Clinton was in office and the squabble between Representative Gingrich and President Clinton shutdown the government. The two sides of …
Quoting the preamble to the Constitution: “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United …
The political conventions are now in our rearview mirror and I hear conversations about “fact checking” the things that were said. Half-truths and misrepresentations were prominent during both conventions and it shouldn’t surprise us that they always worked for the benefit if the speaker at the time. This is the business of factions and it …
It should come as no surprise that the first and most important thing We the People should do to fix our dysfunctional government is vote. After all, when we don’t vote we are sending the message to our elected officials that we don’t care what they do in our name. Voting should be our highest …
Wouldn’t it be nice to do what we want whenever we want? No regard for the cost. Don’t worry about the damage caused. If someone else is hurt – well they shouldn’t have gotten in the way. It would be like we were all alone and totally free. Snap out of it! We are not …
