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Lloyd Lofthouse

Feb 3, 2013

Does MADE in the U.S.A. mean made by an American-born citizen?

Over a five-year period 2007 to 2011, almost 2,000 illegal immigrants died attempting to cross America’s southwest deserts and almost three million were caught and sent back home.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Dec 8, 2012

The Evolution of a National Debt Burden – Part 7/7

The 1935 Social Security Act created primarily a pay-as-you-go system, meaning that payments to current retirees come from current payments into the system.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Dec 5, 2012

The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 4/7

To pay off debt and fund the growing pains of a nation becoming an expanding global empire, Congress passed the 16th Amendment to the Constitution on February 3, 1913 establishing Congress’s right to impose a Federal income tax.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Dec 4, 2012

The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 3/7

In 1787, the concept of universal healthcare did not exist anywhere in the world, so how could America’s Founding Fathers be against something that did not exist?
Lloyd Lofthouse

Dec 3, 2012

The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 2/7

Can you survive on $132.96 a month? Many of Wal-Mart workers can’t so they turn to food stamps.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Dec 2, 2012

Each President’s share of the US National Debt

Former President G. W. Bush is responsible for more than $6 Trillion of the National Debt. That is almost 38%.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Nov 11, 2012

Nate Silver, Winning Elections and Planned Obsolescence – Part 2/2

It’s great to love your country, but what about honesty?
Lloyd Lofthouse

Nov 6, 2012

Discovering the four Koch Brothers – Part 2/3

“From 1999 through 2003, Koch Industries was assessed more than $400 million in fines, penalties and judgments.”
Lloyd Lofthouse

Nov 5, 2012

Discovering the four Koch Brothers – Part 1/3

Before the 2012 Presidential election, I had never heard of the Koch brothers.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Nov 1, 2012

What does Mitt Romney and The Poison Dwarf have in common?

Dr. Joseph Goebbels, also known as “The Poison Dwarf”, said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. …”

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