http://floridapundit.com The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. - Edmund Burke Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://floridapundit.com/2011/11/a-response-to-occupy-wall-street/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/11/a-response-to-occupy-wall-street/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:02:29 +0000 derboss http://floridapundit.com/?p=5567 After a six month hiatus from posting on this blog, the first entry on our return centers around a timely interview with Richard Epstein on income inequality. The Occupy Wall Street movement and the Obama administration try to avert attention from runaway government spending and expensive regulations as the causes of our prolonged economic malaise [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/11/a-response-to-occupy-wall-street/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:28:08 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5537 In Theaters, April 15, 2011 In Our Hands, November 6, 2012 - FreedomWorks Video on Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 based on Ayn Rand’s famous novel about freedom and the people who make the world work was released in a limited number of theaters on April 15. Most mainstream media reviews about the movie [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/04/go-see-atlas-shrugged/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:37:32 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5486 While Republicans in Congress are falling short of their promise to cut at least $100 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year, Republican governors are starting to address the root cause of many of our states teetering on becoming the American equivalent of Greece. They are changing unsustainable terms for benefits and [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/battling-unsustainable-spending-the-right-approach-in-wisconsin-timidity-in-washington-dc/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:58:45 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5467 Today, President Obama demonstrated again that he is not serious about defending America against the biggest threat to our future: runaway government spending. He proposed a budget with a record $1.65 trillion deficit for 2012. No surprise there. Republican House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan has offered an appropriate response about Obama “punting” on the budget [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/will-republicans-have-a-backbone-when-it-comes-to-cutting-spending/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/allen-west-gives-keynote-speech-at-cpac-a-new-dawn-in-america/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/allen-west-gives-keynote-speech-at-cpac-a-new-dawn-in-america/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:51:59 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5448 South Florida Congressman Allen West gave the keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday. West predicted “a new dawn in America” if we stick with the the “three pillars of conservatism:” 1) effective and efficient constitutional government, 2) keeping peace through strength and 3) defending American values. Support for these conservative [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/02/allen-west-gives-keynote-speech-at-cpac-a-new-dawn-in-america/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:08:43 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5369 The House of Representatives today passed H.R.2 – Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act in a 245 – 189 vote. Three Democrats joined the Republicans in voting to repeal Obamacare. The left-wing media keeps saying that this vote is just symbolic because Harry Reid will not allow a vote on repealing Obamacare in the [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/house-vote-to-repeal-obamacare-important-first-step/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-tea-party-movement-comes-to-washington-thank-god/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-tea-party-movement-comes-to-washington-thank-god/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:31:11 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5295 This week the candidates supported by the Tea Party movement will be sworn in to serve in the 112th Congress. Rick Santelli, who almost two years ago first talked about the Tea Party movement on national TV, comments on the arrival of novices to Washington politics: “Thank God!” For some background on what the Tea [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-tea-party-movement-comes-to-washington-thank-god/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-most-productive-congress-in-generations-or-why-productivity-is-not-always-a-good-thing/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-most-productive-congress-in-generations-or-why-productivity-is-not-always-a-good-thing/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:27:34 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5291 The media and the Obama administrations are touting the “productivity” of the Congress that just concluded its seemingly eternal lame duck session. They fail to recognize that producing lots of legislation is usually not a good thing especially when it expands the role of government, makes a mockery of the Constitution and goes against the [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/the-most-productive-congress-in-generations-or-why-productivity-is-not-always-a-good-thing/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/dear-congress-well-pay-for-your-ticket-home-if-you-leave-now/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/dear-congress-well-pay-for-your-ticket-home-if-you-leave-now/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:37:19 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5265 Congress is still in session with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi frantically trying to pass a number of bills. Quite frankly, I don’t care whether any of these bills has merit or not. Especially anything that should pass, should not be tainted with the whiff of illegitimacy by being passed in this Lame Duck Congress. [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/dear-congress-well-pay-for-your-ticket-home-if-you-leave-now/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/how-to-balance-the-budget-without-raising-taxes/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/how-to-balance-the-budget-without-raising-taxes/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:53:31 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5238 Are you tired of the American Left starting every discussion about the federal deficit in a righteous tone with: “But spending cuts cannot balance the budget. We will have to raise taxes. Don’t you, Mr. Conservative have to agree to that?” Well, no, we don’t have to agree and we don’t agree with the preposterous [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/how-to-balance-the-budget-without-raising-taxes/feed/ 1