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My First Campaign Promise

August 31, 2010 On Big Government

My friend and economics advisor, Ron Baker, recently told me about a site that was created by the new conservative government in the United Kingdom. It is called Your Freedom. From the site: This website is designed to allow as many people in the UK as possible to put forward their ideas on what laws [...]

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My Resignation Letter

August 20, 2010 On Big Government

To the voters of Texas State Senate District 8: I am making this public. If I ever vote for increasing the tax burden or increasing spending, I will turn in my letter of resignation to the Texas Senate within 24 hours. If I fail to do this, I expect voters to vote against me at [...]

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Sit Down, Ed!

August 12, 2010 On Big Government

One of my all time favorite movies is 1776. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. It is great fun and is fairly historically accurate. (Except for the singing delegates to the Second Continental Congress, of course.) This is the opening number where John Adams berates his fellow members for not considering [...]

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“Austin, We Have a Problem!”

August 11, 2010 On Big Government

This came across my desk today from multiple sources, so I will give thanks to the first person who sent it to me, my friend and Libertarian Candidate for US Congress for District 4, Jim Prindle. According to a study on the economic freedom of the States published by the Pacific Research Institute,  Texas has [...]

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Amen! Governor Christie! Amen!

July 30, 2010 On Big Government

While not a Big L – Libertarian, Governor Christie of New Jersey (R) certainly earned his small-l libertarian stripes with his response to a question about funding education on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this week. New Jersey was facing an $11 billion budget shortfall, Texas faces and $18 billion one. Unfortunately in Texas we seem to [...]

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For your viewing pleasure

July 21, 2010 On Big Government

In the past two days, I have come across a few videos that provide some excellent and cogent commentary on issues of import. In the first, Jeff Miron and Mary O’Grady crystallize the problem with the “war” on drugs. It is interesting to note that many people who are pro-WOD are pro-WOT (“war” on terror), [...]

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Texas Ethics Commission Software

July 15, 2010 On Big Government

A few weeks ago I downloaded software provided by the Texas Ethics Commission to report all donation receipts and campaign expenditures. I then watched the 40-minute video also provided by the Commission about how to properly account for each of the financial transactions in to and out of the Elect Ed Kless campaign coffers (or [...]

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A Rational Tax Proposal

July 13, 2010 On Big Government

A recent email exchange with my advisor, David Hall, led to some thoughts on what is and ought to be a fair and rational taxation system for the State of Texas. We agreed that a consumption tax is without question the fairest way to assess and collect taxes. If elected I would move to eliminate [...]

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More on K2

July 8, 2010 On Big Government

First, let me unequivocally state that K2 should not be sold to minors. That said, I think we need to think about this rationally. K2 would not be around, if marijuana were legal. Marijuana is a natural substance, more natural that alcohol in that alcohol needs more processing. If you want to ban marijuana for [...]

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One of the best speeches EVER given

July 7, 2010 On Big Government

Ronald Reagan’s speech to the 1964 Republican National Convention. I had read this, but never seen or heard it. My thanks to college friend, Patrick Grady, CEO of Reardon Commerce for finding and posting this on his Facebook Page.

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