Interesting analysis by the Heritage Foundation …
While correlation doesn’t necessarily imply causation, there are reasons to believe:
Draw your own conclusion.
Chart from the WSJ highlights the extent of the recent spending binge.
Bush pushed spending from 18% of GDP to 20% … ouch.
Obama has pushed it over 25% … OUCH!
His constituencies think it’s a great idea.
Taxpayers? Not quite so sure.
Rating agencies? Warning of downgrades.
Didn’t those jabrones see this coming? Geez.
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A friend asked me, “What are the pros and cons of voter ID cards … rather than create from whole cloth … and, since I couldn’t think of any cons, I searched.
The pros are obvious: stops voter fraud … citizens only, no substitute voters, no double dipping, no dead people,
The general argument against is that IDs may be discriminatory … keeping minorities, people with disabilities, the elderly, the poor, the homeless and many other legals from voting.
Why?
Suffice it to say that I don’t find the opposing arguments very compelling.
My view: If you need a photo ID to buy booze (or a gun),to cash a check or to unload stuff at the local dump … it strikes me as reasonable that you should need one to vote.
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