Okay, so I’m back up on my feet after my…awakening, the rude shock of finding out I’m not…me.  Time to get past it, to get back in the saddle. As you know, we here at NoPoli Network News, have been coming down on all of the bad stuff surrounding public employee pensions for at least [...]

On July 4, 2010 Paige Norman posted and posed the question at NoPoli: “What is the single greatest impediment to the future economic stability of America?”  She responds by saying: “Possibilities abound, of course, but I believe the single greatest impediment to the future viability is the exploding cost of public pensions—and the demonstrated inability [...]

          The vote of NoPoli Network News’ Board of Editors was unanimous!  Every single member of NoPoli.org’s staff volunteered to give up their Christmas shopping day off today to write this right-eous blog.  We had to draw straws.  I won.  Of course, as publisher/editor-in-chief, I was the one doing the drawing:)  No small wonder that…I [...]

          For some time now, I have been expressing the view that the unions have really been threatening, and destroying, our economy, particularly in the area of public pension entitlements, but otherwise as well.            The November 19 issue of The Week reports that the combined shortfall in funding public pension entitlements could reach $3.4 [...]

                In my June 30, 2010 blog entitled “A ’Truth in Politics’ Code and Commission for ‘We The People,’” I put forth the proposition that we need some kind of system to assure at least a minimum acceptable level of truth in politics.  I pointed out in particular the deceptive nature of advertising in connection with recent ballot propositions. [...]

President Obama wants to raise taxes on the “wealthy.”  Ask those families eking by on $250,000 per year if they feel “wealthy.” Sure, there are many less fortunate who would love to be “struggling” to make ends meet on $250,000 per year. Ask the growing numbers in the unemployment lines what they could do with [...]