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    What a School Letting Students Opt Out of Pledge of Allegiance Says About Our Patriotism
    Can America thrive as a post-patriotic society? A Florida elementary school recently caused a stir on social media when a man posted an image of his niece’s waiver from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The waiver form asked parents if they would like to opt their child out from “standing and placing his/her right hand…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Moved by Patriotic Professional Sporting Events? Your Tax Dollars Funded Them.
    The Pentagon and professional sports teams seem to have teamed up. The Department of Defense (DOD) has been exposed for paying pro teams to honor American soldiers at sporting events, a government oversight report finds. U.S. Senators Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and John McCain, R-Ariz., authored the report. “Dear Taxpayer,” Flake and McCain write. “In 2013,…
    Leah Jessen
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    Candidate Obama Said $11.3-Trillion Debt Limit Was ‘Unpatriotic.’ Now the National Debt Is $18.1 Trillion.
    In October 2008, Congress raised the debt limit to $11.3 trillion. Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced the action as “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic.” But those were the good ol’ days, when Congress actually put a statutory limit on the debt. Seven years later, Congress has become only more fiscally irresponsible. Today the national debt has climbed…
    Paul Winfree
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    Are Americans Still Patriotic? What Polls Reveal
    American Enterprise Institute published a public opinion report evaluating Americans’ sense of patriotism. The report compiled information from various studies, including those done by Pew Research Center, The New York Times and National Opinion Research Center. Here are some key findings: 1. Most Americans consider themselves patriotic. According to a Pew Research study from February…
    Diana Stancy
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    Meet 7 of the Most Interesting Founding Fathers You’ve Never Heard Of
    When reading the Declaration of Independence over the holiday weekend, it’s easy to skip over the names of the signers and focus instead on the sweeping language of the second paragraph. This overlooks the fact that the signers pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor in order to found a country upon self-evident truths rooted…
    Mike Sabo
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    The Founders’ Model of Welfare Actually Reduced Poverty
    Which approach to welfare policy is better for the poor: that of the Founders or that of today’s welfare state? The more we spend on the poor, the harder it seems for them to attain decent, productive lives in loving families. The federal government has spent $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs since the beginning of…
    Thomas West
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    From Founding Father to Broadway Star
    Alexander Hamilton is often credited with being the most far-sighted of the founders, since he, more than anyone else, saw America’s potential to become a manufacturing and commercial powerhouse among the nations. Not even a man of Hamilton’s vision, however, could have foreseen that he would one day be the subject of a hit stage…
    Carson Holloway
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    What Our Founders Feared: Lawmakers Now Empower Non-Elected to Make Laws
    At the close of the Constitutional Convention, when an elderly Benjamin Franklin hobbled out of the hall where dele­gates had debated the fate of the young nation for the length of the hottest Philadelphia summer in thirty-seven years, he was asked by a curious bystander, “Well, Doctor, what have we got—republic or a monarchy?” “A…
    Sen. Mike Lee
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    Tom Cotton Is Right: Founders Wanted Both Senate and President to Sign Off on Treaties
    In a letter written by Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 other senators to Iran’s leadership—but also, of course, intended for President Obama—the signatories state that without Senate ratification, a deal between the United States and Iran is unlikely to outlast the current president. This letter perfectly showcases the intelligence beneath our constitutional design. For America’s…
    Arthur Milikh
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    Why Won’t Obama Implement This Patriotic Policy?
    Thirty-three years ago this month, President Reagan picked up his executive signing pen and affixed his name to one of the most sweeping pieces of tax legislation in U.S. history: the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. Rarely has any bill been more aptly named. The country had been pummeled for years at that point…
    Ed Feulner
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    Businesses Don’t Leave the U.S. Because of Lack of Patriotism
    President Obama will deliver a speech today railing against corporate inversions. That is the process whereby a U.S. business merges with a foreign business and moves the new joint business’s headquarters to the foreign country. Inversions have been a hot topic recently because well-known businesses such as Walgreens, Pfizer, and Medtronic have been looking to…
    Curtis Dubay
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    Memo to Congress: True Patriotism Is Axing Taxes to Keep Companies in U.S.
    The Obama administration announced new rules this week that will effectively punish American companies who move facilities and jobs overseas to save on taxes. Labor union backed groups have denounced American businesses that move offshore to avoid the 35 percent corporate tax as "unpatriotic." The White House claims such moves cost the Treasury billions of…
    Stephen Moore
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