It neither picks my pocket or breaks my leg.

‘It neither picks my pocket or breaks my leg' is a Thomas Jefferson quote I just heard.  Tom said it in response to religious freedom; "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket or breaks my leg."  (Notes on Virginia, 1782)

I say it applies to my overall government philosophy.  "Stay out of my wallet, and stay out of my private life" is a slogan I've been saying for years now.

Our founders were skeptical of Government because they had all experienced tyranny.  The Republic they established was a gift of liberty and freedom that we are relinquishing with our reliance and dependence on a big government and entitlement programs.

 

Senate gets rich on insider trading...

Welcome back law review editors ... need an article? - ProfessorBainbridge.com: "2004 study of the results of stock trading by United States Senators during the 1990s found that that Senators on average beat the market by 12% a year. In sharp contrast, U.S. households on average underperformed the market by 1.4% a year and even corporate insiders on average beat the market by only about 6% a year during that period. A reasonable inference is that some Senators had access to – and were using – material nonpublic information about the companies in whose stock they trade."

Birthright Citizenship

The amendment is a ruse. The answer lies in border security and a legal immigration system that functions to assimilate prospective citizens.

I heard that the US is the last developed nations to still offer birthright citizenship.

SOME MODERN COUNTRIES THAT RECENTLYENDED THEIR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP POLICY• Canada was the last non-U.S. holdout. Illegal aliens stopped getting citizenship for their babies in 2009.• Australia's birthright citizenship requirements are much more stringent than those of H.R. 1868 and took effect in 2007.• New Zealand repealed in 2006• Ireland repealed in 2005• France repealed in 1993• India repealed in 1987• United Kingdom repealed in 1983• Portugal repealed in 1981

I still think the problem of anchor babies can be dealt with by Congress without an amendment.