Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/04/11/brief/ Brief · April 11, 2011 The Foundation "Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance." --Thomas Jefferson Opinion in Brief Democrat government spending "One of the things that fascinate me about American politics is how the voices of the voters as registered in elections and polls are transformed into changes in public policy. It's a rough-and-ready process, with plenty of trial and error. But for all its imperfections, the political market seems to work. ... [One] development was House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ry

"The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Spencer Roane, 1821 Follow The Patriot Post :                You have received this email because you are subscribed to Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post . To subscribe to Founder's Quote Daily and The Patriot Post , link to http://patriotpost.us/subscribe/ . To manage your subscription or to unsubscribe, link to http://patriotpost.us/manage/ and log in with your email address.