Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/04/08/digest/ Digest · April 8, 2011 The Foundation "No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt." --George Washington Government & Politics Shutdown Looms at Midnight Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his proposal for the 2012 budget on Monday, but as we go to press this morning, the 2011 budget process is still stuck in neutral and appears headed for shutdown at midnight tonight. By a vote of 247-181, the Republican-controlled House passed yet another week-long continuing resolution Thursday that cuts more from federal spending but funds the Pentagon through Sep...

"Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them." --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78, 1788 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.  

Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/04/07/the-most-perilous-national-security-crisis-since-1860/ Alexander's Essay – April 7, 2011 The Most Perilous National Security Crisis Since 1860 A Time to Choose: Prosperity or Poverty "To preserve independence...we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude. ... The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression." --Thomas Jefferson In the news this week, Barack Hussein Obama announced his 2012 re-election bid . Plus... The Treasury Department quietly mentioned that last month the government spent 8.2 times it...