Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/05/27/digest/ Digest · May 27, 2011 The Foundation "[A] rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive." --Thomas Jefferson Government & Politics Medicare Proves to Be Battleground for 2012 The Senate voted this week on the budget proposal submitted by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), defeating it with a 40-57 vote. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was happy to force Republicans into staking out a position on the proposal, though only five of them voted no. Medicare is the biggest part of this d...

"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/2011/05/26/in-honor-of-fallen-patriots/ Alexander's Essay – May 26, 2011 In Honor of Fallen Patriots They Gave Their Fortunes and Lives for Our Liberty "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." --John 15:12-14 Memorial Day was first observed as Decoration Day to commemorate those who died in the War Between the States. It is a day set aside in deference to American Patriots who pledged and delivered their lives to Support and Defend the Rule of Law enshrined in our Constitution. Since our nation's founding, more than one million American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have paid the ultimate price in defens...