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		<title>Do You Think Government Bureaucrats Have Too Much Freedom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dixon Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government bureacrats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government Bureaucrats Continue To Abuse Freedom The dictionary says that freedom is &#8220;the power to determine action without restraint&#8221;. If you haven&#8217;t noticed maybe you need to pay more attention because that is exactly what government bureaucrats in America are doing with their political power.Government bureaucrats seem to think they have the freedom to do whatever [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><span style="font-family: Arial;">Government Bureaucrats Continue To Abuse Freedom</span></h2>
<div id="attachment_7106" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 228px"><a href="http://www.takingonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/corruptician.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-7106" title="Politicians Abuse Political Freedom" src="http://www.takingonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/corruptician.jpg" alt="Funny cartoon about political abuse of freedom" width="218" height="232" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">photo by corruptician</p></div>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">The dictionary says that freedom is &#8220;the power to determine action without restraint&#8221;. If you haven&#8217;t noticed maybe you need to pay more attention because that is exactly what government bureaucrats in America are doing with their political power.</span>Government bureaucrats seem to think they have the freedom to do whatever they want to do.</p>
<p>Have you heard, corruption is now an acceptable practice in American government. And it&#8217;s also okay for government bureaucrats to help themselves to our tax dollars on a whim. Do they think it&#8217;s their right or something? In Mr. Obama’s home state of Illinois they must. </p>
<p>The corruption never stops in Illinois. They have two Governors in jail; Governor Ryan on federal corruption charges and Governor Blagojevich for selling Mr. Obama’s Senate seat. Now Rita Crundwell, the comptroller in Dixon, Illinois (population 16,000) has helped herself to more than $53 million of the tax payers money to fund her lavish lifestyle. Some investigating officials estimate that she has been stealing public money, unnoticed, for over twenty years.</p>
<p>Comptroller Rita used that money to buy luxury homes, vehicles, jewelry and to fund her horse-breeding business. She is known around the world for her champion quarter horses. She, or now Dixon tax payers, own 311 quarter horses. What a gig Rita had going.</p>
<h3>What Happens In Dixon Does Not Stay In Dixon</h3>
<p>If small, cozy towns like Dixon, Illinois can cultivate government bureaucrats who think freedom means to lie, cheat and steal taxpayer money, you’d better believe that it’s happening at higher levels within out government.</p>
<p>Comptroller Rita is not the only government bureaucrat who has a twisted, psycho definition of freedom. She’s just the only one who got caught. To cover up their spending sprees, politicians and other government bureaucrats just do what Comptroller Rita was unable to do&#8230;raise our taxes. </p>
<h3>Who’s Watching Who? </h3>
<p>How could $53 million of public money be siphoned off without anyone noticing? Easy, no one was watching. And the citizens &#8220;trusted&#8221; Comptroller Rita. Don&#8217;t be naive, that same type of corruption is happening at the federal, state and local government level every day. It may be in smaller increments, but government waste and fraud do exist.</p>
<p>We are not noticing it because we trust our government officials and we are not holding them accountable. American tax payers need to start holding elected and appointed government bureaucrats accountable for their actions. Unrestrained government bureaucrats get to do whatever they want to do&#8230;and we end up paying the price.</p>
<h4>Freedom: The power to determine action without restraint.</h4>
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		<title>No One Escapes Obama Wealth Redistribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got Money? Not After Obama Wealth Redistribution No American&#8217;s Money Is Safe If Obama gets re-elected in November no one&#8217;s money will be safe anymore. Whether you are rich, middle class or poor there will be nothing from stopping a newly elected Obama administration from taking whatever money you have. Re-election to that group will mean that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;">Got Money? Not After Obama Wealth Redistribution</h2>
<div id="attachment_6935" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 289px"><a href="http://www.takingonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/conservativebyte.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6935   " title="Wealth Distribution Cartoon" src="http://www.takingonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/conservativebyte.jpg" alt="Funny Cartoon About Wealth Distribution" width="279" height="181" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">by conservativebyte</p></div>
<h3>No American&#8217;s Money Is Safe</h3>
<p>If Obama gets re-elected in November no one&#8217;s money will be safe anymore. Whether you are rich, middle class or poor there will be nothing from stopping a newly elected Obama administration from taking whatever money you have.</p>
<p>Re-election to that group will mean that they can do whatever they please. Taking your money will be tops on their agenda. You can forget about getting ahead, at that point it will just be about survival. You will be lucky if you can feed your family let alone pay a mortgage or make a car payment.</p>
<p>Americans need to understand that Obama and Company want to make you powerless and helpless. That is accomplished by taking your money. Watch for their punch-line, they will tell you that they want to &#8220;redistribute the wealth&#8221; so all are equal. That&#8217;s the beginning of the end. And for that reason alone Obama&#8217;s gotta go.</p>
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		<title>Think Of Your Student Loan As Hope &amp; Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide From Your Student Loan photo by uticoad American Students Question Decision About College Why should future generations of American children bother going to college? After all their college debt will put them right where the government wants them&#8230;the government will own them. Once the government owns them they are [...]]]></description>
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<h3 class="mceTemp mceIEcenter">American Students Question Decision About College</h3>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter">Why should future generations of American children bother going to college? After all their college debt will put them right where the government wants them&#8230;the government will own them. Once the government owns them they are defenseless; the government can squeeze out of them whatever they want. Is that the life you want for your children?</div>
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		<title>Obama Politics All The Way To Election Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perfecting Obama Style Politics Mr. Obama is doing a great job of staying consistent with his political style. His style encompasses chaos, panic and fear. The more he and his goons can stir up chaos and create distractions the better. When that doesn&#8217;t work they lean heavily on the panic and fear. Mr. Obama and his henchmen believe that&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Perfecting Obama Style Politics</h2>
<p>Mr. Obama is doing a great job of staying consistent with his <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/obama-352528-law-percent.html" rel="nofollow">political style</a>. His style encompasses chaos, panic and fear. The more he and his goons can stir up chaos and create distractions the better. When that doesn&#8217;t work they lean heavily on the panic and fear. Mr. Obama and his henchmen believe that&#8217;s the way to win an election. Can Americans be so gullible as to fall for this bunk? They are in Chicago so maybe it&#8217;s possible. Let&#8217;s hope America outside of Chicago gets the fact that Mr. Obama is playing us.</p>
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		<title>Obama Campaign Perplexing To Women</title>
		<link>http://www.takingonissues.com/obama-campaign-messing-with-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama Campaign Should Repel Women, Will It? Julia, Julia, Julia, what have you done to American women? It seems as if you have made them useless and helpless. This Obama campaign tactic should make women everywhere furious. But will it? Or will it amuse the base of women who still believe in Mr. Obama? Stay tuned to find [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/03/Obama-Campaign-Women-Are-Helpless">Julia, Julia, Julia</a>, what have you done to American women? It seems as if you have made them useless and helpless. This Obama campaign tactic should make women everywhere furious. But will it? Or will it amuse the base of women who still believe in Mr. Obama? Stay tuned to find out what Julia will do to Obama in November.</p>
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		<title>Perfect Julia! Perfect Obama!! Perfect America?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Perfect Obama Get Any Better?]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Government Confusing Americans On Student Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.takingonissues.com/liberal-government-confusing-americans-on-student-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get Used To It Kids, Your New America, Your New Government The More Confused You Are The Easier It Is For The Government To Manage You]]></description>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">The More Confused You Are The Easier It Is For The Government To Manage You</h3>
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		<title>Something To Look Forward To As You Age&#124;Your Student Loan</title>
		<link>http://www.takingonissues.com/something-to-look-forward-to-as-you-ageyour-student-loan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Politics Guarantees Your Student Loan Will Stay With You Forever and Ever and Ever]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_6892" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 269px"><a href="http://www.takingonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/heraldtimes.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6892  " title="Student loans nightmare" src="http://www.takingonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/heraldtimes.jpg" alt="Student loan til old age" width="259" height="194" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">photo by hearldtimes</p></div>
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		<title>Is Obama Another Carter?</title>
		<link>http://www.takingonissues.com/is-obama-another-carter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America Does Not Need Another Jimmy Carter&#124;Meet Mr. Obama   &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>American Politicans Really Don&#8217;t Feel Our Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taking</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Politicians Clueless About Consequences Is This The America You Dreamed Of?]]></description>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Is This The America You Dreamed Of?</h3>
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