Free Republic

Hard-working Americans have had enough of outrageous government spending -- and they are not going to stand for it anymore. Enough is enough. A trillion dollars here, a trillion there -- doesn’t this new Democratic Congress understand there is no “free money”? At this rate, will the average American family ever again see a balanced federal budget in their lifetime? It's time to sunset wasteful Washington spending. That’s why we are co-chairing a bold new effort by House conservatives to root out government programs and agencies that taxpayers don’t need and then send them riding off into the sunset WITHOUT...

C.S. Lewis’ short but masterful The Great Divorce is about Ghosts in Hell who journey by omnibus up through a crack in the earth to meet Solid People and hopefully be guided into the mountains. As the Ghosts become substantive their feet are pricked by the sharp grass. Only a few overcome their problems and journey into the mountains while most board the bus and shrink into oblivion as it descends back down the crack from whence it came.