WASHINGTON - Today House Democrats strong armed H.R. 2454, the Clean Energy and Security Act, otherwise known as ‘Cap and Tax' legislation through the House of Representatives. It passed by a vote of 219 to 212.

For some, she never went away. But Ayn Rand is having a mainstream moment.

Prior to the founding of the United States, political theorist and philosopher John Locke developed the theory that government derives its power and authority from the consent of the governed. Benjamin Franklin once wrote that "in free governments the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns." These are the principles that are fundamental to the American system and have helped shape the nation we know and love today.

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"You know you're in trouble when you're being lectured by communists about the size and scope of government. That's never a good day." - Stephen Hayes, from The Weekly Standard commenting on China's concern regarding the mounting public debt in America.