In addition to the most bloated budget ever, Congress is rushing an alarming number of bills to a vote this week w/o reading any of them. There is no compelling urgency to any of these bills:

• H.R. 1388 - Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act
• H.R. 1171 - Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Tim Geithner wants to nationalize the finance industry or at least control it w/o calling it nationalization.

Why not start with the Fed?

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has released a detailed study ranking the 50 states in terms of how much individual freedom each permits to its residents.

New Hampshire places #1 in the overall ranking, and first in Fiscal Policy. New York comes in dead last in Fiscal Policy, Economic Freedom, and in the overall ranking.

Delaware has a lot of room for improvement. We were ranked 30th in Fiscal Policy, 16th in Regulatory Policy, 24th in Economic Freedom, 36th in Personal Freedom, and 26th overall.

Here is how the study summarizes Delaware in its state by state descriptions:

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