Judge Jim Gray

2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #431 “END ALL TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY

Judge Jim Gray — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 01:07:59 +0000

Here is a great idea that I have lifted from Wayne Allyn Root, who was the Libertarian candidate for Vice President in 2008: Candidates should run on a platform of ending all taxes on Social Security. Why? Focus upon this: workers have been required, often for many decades, to pay into Social Security without getting any tax deductions for their contributions.

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #430 “THE PROCESS IS CRITICAL!”

Judge Jim Gray — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 03:19:18 +0000

Like many of you, recently I have been reading about a federal judge declaring illegal a revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants who were brought to this country at an early age.

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #429 “ATTACKS UPON OUR LIBERTIES”

Judge Jim Gray — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:27:03 +0000

As most of you are probably aware, today is the 22nd anniversary of the violent attack upon our country by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda group – truly an act of war. What you may not be familiar with is the book Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, by Scott Horton (The Libertarian Institute, 2017).

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #428 “NOT ACCOUNTABLE!”

Judge Jim Gray — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:08 +0000

During our recent trip I was able to read the book Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions, by Philip K. Howard (Rodin Books, 2023). Honestly, the book did not change my mind on this subject, but it certainly reinforced it.

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: 427 “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM SMITH!”

Judge Jim Gray — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:23:10 +0000

According to Reason Magazine this year is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, who is considered by many to be history’s strongest spokesperson for the Free Market.

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #426 “REPEAL FISA SECTION 702”

Judge Jim Gray — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:34:57 +0000

In the continued frenzy that followed the attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress amended section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 2008 by allowing U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to monitor private communications of American citizens with foreigners without first obtaining a judicial warrant.

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #425 “TO BRING US TOGETHER”

Judge Jim Gray — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:27:44 +0000

My longtime and great friend Judge Andy Guilford (Ret.) gave me a suggestion for a 2 Paragraphs piece which provides suggestions about how we can better brings ourselves together as a country.

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #424 “Freedom Lies in Being Bold”

Judge Jim Gray — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 02:59:45 +0000

According to the Pacific Legal Foundation, when American poet Robert Frost was being interviewed on a 1952 television show, he said that he preferred to spend time with people who have “a definite personality.” In fact the best trait in people, Frost went on, “is taut boldness.”

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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #423 EDUCATION, PARENTING & LEADERSHIP

Judge Jim Gray — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 02:04:36 +0000

With apologies to no one, last week I left you without an edition of our 2 Paragraphs because my great wife Grace and I were traveling throughout Great Britain – and we just got home this afternoon. But on our trip I had a chance to read an Epoch Times Special Edition entitled Life and Tradition: Education, Parenting, Leadership, which is as insightful a piece as I have ever read.

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The History of our Homeless Problems

Judge Jim Gray — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 02:59:01 +0000

I don’t do this very often, but my daughter Jennifer came upon and sent me this link, which accurately sets forth the history of our homeless problems.

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