Politics
Why Believe New Promise When Congress Breaks Old Promise?
Written by Ernest Istook - The Foundry - The Heritage Foundation
Congress wants America to believe its new promises to control spending even as it reneges on its old promises and spends more than ever.
The "new" promise within health care reform bills is to reduce Medicare spendingby hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet simultaneously, Congress is reversing 1997 ... Read more: Why Believe New Promise When Congress Breaks Old Promise?
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Obamacare is a Devastating Tax on the Working Class
Written by Eric Staib - Mises.org
Given the recent announcement that the government's measure of unemployment has hit 10.2 percent, and given that the official House version of Obama's healthcare plan, HR 3962, has now passed, a close examination of the effects of "Obamacare" on the labor market is important. It will be no surprise ... Read more: Obamacare is a Devastating Tax on the Working Class
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Judicial Watch Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Hillary Clinton Lawsuit
Written by Tom Fitton
Judicial Watch continues to pursue a lawsuit on behalf of a Foreign Service Officer challenging Hillary Clinton's constitutional eligibility to serve as Secretary of State. On November 3rd, we filed a "Notice of Appeal" as a first step in asking the United States Supreme Court to consider the ... Read more: Judicial Watch Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Hillary Clinton Lawsuit
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The GOP, a Revolutionary Party Once Again
Written by Sultan Knish
Heading into the 2010 elections, the Republican party is best characterized by its schizophrenic structure with a complacent political leadership and a radicalized populist grass roots movement. If the Democracy party acts like it's out of power even when it's in power, the Republican party acts ...
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Federal Medicaid Funds Addictive Like Hard Drugs
Written by John R. Graham
Congress created Medicaid in 1965, to fund state's health-care programs for low-income residents. The original formula was a minimum 50/50 split between state and federal funding. However, states with more low-income residents were supposed to receive higher federal transfer ...
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The Triumph of Socialism
Written by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Do you think ideas don't matter, that what people believe about themselves and their world has no real consequence? If so, the following will not bug you in the slightest.
A new BBC pollfinds that only 11 percent of people questioned around the world - and 29,000 people were asked their opinions - ...
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Revenge of the Dirty Dozen: 12 Policies that Undermine Civil Society
Written by Katherine Bradley and Chuck Donovan - Heritage.org
Last April, The Heritage Foundation released a WebMemo titled "The Dirty Dozen: 12 New Policies That Undermine Civil Society."[1] Seven months later, many of these policies being advocated by Congress and the President have moved closer to becoming law.
In addition, several new issues have emerged ... Read more: Revenge of the Dirty Dozen: 12 Policies that Undermine Civil Society
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Obama's Socialist Stake In The Heart Of America
Written by Frances Rice - NBRA.info
Unfazed by the damage caused to our nation by out-of-control spending, President Barack Obama and the Democrats in the US House of Representatives passed a massive, trillion-dollar government-run healthcare revamp bill.
"Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill" is an AP story about the ...
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Tanker Wars: Why Boeing Thinks Subsidies Matter
Written by Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D
The Air Force's plan to conduct an expeditious re-competition of its future tanker program has run into trouble. An initial award was overturned when the Government Accountability Office found major irregularities in the way proposals by Boeing and Northrop Grumman were ...
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