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February 22, 2008 09:57 AM EST --     I always experience a twinge of annoyance and irritation whenever I hear someone in government refer to Social Security and Medicare as an "entitlement" when they are trying . . . more
December 08, 2007 01:12 PM EST --       William Saletan, writing in Slate, criticizes a study that appeared in Nature Neuroscience that concludes that “conservatives” are less intelligent, . . . more
January 25, 2008 10:20 AM EST --   It looks like the $ 150 billion economic stimulus plan agreed to by the White House and Congress will put a maximum of   $1,800 into the hands of a married couple with two . . . more
October 22, 2008 03:02 PM EDT -- WASHINGTON -- As the Federal Government doles out billions of dollars to bolster up a faltering economy, many believe the government pool of giveaways has dried up -- but government money expert, Matthew . . . more
August 27, 2006 05:51 PM EDT -- Cigarette smuggling is as popular as drug trafficking for terrorist supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah. California voters are going to be asked this November to give them the biggest prize ever, a 300% . . . more
August 21, 2007 06:23 PM EDT --             Labor unions are just a shadow of their former selves. Some may say good riddance (including me), while other lament this fact. . . . more
February 29, 2008 09:09 AM EST --     I Gather (pun intended) the 143 responses to my first article on Social Security entitlements indicate a fairly strong interest on this subject.   A listing of the specific suggestions . . . more
October 01, 2007 01:05 PM EDT --    Thirteen years ago Pedro Zapeta left Guatemala and immigrated to the Stuart Florida area.  No green card, no visa, he just came to the US to make money he could use to improve the life . . . more
August 23, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --   At one end of the spectrum are Jim Bob and Michelle Dugger of Springdale Arkansas, debt-free, happily married Christians, who have 17 children, live in a 7,000 square foot house and have never . . . more
May 14, 2008 08:54 AM EDT --   One of the major impacts of the housing/credit crisis was to reduce the value of housing in many areas of the country. Your real estate taxes are the product of the "market value" of the . . . more
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DOING WELL
by Duane B.
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February 01, 2008 10:13 AM EST --   An article in USA today details how well state and local employees are doing in relations to private sector workers.   The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that state and local . . . more
November 14, 2008 09:28 AM EST -- Chris Dodd has been both on and in the news talking about the hundreds of billions of dollars congress gave the Secretary of the Treasury to rescue the financial industries. You remember, those hundreds . . . more
August 21, 2007 06:56 PM EDT --             Much has been said and written these last few decades about the so-called “Freedom of Choice”. The trouble is that there seems . . . more
August 11, 2007 03:49 PM EDT --             For a long time now I have been writing and talking about issues which run contrary to common sense and often are completely outlandish, . . . more
June 29, 2007 11:57 AM EDT -- George Corneliussen One of our personal freedoms was taken away from us by the Supreme Court a few days ago. Did you notice ? It was the right of a retailer to sell products to the public for any price . . . more
August 14, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --   We are constantly being warned by “conservatives” about the dangers of oppressive and costly government regulation and how it threatens business expansion, creativity and job creation.  . . . more
October 27, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --     The Tax Foundation (taxfoundation.org) is very concerned that thirty-two percent of Federal income tax returns do not have any Federal tax liability, and additional filers, . . . more
September 29, 2008 06:50 PM EDT --               Now that the $700 billion bailout plan has failed here are some projections and suspicions that I expect to come under consideration. . . . more
August 29, 2007 07:49 PM EDT --             If a person buys a product and finds it doesn't perform as advertised, they get a refund or the manufacturer can be held liable. . . . more
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