Well, it looks like the debate over health care is nearly over, or so Congress would have us believe. After several versions of health care reform emerged from their different Congressional committees and were all combined into the two versions that passed the House and the Senate, respectively, the Democrats are still wrangling among...
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Let’s see now, what is that old saying? Something about honesty being good for the soul. If that’s the case, then my soul should be in pretty good shape after this post. That is unless the mixed feelings get in the way because my feelings about new taxes are very mixed. First of all,...
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It was a question that was asked at least twice on the Sunday talk shows this past weekend. Depending on who you were talking to, you could have received a couple of different answers. Larry Summers, who is the top economic adviser to the White House was asked that question on ABC’s This Week...
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Throughout the 2008 Presidential campaign, Barack Obama said over and over that he would not raise taxes one single dime. He based a lot of his campaign on that promise and so far, he has stuck to his guns. However, there are signs that higher taxes are being considered, in order to pay for...
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It’s been fairly obvious from the start that one of President Obama’s main priorities would be health care. He has stated more than once that we need a national health care system and is pushing for a health care bill to be on his desk by the end of 2009. I have written earlier about...
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From the very start of his administration, President Obama has been telling us the economy is in very dire straits, so much so that it requires unprecedented action (translate that into spending) on the part of the federal government. He began that action by signing $787 billion spending bill into law that was disguised...
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Even as I begin this article, I hesitate to do so because I am no expert of taxation and the economy. One thing I do know is that the current tax system we have is bloated and very much unfair to the average American citizen. In almost every political campaign, there is at least...
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Barack Obama has not even hired his entire staff, much less been sworn in and already, we are seeing negative articles about him and the people he is choosing to fill his staff positions. How I feel about Obama is not a big secret. I am no fan of the man and I really...
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As I do with some of my posts, let me preface this with an apology to a couple of people who I consider my friends. They would be Wickle, at A True Believer and Kerry, over at One Mom. I have really hesitated to even put these thoughts down on paper, because I do...
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Let’s take a moment and remember November of 2000 and recall the trouble between George W. Bush and Al Gore as they contested the Florida Presidential election results. There was no rioting that I can remember, but the contest was taken all the way to the Supreme Court and Bush came out as the...
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