Dec
7
Americans, Indians, and Chinese all agree, Global Warming is not a threat.
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Crossposted on Gallup:
Chinese see least threat from global warming; Japanese see the most
by Anita Pugliese and Julie Ray
Between 2007 and 2008, Gallup conducted the first comprehensive survey of global opinions about climate change, asking respondents in 128 countries about their awareness of the issue and the extent to which they perceive climate change as a [...]
Oct
26
Ignoring Milton Friedman
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Crossposted from Doug Ross Journals:
In 2001, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Milton Friedman penned “How to Cure Health Care“. Given the United States’ budget deficits, its current economic malaise and an impending entitlement catastrophe, one would hope that Congress would strongly consider Friedman’s insights for its health care agenda.
Of course, with the current crop of [...]
Aug
6
Deutsche Bank predicts that the percentage of underwater mortgages in the U.S. will reach 48% by the first quarter of 2011.
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Crossposted from Doug Ross Journal:
Deutsche Bank predicts that the percentage of underwater mortgages in the U.S. will reach 48% by the first quarter of 2011.
Now combine this forecast with the fact that a negative loan-to-value (LTV — or “underwater”) mortgage is “the single most important factor” in a foreclosure, based upon a study of millions [...]
Jul
24
Good News: Abortions and Assisted Suicides will NOT be Rationed!
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by Peter Fleckstein of The Economic Policy Journal:
• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
• Page 42: The “Health Choices Commissioner” will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided [...]
Jul
24
Crossposted from Doug Ross Journal:
“1. If the major provisions of the health care bills will not kick in until 2013, four years from now, why the [hurry] to pass a thousand-page bill before the August recess, a bill you admit that you haven’t fully read yourself?
“2. You have said your health care bill will cut [...]
Jul
20
Paul Ryan talks about the Majority’s health Care overhaul
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Crossposted from Rep. Paul Ryans site:
No tax increases for Americans earning less than $250,000?
There are all sorts of tax increases on all Americans in this bill: the payroll tax increases, the individual worker tax increases, small business tax increases. First of all, there is a 2.5% of income tax if you don’t buy health insurance. [...]
Jul
16
Healthcare Is “Not a Right” and Obama’s Plan Will Cost Way Beyond $1T
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Crossposted from Yahoo Finance:
Healthcare legislation is quickly picking up momentum in Washington. Three separate committees in the House of Representatives are hard at work hammering out details of a bill. Votes are planned today in the Education and Labor and Ways and Means committees on a plan that majority House Democrats presented this week. The [...]
Jul
15
Czar’s of the USSA
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by Allen Skillicorn
The dictionary defines the word Czar as; an emperor or king, the former emperor of Russia, an autocratic ruler or leader, and any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field. The Obama administrations likes this nick-name and happily appoints Czars of industries and sectors of the economy on a [...]
Jun
27
Cap’n Tax Energy/Global Warming Bill passes the US House
Category: IL-10, IL-11, IL-14, IL-16, IL-18, IL-6, Party Politics, U.S. House, policy, video | Leave a Comment
Here’s a brief update on what happened Friday, from the Wall Street Journal:
Jun
19
Crossposted from the WSJ:
Five arguments Republicans must make.
By KARL ROVE
It was a sobering breakfast with one of the smartest Republicans on Capitol Hill. We can fix a lot of bad stuff President Barack Obama might do, he told me. But if Mr. Obama signs into law a “public option,” government-run insurance program as part of [...]
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