Dec
29
By Allen Skillicorn
I was skimming over the Senate Lack-of-Reform bill and noticed this gem: Maximum deductible for a single employee is $2,000, family will be $4,000. Sounds harmless at first, but how will these maximums affect Health Savings Account’s? $2,000 & $4,000 limits are under the current eligibility minimums for HSA’s. So this bill [...]
Dec
24
Replacing the “old-school Republican mandate” with Whole Foods and Tea Party values
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Crossposted on thenextright.com:
Lately, I’m frequently asked by Republican campaigns, party executives, consultants and think-tank leaders about how to connect better with Tea Party or libertarian voters.
Partying with Tea Party partiers
It’s for good reason that Republican operatives want to connect with Tea Partiers. After all, Rasmussen suggests that a generic Tea Party candidate is more popular [...]
Dec
21
‘Health care for all’ is not a right; it’s a crime against humanity
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Crossposted from Doug Ross Journals:
For Americans, the Declaration of Independence codifies man’s unalienable, individual rights.
These rights are life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. And that is the complete list of rights to which citizens are entitled.
There is no right to a Whopper with Cheese at the local Burger King; no right to [...]
Dec
20
by Jerry Agar
Okay, so it is a bit ambitious to assert that we could stop corruption, but perhaps we could cut into it a bit.
Since 1970, more than 1500 individuals have been convicted, and the cost to Illinois taxpayers is estimated at $500 million a year. If we had that money back, instead of just [...]
Dec
20
Entitlement Reform Should Precede Health Care Expansion
by James C. Capretta
WebMemo #2734
The Treasury Department expects the U.S. government to bump up against the statutory limit on federal borrowing sometime near the end of this month.[1] Consequently, the Obama Administration is now urging Congress to quickly pass a debt limit increase of almost $2 trillion.
But while a [...]
Dec
20
More Than $2,000 Spent on Bathroom Air Freshener
By amanda
Using the new transparency website from the Illinois Policy Institute, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that the Illinois Department of Employment Security spent $2,220 on bathroom air freshener service in 2009 by the time of our FOIA request. The vendor for the service was Fikes Fresh Brands in Indiana. On the Fikes [...]
Dec
19
Science, Smoking, Healthcare, All Prove Gov’t Can’t be Trusted
by Warner Todd HustonJust sit back and let big daddy government show you the way. The Democrat Party is assuring us that they know better because they have science, educated people, doctors and all that “expertise” in their control. Further more they “care” about us all and they [...]
Dec
17
Dan Proft wins Kane Young County Republicans straw poll by a landslide.
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Dan Proft wins Kane Young County Republicans straw poll by a landslide.
At Yesterday’s Kane County Young Republican meeting, Dan Proft was the preferred Gubernatorial candidate with 63% of the ballots. The next closest candidate was Adam Andrzejewski with 21% of the ballots. The Kane County Young Republicans have invited every major Gubernatorial candidate to [...]
Dec
17
How Obamacare will hurt young people
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by Dick Morris And Eileen McGann
A detailed analysis of the Obama health care program now before the Senate indicates that it will force big premium increases for all families especially for those under 30 years of age.
The study, by the consulting firm of Oliver Wyman, concludes that premiums for individuals will rise by $1,576 and [...]
Dec
9
Kane County Young Republicans sponsor Food Drive benefiting the Fish Food Pantry
Carpentersville, IL
The Kane County Young Republicans donated $200 and a box of canned for the Fish Food Pantry in Carpentersville, IL. Young Republican, Allen Skillicorn said, “Our group is very closely tied to the community. We feel that actions speak louder than words”. The [...]
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