“ANOTHER GARGANTUAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAM” by Jeff Crouere, ©2019 (Nov. 2, 2019) — Leading Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has officially unveiled her “Medicare for All” plan. This program is based on fantasy financing. According to Warren, it will cost $52 trillion over ten years, but a middle-class tax increase will not be […]
“THE ROAD TO DISASTER” July 2, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues: Several Democrat Party candidates for president and their friends in the media are pushing the idea of Medicare for All – another way of calling for government-run health care. Bernie says it is a “right” and should even cover illegal immigrants – in other […]
“CHOOSE THE BEST” by Contributor (Apr. 26, 2019) — Health insurance is no more a luxury in India as the cost of medical care treatment and hospitalization has been increasing like the population in the country. Since a few government plans are there for public healthcare, it has become a necessity to have medical insurance […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2019 (Mar. 31, 2019) — In 1861 it was states’ rights and slavery that brought two American factions (North vs. South) to the boiling point that resulted in open warfare. Over 600,000 people died in that war and untold soldiers and civilians were injured […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2018 (Dec. 2, 2018) — “I just had this New York thing. When I got there, I felt so at home. I said, ‘This is where the crazy people go.’ It’s OK to be yourself in New York.” — Lori Petty, contemporary actress and […]
“THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR” by Jeff Crouere, ©2017 (Jul. 7, 2017) — During the 2016 election, the “Never Trump” conservative critics of Donald Trump predicted a catastrophe for the country if he was elected President. Well, as we approach the six-month anniversary, America is witnessing our most successful presidency since Ronald Reagan. Contrary to worries […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Jul. 2, 2017) — It’s taken just about 150 years for the Party of Lincoln to become a mirror image of the Democrat Party. It’s taken about 150 years for that same Party to forsake its basic principles of liberty as the Founding […]
SOME HISTORY LESSONS AND SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE U.S. HEALTHCARE WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK by Scot Faulkner, ©2017 (Apr. 16, 2017) — As the White House and Republican leaders debate and negotiate a new bill, the “blamestorming” continues over the earlier failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. Congressional Republicans have only themselves to blame. Since returning […]
“THE STAKES ARE VERY HIGH” by Jeff Crouere, ©2017 (Apr. 1, 2017) — After eight years of promises and countless rallies and fundraising letters, Republicans failed in their foremost mission of repealing and replacing Obamacare. Instead of collaborating with Republican congressional colleagues to achieve a healthcare bill with consensus support, House GOP leadership worked behind […]
“TRUMPCARE” OR SOMETHING ELSE? by Contributor (Mar. 31, 2017) — The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, while full of good intentions, was a contradictory piece of legislation in many ways. Its many mandates on the health insurance plan priced many out of private health insurance, swelling the rolls of Medicaid and Medicare. The health insurance […]
FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS ACTION IN VOTING DOWN RYANCARE March 30, 2017 Dear President Trump: I am amazed that you do not recognize that the members of the House Freedom Caucus did YOU a BIG FAVOR by not allowing the disastrous Ryancare bill to get passed. That bill did NOT REPEAL Obamacare and it had lots […]
IS THERE NO MORE RULE OF LAW? by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2017 (Mar. 28, 2017) — Throughout history, mankind has confronted many major crises and turning-points, both positive and negative, manmade and naturally-occurring. For purposes of this essay I prefer to divide those crises into just two major categories: 1) man-made and natural disasters, from […]
A SIMPLE SOLUTION by James Meletiou, ©2017 (Mar. 25, 2017) — May I presume to have a short – but simple – solution to getting rid of Obamacare? Obamacare has one feature that make it offensive to many people: It is mandatory! If this one feature were removed, Obamacare would not even have to be […]
“NAME YOUR LEGISLATION” by Cody Robert Judy, ©2017 (Mar. 25, 2017) — Forgetting JUSTICE is the Recipe for FAILURE – Chopping Block v. Tight Collar – Trump’s Poor Salesmanship Selling Obama…Care Trump Exposed REPAIRING & RESTORING OBAMACARE is essentially what President Trump has done in his failed and now infamous No-Name Repeal & Replace pulled […]
PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED FOR 4:00 P.M. by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 24, 2017) — Multiple sources are reporting that a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” has been pulled from the House floor at President Trump’s request. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is […]
“TOUGH TALK YET WRONG POLICY” by Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center, ©2017 (Mar. 8, 2017) — The Republican leadership in Congress today rolled out their replacement for Obamacare. This legislation goes in the wrong direction from what President Trump promised on the campaign trail. The main reason healthcare costs are skyrocketing as quality of service […]
“NOW IS THE CRUCIAL TIME” by Chloe Anagnos, Tax Revolution Institute, ©2017 (Jan. 24, 2017) — The federal tax code is 187 times longer than it was a century ago, according to the accounting firm Wolters Kluwer, CCH, which has analyzed it since 1913. Since 1984, when the tax code was 26,300 pages, it has […]
EMBRACES ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, FREE COLLEGE, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2016) — After Bernie Sanders took the stage at the DNC on Monday night shortly before 11:00 p.m., he thanked all of his supporters and “delegates” for their work in the primaries, then said, “I look forward to your votes […]
“FOCUS AND GET EXCITED!” by Dr. Laurie Roth, ©2016 (May 12, 2016) — The very idea of creating America was first a hope born out of oppression, stress and desperation. That hope soon translated to a vision, a courageous plan, then faith in action. Our framers trusted in the living God to make it so. From […]
“WE ARE AWAKE” by Dr. Laurie Roth, ©2016 (Mar. 16, 2016) — Just like the wayward husband going to a secret rendezvous with the woman he is having an affair with, the GOP partakes in “secret” meetings with its bought-and-paid-for money whores — millionaires and billionaires in politics, media and business. They all apparently think […]