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Original Technorati articles tagged “entitlements”

• in Politics
  Mitt Romney --- A Jello Conservative
  Romney seems to be a Republican 'pragmatist' with no core conservative principles.
  by jturtel / on Feb 8, 2012
• in Politics
  The Barack Obama Economy - Greece-ing Our Skids
  Question: Why are we bailing out Greece when we should be bailing out ... ourselves?
  by theedje / on Jun 16, 2011
• in Politics
  How Serious is America About Fixing Her Budget Crises?
  The Madison protests will most certainly resonate in other states as they work through their budget process.
  by efrank / on Feb 21, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “entitlements”

 

• How to suppress revolution. Buy people off with entitlements

  
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  Charles Hugh Smith often has perceptive and unusual takes on issues. He says the bankster class has implicit support from those getting government entitlements, and that this hurts the rest of society. Entitlement spending is running huge deficits while the middle and working classes get poorer. A staggering 50 ...
  5 days ago

• Morning Bell: Immigration Reform Should Strengthen, Not Cost, America

  
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  Lawful immigration can bring important economic and cultural benefits both to the United States and to the immigrants. Americans rightly live and celebrate the values of America, including limited government, personal liberty, and free enterprise, and beckon others to join us. We are united by belief in our founding ...
  5 days ago

• Obama Wears Teflon; His Voters Think It’s Free…

  
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  The shade of Tricky Dick Nixon hangs over the White House in the fervid imaginings of even such old pros as House Speaker John Boehner (R), who has now demanded Benghazi e-mails from the White House, allegedly under Tea Party... Read More ›
  5 days ago

• Washington Hits the $16.7 Trillion Debt Ceiling with $300 Billion in New Debt

  
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  On May 19, the United States hit its debt ceiling after adding $300 billion in more debt since lawmakers suspended the ceiling in February. But the cash won’t run dry until at least Labor Day, according to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew , whose department can employ a variety of cash management tools to continue ...
  6 days ago

• Friday Poll: Do You Support/Oppose Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion in Arizona?

  
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  In case you missed it, the Arizona Executive and Legislative branches are embroiled in a battle over expanding Obamacare’s Medicaid program in Arizona. Here is the latest Friday poll gauging our reader’s position on this issue. Votes are scheduled in the Arizona House next week. Take Our Poll
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• Authorization

  
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  In which I examine why XACML has failed to live up to my expectations, even if it isn’t dead, which has been the topic of a massive blogosphere battle in recent weeks. Some background I was working with the IT R&D team at Credit Suisse when we provided seed funding[1] for Securent , which was one of the ...
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• Cook County Public Pension Crisis Worsens

  
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  Back on April 9, 2012, I blogged about the public pension crisis in Cook County, Illinois. From that post: Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois- a trifecta of serious financial concerns. Hal Dardick talked about all three entities and their growing pension problems early this morning on the Chicago Tribune ...
  2 weeks ago

• Grover Norquist’s top 6 reasons for supporting the Senate Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill

  
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  Grover Norquist, America’s toughest anti-tax crusader and deficit hawk, testified before the Joint Economic Committee on how higher levels of immigration would benefit the U.S. economy. Here are...
  2 weeks ago

• ANALYSIS: Grover Norquist debunks Heritage Foundation’s claims that immigration reform will add $6.3 trillion to the deficit

  
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  ANALYSIS: Grover Norquist, arguably the country’s most feared anti-tax crusader and deficit hawk, debunked the Heritage Foundation’s claim that immigration reform would add $6.3 trillion to the deficit,...
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• Medicaid Expansion: Been There, Done That

  
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  To all Arizona taxpayers and health care consumers: When it comes to the  fiscal costs and human damage of expanding Medicaid/AHCCCS under ObamaCare , we know that things will turn out badly.  How do we know?  Because we’ve been there, and we’ve done that.  Here is what past experience, here in Arizona and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Addiction to Unhealthy Foods Shouldn’t Require Government Regulation

  
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  Michael Moss’s New York Times bestselling book Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us is the latest in a long stream of journalistic exposés decrying the state of food and agriculture... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Senate Passes Marketplace Fairness Act: Real Battle to Be in the House

  
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  Last night the Senate passed the misnamed Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), popularly known as the Internet sales tax, by a 69–27 margin . The troubling bill will now move over to the House. The bill would grant states the authority to force online retailers (with online sales over $1 million per year) to collect ...
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• Do Racial Set-Aside Programs Create Opportunities for Blacks? It Appears They Do.

  
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  The philosophical issue: Can discriminating in favor of African-Americans today recompense for discrimination against African-Americans in the past? Government set-aside programs for minorities have had a positive impact on the rate of business formation by African-Americans, conclude the authors of a new study, “ ...
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• Debt Limit and Tax Reform: Both Important, But On Their Own

  
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    Newscom Press reports link the coming debt limit debate with the building effort for tax reform. The debt limit and tax reform are both important, but the connection ends there, as it should. Suggestions that some sort of fast-track procedure for tax reform might be the conservative “ask” in exchange ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Gang of Eight Immigration Bill, Explained in One Infographic

  
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  Kelsey Harris The Heritage Foundation Senators return to Washington next week to debate the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration bill. Heritage President Jim DeMint has said the bill is “unfair, it costs too much, and it’s going to make the problem worse.” We’ve put together an infographic that explains ...
  3 weeks ago

• PETA Loses Relevance – Again

  
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  It is a noble and worthwhile endeavor to fight against abuse of animals, and making people aware of such abuse through media attention makes sense. However, Ingrid Newkirk, president of People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), made her organization appear foolish once again by picking the wrong battle to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Update on Obamacare-Medicaid Expansion in Arizona

  
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  Here’s a brief update on the push to expand Medicaid in the Arizona Legislature. Rumors are circulating that Senator John McComish is attempting to orchestrate a coup d’état on Senate President Andy Biggs as former Senate President Steve Pierce looks on with plausible deniability. Why a coup? Because Senate ...
  3 weeks ago

• What Labours review of pensioner entitlements means for David Cameron

  
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  Harriet Harman said something arresting on the Today programme earlier: Labour will review the universality of pensioner entitlements. She qualified the offer by pointing out, as Ed Miliband did, that Labour is unlikely to endorse means-testing because of the administrative costs. But the Labour deputy leader is a ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court: Civil and Religious Liberty in Crisis

  
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  I am posting this link to a guest editorial blog I authored at the kind invitation of Alan Reinach of the Pacific Union Conference Office of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty.  I hope that you will follow the link to the article and visit the Church State blog.  It is an excellent resource for religious ...
  3 weeks ago

• The United States Government is giving Welfare Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

  
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  They are also being encouraged to do so by the Mexican Government. Now before I begin to report this, I must be clear on something: THIS WAS HAPPENING ALSO IN THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. The Story via WND and Judicial Watch : The U.S. government has been caught ...
  4 weeks ago

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