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Our Democrat welfare-state drug lords

Our Democrat welfare-state drug lords

Democratic Party politicians no longer feel any need to even pay lip service to the idea that America has anything to do with a free people. Their unabashed rendition of the American dream is increasing percentages of the American population dependent on getting money recycled to them from the government — money taken from other citizens or from ever-increasing government debt.

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Can Republicans Take Default Off the Table?

Can Republicans Take Default Off the Table?

Default should never be an option for any president, especially when the debt limit is reached. Why would House Republican leaders put their own members in front of such a political buzzsaw? By now, Republicans should know better.

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Which ‘Republicans’ Voted to Fund Planned Parenthood?

Which ‘Republicans’ Voted to Fund Planned Parenthood?

Aren’t you glad that the majority of Americans have a “Republican” representing them in both houses of congress now?  Aren’t you glad “Republicans” are in the majority in congress? I’m so glad of this, because now we don’t have to worry anymore about the relentless assault of liberalism and the out-of-control spending that comes with it.

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Did Republicans Lose Their Purse?

Did Republicans Lose Their Purse?

One can only hope that whoever takes over for House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) after he retires recognizes these defects, and can begin to move to restore normal order. The framers of the Constitution never envisioned a system where Congress has so little power to set the nation’s fiscal policies.

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Washington D.C. Needs to Grow Up

Washington D.C. Needs to Grow Up

Adults set priorities. They make tough choices between things they need as opposed to those they simply want when deciding how to spend their paychecks. When beef goes up in price suddenly more chicken appears on the dinner table.

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Did Congress Accidentally Balance the Budget?

Did Congress Accidentally Balance the Budget?

The national debt has been frozen at about $18.15 trillion for almost six months, according to the U.S. Treasury. Did Congress accidentally balance the budget?

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Medicare System Makes Fraud Easy

Medicare System Makes Fraud Easy

On July 17, 2015, I received a phone call from a client asking why he got a statement from his insurance company that it had paid a claim to a hospital when he had not gone to a hospital. I asked him to send me the document.

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Things Congress Can Cut in Financial Services

Things Congress Can Cut in Financial Services

Next week, the House of Representatives is taking up the appropriations bill for Financial Services and General Government. This is another opportunity for Congress to exercise its constitutional power of the purse through policy riders that can help limit the size and scope of government.

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Spending: 23 Things Congress Could Cut

This week, the House of Representatives is taking up the appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This is an opportunity for Congress to exercise its constitutional power of the purse through policy riders that can help limit the size and scope of government.

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States Need Budgets – but Enumerated Powers Limit Federal Spending

States Need Budgets – but Enumerated Powers Limit Federal Spending

We will never solve our political and fiscal problems if we continue in our present state of ignorance of the fundamental distinction between the federal Constitution and the State Constitutions.

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