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Entries for 'Heritage Foundation'
Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
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Making the Balanced Budget Amendment an Instrument to Force Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:53 AM :: 3586 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A Sound Balanced Budget Amendment Must Require Two-Thirds Majorities to Raise Federal Taxes....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 |
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Liberals Invoke Reagan to Sell Debt Deal as House Passes Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:26 AM :: 4241 Views :: National News, Ethics
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All of the clever rhetoric and recasting of history is designed to distract from the reality on the ground. The U.S. government has racked up $14 trillion in debt. For more than 800 days, the U.S. Senate has failed to pass a budget. President Obama continues his calls for "compromise" and "shared sacrifice," all while insisting on tax increases to fund spending....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
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Cut, Cap, and Balance: House to vote today on Balanced Budget Amendment, $5.8T in spending cuts
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:41 AM :: 4583 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Today, the U.S. House is set to vote on a Republican-sponsored plan known as "Cut, Cap, and Balance" that "would cut spending by $5.8 trillion over 10 years, cap future spending and require Congress to approve a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget before raising the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion," as The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 |
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“Impoverished” Americans live in luxury
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 AM :: 4395 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As Congress struggles to find a way to cut spending as part of raising the $14 trillion debt ceiling, they should take a close look at the more than $1 trillion spent every year on welfare....
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Friday, July 15, 2011 |
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Guam WW2 Claims Bill criticized for Over-criminalization
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:27 PM :: 8448 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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This bill would authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to compensate residents of Guam and their descendants who were injured or killed in World War II.
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Friday, July 15, 2011 |
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The Fight for the Balanced Budget Amendment
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:42 AM :: 4003 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Washington remains embroiled in debt limit negotiations as Republicans and Democrats stand apart on how to best go about increasing the amount of money the government can borrow and spend. But on the sidelines, another debate simmers over one amendment to the U.S. Constitution that could have averted today's spending debacle: the balanced budget amendment (BBA).
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Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
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Time to End Fannie and Freddie
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:29 AM :: 4115 Views :: National News, Ethics
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For those with short memories, Fannie, Freddie, and government policies aimed at making it easier for people to purchase homes is how the housing market wound up in its current state.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
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Obama Aims for the Money You Don't "Need"
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:24 PM :: 4112 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Over the past several weeks, America has seen on grand display in Washington a singular mindset emanating from the White House: We must raise taxes so that we can keep on spending.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
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Lights Out for the Light Bulb Ban?
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:25 AM :: 4053 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Some politicians in Washington don't think you're all that bright. They believe that you can't make wise decisions in your day-to-day life, so they have taken it upon themselves to impose regulations to protect you from yourself. And there's no better example than Congress' ban on the incandescent light bulb, which is up for repeal in the House today.
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Monday, July 11, 2011 |
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America, the Europe of the West?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7069 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Last night, President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders failed to reach agreement on a deal to raise the nation's debt limit. Meanwhile, it has been more than 800 days since the U.S. Senate passed a budget, liberals in Washington are pushing for higher taxes, unemployment is soaring, the deficit keeps growing, and America is careening toward an economic future as the Europe of the West.
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Friday, July 8, 2011 |
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Heritage: An Economy in Panic
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:28 AM :: 3710 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There's no good way to spin the news that came out of today's monthly U.S. jobs report. The economy generated only 18,000 total new jobs, the unemployment rate increased to 9.2 percent, and the number of unemployed Americans has gone up by 445,000. ... President Barack Obama's stimulus-infused "recovery" refuses to ignite, unsurprisingly to all but him.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 |
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In Debt Limit Debate, Higher Taxes Aren't the Answer
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:55 AM :: 3470 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Republican congressional leaders will meet in the White House today with their Democratic counterparts and President Obama in an effort to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011 |
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The High Price of Obama's Fake Jobs Scheme
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:36 AM :: 4012 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Sometimes magic tricks just aren't that great, and even the most innocent, wide-eyed child can't be fooled by the illusionist's flourish.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011 |
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Heritage: Beware Obama's Backdoor Amnesty Dream
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:18 PM :: 3446 Views :: National News, Ethics
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From the halls of Congress, those individuals traveled to the gates of the White House, where they "complained that [President Barack] Obama had supported immigration reform with words and not deeds," as Fox News reports.
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Monday, July 4, 2011 |
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Celebrating America's Enduring Principles
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:00 PM :: 3790 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Declaration announced to the world that the American colonies were free and independent states. But this alone does not make the document or America revolutionary. What is revolutionary about the Declaration is not that a particular group of Americans declared their independence under particular circumstances but that they did so by appealing to a universal standard of justice: equality. What is revolutionary about America is that it is built upon a foundation of universal principles, not petty interests.
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Friday, July 1, 2011 |
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PolitiFact: Obama burning up "Pants on Fire Truth-O-Meter."
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:20 PM :: 4650 Views :: National News, Ethics
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the President made the following proclamation in a desperate attempt to recast himself as a deregulator:
What I have done — and this is unprecedented, by the way; no administration has done this before — is I've said to each agency, 'Don't just look at current regulations or don't just look at future regulations, regulations that we're proposing. Let's go backwards and look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them."
Oh, if only it were true....
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
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Heritage: Time For Congress to Lead on the Debt Ceiling
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:18 AM :: 4526 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As we saw at yesterday's press conference, President Obama is not going to lead on the debt ceiling issue. Nor is he going to compromise or play a mediating role. He is more interested in blaming others for his troubles, demagoguing other solutions and running for re-election.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Heritage: Five Ways Obama Is Circumventing the Legislative Branch
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4729 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Obama Administration generally employs one of two strategies to legislate without—and often in spite of—congressional action: (1) administrative decree establishing a new federal rule, or (2) a refusal to enforce existing federal law. In five separate policy areas, the President and the federal agencies under his command have spurned congressional authority to achieve Obama’s objectives.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Heritage: Obama Plays Politics in Afghanistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7357 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The nation’s two highest-ranking military commanders have gone on record raising serious concerns about President Obama’s flawed plan to bring 33,000 troops home from Afghanistan by September 2012.
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Friday, June 24, 2011 |
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President Obama Abuses Nation's Oil Reserves
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:54 AM :: 4723 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This morning, in a scathing editorial entitled "The wrong reason for depleting the strategic oil reserve," the Post argues the White House is likely more focused on a "political emergency" and "the government should not tap the reserve absent a genuine crisis."
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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The Truth About Tax Cuts
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:16 AM :: 4915 Views :: National News, Ethics
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All you are likely to hear about low tax rates from liberals and their echo chamber in the media is that they don't work—that they fail to gin up economic or job growth. Exhibit A for this preposterous proposition is the Bush tax cuts. The left wants you to accept it as conventional wisdom that the policy was a bust. Don't believe it....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Pictures of America's Fiscal Nightmare
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:13 AM :: 3969 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There's urgency in Washington to fix a problem that's been a long time coming: America's fast track to fiscal implosion. In The Heritage Foundation's just-released, expanded 2011 Budget Chart Book, you can see just how bad the country's spending problem is and how America racked up so much debt.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Fathers Matter: Involved Dads Impact Children’s Lives and Civil Society
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:25 AM :: 5965 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Given the tremendous personal, social, and economic costs of broken families, national leaders should seek ways to promote the importance of marriage so that more children can grow up in a stable household and experience the unique benefits of a married mother and father.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Heritage: Victory in Wisconsin
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4277 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the state's new collective bargaining law, reversing a lower court decision that sought to stamp out the will of the people, the authority of the legislature, and a major movement toward fiscal reform. And at three this morning, following a nearly 13-hour floor debate, the Wisconsin Assembly approved a budget aimed at wiping out the state's $3 billion structural deficit.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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A Showdown over the War in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:25 PM :: 8933 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...President Obama failed to consult Congress in an appropriately deliberate manner. The President has ill-served Congress, and there is no reason Congress should stand for it. As it responds, Congress should be mindful of its obligations: to uphold the Constitution, act in America’s interests, and not unduly put the lives of American allies at risk....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Unemployment Is No Laughing Matter
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:16 AM :: 4188 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As President Barack Obama swung through North Carolina yesterday, he did all he could to show that he cares about the U.S. economy, its 9.1 percent unemployment rate, and the 13.9 million Americans who remain out of work. Well, that is, until he let a bit of honesty slip off his tongue....
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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75% of Schools could lose Federal Funding in 2014
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:15 AM :: 5976 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Under the law, all children are required to be proficient in math and reading by 2014—a standard that could leave three-quarters of U.S. schools labeled as failures, leaving them at risk of losing federal funding.
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Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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The Iranian Threat That Can't Be Ignored
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:12 PM :: 6490 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has acquired two missile warheads capable of being armed with a nuclear weapon. And a recently leaked U.N. report described suspected ballistic missile technology exchanges between North Korea and Iran....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011 |
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National Defense: Ten Questions for Leon Panetta
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:57 AM :: 3907 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Leon Panetta, President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, will go before the Senate tomorrow for questioning on how he would shepherd the department into the future. The American taxpayers deserve some answers from Panetta....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011 |
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Obama's Jobless America
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:52 AM :: 3956 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The economic news keeps getting worse for America. Last month, the unemployment rate went up to 9.1 percent, the economy added only 54,000 jobs, and the average length of unemployment rose to more than nine months, the longest since the Labor Department started keeping track in 1948.
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Friday, June 3, 2011 |
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Unemployment Goes Up, Obama Declares Victory
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:26 PM :: 4232 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...President Barack Obama is holding a victory party today at a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, trumpeting the only jobs he can manage to create—those bought and paid for directly by the U.S. taxpayer....
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Thursday, June 2, 2011 |
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Time For Thoughtful Moves in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:11 AM :: 7161 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Last night, House Republican leadership postponed a vote on a measure to withdraw troops from Libya within 15 days. While many agree that entering the war was unwise, they are also fearful of making another rash move that could harm our national interest or leave our allies stranded.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011 |
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The Debt Is Not a Game, Mr. President
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:18 PM :: 4485 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Well, President Obama asked for it. And last night he got it in grand fashion—a “clean vote” on raising the nation’s debt limit, free of any of the desperately needed spending cuts that Americans are demanding, conservatives support, but liberals abhor.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
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The Unstimulated Economy
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:27 PM :: 5547 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...revised data released last week that shows the economy’s growth stuck at 1.8 percent, slow consumer spending, stagnant wages, higher prices for gas and food, the poor housing market, flagging consumer confidence and a recent Labor Department report showing a higher-than-expected rise in claims for jobless benefits.....
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Sunday, May 29, 2011 |
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Churches Are Helping More Foster Children Find Families
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:46 PM :: 4244 Views :: National News, Ethics
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For every child currently waiting to be adopted, there are 500 married households and three religious congregations in America.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011 |
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New Normal on Questions of Life
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:51 PM :: 5198 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Just six months ago, the settled view was that Americans were putting social issues on the back burner.... As a New York Times headline in March 2010 put it: “Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues." Some avoidance. Since the beginning of this year, according to a count published by the liberal Alan Guttmacher Institute, state legislatures have introduced nearly 500 pro-life measures. Most alarming to the institute and its allies, an unprecedented number of such measures are being passed, many by wide margins, and made law.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Study Shows Higher Health Care Costs under Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 8744 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Even steeper rises in the cost of private insurance are possible, due to Obamacare’s reductions in Medicare payment rates and its expansion of the Medicaid program.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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Heritage Myth Buster: Ryan Budget saves Medicare for those 55 and over
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:09 PM :: 7688 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Myth #5: The House budget balances the budget on the backs of seniors.
Fact: Current and near-retirees are exempt from reforms.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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Akaka, Inouye join in unanimous Senate rejection of Obama Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 7680 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Instead of offering solutions, the left is resorting to smear tactics. The prime example this week surrounds a special congressional election in western New York, where Democrat Kathy Hochul defeated Republican Jane Corwin, who supported Ryan's budget. Hochul attacked the plan, falsely claiming that it was an attempt to end Medicare.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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The Heritage Foundation’s “Saving the American Dream” Plan Cuts Most Debt, Taxes & Federal Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:54 PM :: 4008 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Of all the plans released today at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2011 Fiscal Summit, the Heritage Foundation’s proposal reduces the national debt held by the public the most and keeps federal spending and taxes at the lowest levels.
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Friday, May 20, 2011 |
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Heritage: Standing Strong with Israel
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:06 PM :: 6771 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In a speech yesterday on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East following the "Arab Spring" uprisings, President Obama broached the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Notably, he stated that, as part of finding peace between Israel and Palestine, the two parties should return to their 1967 borders.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
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Not to Rule over Hawaii: Obama's 9th Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu heading for Defeat Thursday?
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:52 PM :: 9897 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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So here is a look at what Hawaii would be suffering under if Liu makes it onto the 9th Circuit.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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RTTT: Teaching Obama a Lesson on Education
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:31 PM :: 4984 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... the President's strategy isn't about empowering teachers and communities. It's about increasing the federal government's authority over schools....
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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Medicare’s Deteriorating Financial Condition
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:13 PM :: 3562 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The just released 2011 Medicare trustees report: Medicare poses enormous challenges for patients and taxpayers alike, and its financial condition continues a downward slide....
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Monday, May 16, 2011 |
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Myth-Busting the Debt Limit
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:24 PM :: 3931 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The United States today hit an all-time high debt, passing $14 trillion, according to Associated Press reports. And with $45,300 of debt for every man, woman and child in the United States, it's clear as day that spending is the problem. Yet Washington has yet to come to an agreement on a way forward, either in the short term or the long term, though the budget plan passed by the House of Representatives would fundamentally alter this debt-ridden path the nation is on....
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Friday, May 13, 2011 |
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The truth behind Oil Subsidies
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 3961 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...if those senators were truly serious about cutting the deficit, they wouldn't stop at just cutting subsidies for oil companies. They would also call for the elimination of subsidies for the president's pet projects such as renewable fuels, electric vehicles, wind and solar. Throw in clean coal and natural gas, too. That would be the right move for the American taxpayers. But good policy isn't their goal -- vilifying an industry is their end game....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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Heritage Unveils “Saving the American Dream Plan” to Fix Nation’s Debt, Cut Federal Spending and Restore Prosperity
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:38 PM :: 3739 Views :: National News, Ethics
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With the nation’s spending and debt problems on the verge of destroying the American dream for future generations, the Heritage Foundation today released a comprehensive plan to balance the federal budget, reform entitlement programs and recast the tax code to promote long-term economic growth.
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Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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Obama’s NLRB trying to Block Manufacturing Expansion
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:46 PM :: 4453 Views :: National News, Ethics
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You might think that a U.S. company's decision to expand its manufacturing facilities and create 1,000 new jobs here at home -- rather than overseas -- would be hailed by the Obama Administration as a step in the right direction, especially with nine percent unemployment. You'd be wrong....
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Inouye Introduces Bills to Imprison Fishermen, seize boats
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:01 PM :: 5762 Views :: Energy, Environment
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S. 52 would make it a criminal offense to..."import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce" any fish or fish product taken in violation of any treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party; or make or submit a false record, account, label for, or identification of any fish that passes in interstate or foreign commerce.
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Unemployment back up to 9% after jobs report ‘beats expectations’
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:56 AM :: 3704 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Despite the good news this week about Osama bin Laden's demise, all is not rosy for President Barack Obama -- at least in the eyes of the American people. The approval of his handling of the economy hit an all-time low with only 34 percent of Americans giving him a thumbs up, according to a CBS/New York Times poll.
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