Yearly Archives
2012
Americans agree health care is broken, but don’t want politicians fixing it
A new national survey finds: • 77 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the cost of health care in the U.S. • 67 percent describe the U.S. health-care system as being in a “state of crisis” with “major problems.” • 62 percent rate the actual quality of health care in the U.S. as good to […]
Read moreThe 2014 election started three weeks ago
Winning political organizations know there is no “down time.” In fact, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent election night calling unsuccessful candidates to tell them to not stop campaigning — because the next election is just 24 months away. “Literally on election night 2012, I was calling candidates who fell short and urging them to […]
Read moreAnother Libertarian wins!
After a lengthy recount Libertarian SusanMarie Weber won her campaign for a seat the on Palm Desert (California) City Council. Her margin of victory was only 45 votes out of more than 12,000 cast, winning 6,153 votes to opponent Bill Kroonen’s 6,108. That’s only around one-third of one percent. And it’s proof that putting in […]
Read moreFederal government resurrecting Prohibition under the guise of ‘fat taxes’
As more cities and states seek to expand their control over what citizens eat and drink through ‘soda taxes,’ the federal government issued a study last week suggesting people who drink alcohol be subjected to the same controls. The government study, conducted over four years through interviews with more than 11,000 American adults, claims that […]
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