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  • Where the New Jobs Are
    Oct 27, 2010  - The September state unemployment numbers came out last Friday, and we couldn't help noticing that three of the four states with the highest job losses were California (-63,500), New York (-37,600) and New Jersey (-20,200). The other was Massachusetts (-20,900). Texas, meanwhile, gained 4,000 jobs. ... More
  • The Small Business The 97% Fallacy
    Sep 8, 2010  - The president's plan to raise top marginal rates is holding back the very people who should be leading the economic recovery. By KEVIN A. HASSETT AND ALAN D. VIARD When Congress returns from its summer recess, members will face a pivotal decision about the expiring Bush tax cuts. President Barack ... More
  • Promise Made, Promise Broken:
    Jun 23, 2010  - Three months after President Obama signed Democrats’ government takeover of health care into law, evidence keeps mounting that his rhetoric surrounding health “reform” does not match the new reality.  The American people face higher taxes, higher health costs, and dropped coverage as a result of the... More
  • 59% of Americans favor repealing healthcare law
    Apr 13, 2010  - Health Care Law Support for Repeal of Health Care Plan Up To 58% Monday, April 12, 2010 Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. That includes 50% of U.S. voters who strongly favor repeal. The latest R... More
  • Healthcare debate moves forward in Texas
    Mar 22, 2010  - Abbott: Texas to challenge of health care overhaul 03/22/2010 Associated Press   Attorney General Greg Abbott says Texas and other states will legally challenge the federal health care legislation Congress has passed.   Abbott issued a statement late Sunday night after the U.S. House appro... More
  • The Democrats' Health Bill Does What?!!?!
    Mar 20, 2010  - From the Way and Means press office: The Prescription Pad     1.  Creates a special deal for union members.  Starting in 2018, a single union worker in a multiemployer health plan would be completely exempt from the "Cadillac tax" (a 40% tax on high-cost plans) unless the price of that plan exceed... More
  • “Think $1 trillion sounds like a lot? If we go down the same path as before, $1 trillion will sounds like chump change in just a few years. And who has to pick up the difference? The hard-working American taxpayer.”
    Mar 19, 2010  - From the House Republican Conference: Washington Has an Expensive Habit of Underestimating the Real Cost of Government Programs At today’s White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs implied that American taxpayers might see more “savings” in the Democrat health care bill than the Co... More
  • America's Physicians Do Not Support the Current Health Reform Bill
    Mar 19, 2010  - Physician Organizations Representing Nearly 500,000 Physicians (Many More than the AMA) Do Not Support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:   National Medical Societies American Academy of Dermatology Association American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery American... More
  • The facts don’t add up on healthcare reform - says the AP
    Mar 17, 2010  - WASHINGTON – Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would level ... More
  • Pelosi: Lawmakers Should Sacrifice Jobs for Health Care
    Mar 1, 2010  - The Democrats are trying to frame the healthcare debate as a Democrats v. Republicans.  What they seem to fail to understand is that its actually a debate between the Democrats and the American people.  Over and over, they have told the President and Democrat leadership that they don’t want a Washin... More
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