Based on the current rhetoric, Medicare has become “Mediscare,” but neither political party seems to let the truth get in the way of their agendas. Those of us 65+ have a vested interest in the effects of health care reform, as do citizens of all ages. The problem is Medicare has already been targeted cuts [...]
No one is suggesting as Horace Greeley once said that opportunities lie in the West, in places like the state of Washington. Although the country has been in its worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression, people have been finding jobs in Washington DC and other bastions of government rather than going to areas [...]
Nearly 70% of US citizens are dissatisfied with the federal government’s size and the power it wields. And 7 out of 10 adults surveyed believe the moral and ethical climate of the country is wrong, which represents a seismic attitudinal shift in less than a decade.
The Gallup organization first asked questions about the following topics [...]
Forget about what the politicians say income redistribution it is classism. The richest among us already pay a disproportionate share of the taxes with the very wealthiest paying most of all the tax dollars collected by the government. The recent attempt to increase the taxes on some suggests that the next group of earners might [...]
With major changes coming in Washington as well as state and local governments, the difficult task of getting America back on track is job one. There were hundreds of hard fought campaigns all around the country. Lots of promises were made by all candidates. Now we’ll have the opportunity to see who keep their promises.
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