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Trump’s Opioid “Solution” Isn’t A Solution At All
Last Thursday, President Donald Trump declared that the trend in prescription opioid use in America, dubbed the “opioid crisis” by the federal government, is a national emergency that will be addressed with federal money and the use of “all appropriate emergency and other authorities to respond to the crisis,” according to a …
State Workers Busted Selling Drivers’ Licenses & ID Cards to Illegal Aliens – But That’s Not All!
Immigrants who enter the US illegally not only violate immigration laws, but often violate a plethora of other laws in the process of coming into the country illegally. Now, a group of corrupt state workers have been busted in Massachusetts selling drivers’ licenses and state identification cards to illegals who …
What Would You Do To Fix America’s Rapidly Failing Health Care System?
You may be quite surprised by how people answered this question on Facebook. Earlier today, I posted the question in the headline to my Facebook profile, and I got dozens of responses. Obamacare has resulted in much higher insurance premiums, lower quality care and more red tape, and I have …
Forbes Says Self-Reliant Homesteaders Are “Delusional” and “Mooching” Off “Civil Society”
It’s always interesting reading when someone smug and sanctimonious writes a clueless diatribe about another group of people being smug and sanctimonious. So when I saw that an economist for Moody’s and Forbes had written an op-ed calling self-reliant homesteaders “delusional,” I knew I’d be in for some misinformed hilarity. …
Impotent Republicans Can’t Fulfill Promise: “Clean” Repeal of Obamacare Dies in Senate
The Republicans are demonstrating why they may often have better ideas, but implementing them is where they have the most difficulty. On Wednesday, a “clean” repeal of Obamacare died in the Senate, opening the door for more compromise and more sustaining of the unconstitutional and totalitarian legislation. Seven Republicans voted …
Obamacare: Socialized Medicine, Rationing and the Elderly
Healthcare is not a right, it is a service provided by doctors and nurses who went to school to learn how to care for a sick human being. And they expect to be compensated for their services. Surely you would not expect your mechanic who learned how to fix your …
Every RINO Needs To Go
It looks like the effort to repeal Obamacare is completely dead, and that says a lot about the current state of the Republican Party. For decades, RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) have been using labels such as “Republican”, “conservative”, “pro-gun” and “pro-life” to get elected, but then once they get …
7 Fast Facts About the Economic Collapse of Illinois
The state of Illinois is in big trouble. In fact, they’re facing an economic collapse. Some pundits are calling them “The Venezuela of the United States.” They owe $14,711,351,943.90 in overdue bills. This does not count their day-to-day operating expenses – this is money that should have already been paid out, …
President Trump Agrees with Conservatives – Repeal Obamacare Now, Figure Out Replacement Later
President Trump’s most recent comments on the GOP attempts to fix our nation’s failing healthcare system are music to conservative ears. Conservative leaders have for months been arguing that the GOP should simply repeal Obamacare immediately and then write individual bills to deal with the problems that exist in our healthcare industry. …
Republican Healthcare Plan Fails the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Test’
This week the Senate Republican leadership unveiled its Obamacare replacement plan. Like its House counterpart, the misnamed Senate plan retains most of Obamacare’s core features. Both the House and Senate plans allow states to obtain waivers providing relief from some Obamacare mandates, although the waivers in both bills are too …