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…p the constitution decision by decision. Over the past years, we have seen private property under assault (Kelo), gun rights (Heller and McDonald), political free speech (Citizen’s United) and now the question; can the Federal Government force you to purchase a product that you do not want? The left has already felt an advantage when the debate shifted to selection of judges. But this year, it could easily be reversed. If Obamacare is up…
… form of conservatism that supports a more assertive, interventionist foreign policy, aimed at promoting democracy abroad. • Limited government conservatism — Limited government conservatives look for a decreased role of the federal government. They follow Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in their suspicion of a powerful federal government. • Paleoconservatism — Arising in the 1980s in reaction to neoconservatism, stresses tradition, especial…
The Obama White House has been actively working on reforming our system of health care insurance in this country for over a year now, and I am sure we are all worn out by the prolonged conversation. It’s been a juggernaut chronicled by procedural missteps, back-room deals, blatant misrepresentations and special tax exemptions for the unions. All this was topped off with the outrageous proclamation that federal control over our American med…
…ecause there was enough force exerted by the Obama administration that the votes fell into line. Some could argue that the bill passed because Barack Obama made a deal with Bart Stupak involving an executive order prohibiting federally funded abortion in exchange for his vote. But that doesn’t matter, because some pundits believe that the Executive Order is easily countermanded and was only used as a strategy to give Bart Stupak credibili…
…omes, this reform will not hurt at all, like those who lives in Cedar Rapids where the average home price ranges from $140,000 to 150,000 dollars. Perry did include additional items including a goal of reducing the portion of Federal government spending to 18% and his plan includes longer term savings in which his plans to reform entitlements will produce. When it comes to tax reforms, Republicans have presented plans that are in line with what e…
…pon INTERPOL. In their own words, “The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable.” Do we care? Well, here are some considerations: 1. If any politician, government employee or department of the federal government wants to keep documents out of the hands of the court system, it is conceivable that they can simply hand them over to INTERPOL under the guise of an international criminal investigation. INTERPOL is now o…
…21;. The definition of “broken” means that something is not working. That’s not the case here. We certainly have issues regarding escalating healthcare costs which need to be addressed, but not by having the federal government take over under the guise of reducing costs. Far too many examples have been cited illustrating how the federal government’s control of anything actually increases costs. To say otherwise is disingen…
… is that the racist Democrats did not become Republicans. Most stayed Democrats and a few joined the American Independent Party. The FACT is that Republicans appealed to the Democrats who were (1) fiscal conservatives, (2) federalists, (3) anti-communist, and (4) anti-racist. The fragmentation of the Democrat during the 1960′s led to a series of political losses from which they’ve been unable to fully recover. To better understand…
…ly not the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression despite the politicking of Mr. Obama and his party. Let’s look at some of Reagan’s key policies and why they should still be the backbone of the Republican Party: 1. federalism; 2. smaller government; 3. lower taxes; and, 4. strong foreign policy without isolationism. Not one of the candidates for public office this year spoke of federalism. Neither side of the debate centered on giving …
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