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• The New Boss
  by The Flank - December 31, 2012
  

  Independents and undecideds no...
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• Slouching Towards Oblivion
  by LJ Keith - January 25, 2013
  

   As we enter the terminal phase of President Obama’s ongoing soap opera of negotiations dealing with Sequester, the budget deficit, and the Republican Congress, one can only get the impression that we are slouching toward oblivion, bogged down by a leaderless morass of ineptitude and political miscalculation that stands in the face of sanity, order, and the responsible exercise of go...
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• Right Wrong on Right to Work
  by Matt Cavedon - January 26, 2013
  

  Those who support national right to work legislation claim that “government shouldn’t tell us what we should do; we should tell the government what to do.” They have the right principle, but right to work legislation is precisely...
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• The Systemic Inertia of the Health Care Debate
  by LJ Keith - January 23, 2013
  

  The nature of the health care debate is grounded in a simple principle that is at the core of the problem -  it has escaped the grasp of policy makers and the political class as they tinker around the edges of the central issues and focus on the structure of the governmental compensation system. Health...
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• Try Targeted Tax Cuts and Spending to Create Jobs
  by Chris McGann - January 10, 2013
  

  Conservatives and many moderates like to scream for tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses when the economy turns sour. Then they argue for even more tax cuts – or at least no tax increases – when the economy is strong so that growth does ...
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• Attacking the Politics of Truth
  by LJ Keith - January 17, 2013
  

   Ever since President Obama knee-capped Paul Ryan in his speech responding to the Republican Budget proposal, any discussion of Medicare has been MIA. Rep. Obama claimed Ryan was out to kill...
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• The Federal Budget Process Explained
  by Chris McGann - January 27, 2013
  

   The federal government seems riddled in recent years with near  shutdowns as Democrats and Republicans temporary spending bills.  As with nearly everything related to the government, there is a big disconnect between how things should run and how they actually run. How it should work The key dat...
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• Of Medicare Markets and Means-Testing
  by Matt Cavedon - January 28, 2013
  

  I complained in my last post about the bureaucratization of health care under President Obama’s reform bill, and argued that Obamacare is likely to result in less power for patients and insurance customers than the current ...
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• Decoding the Influence Industry
  by Chris McGann - January 19, 2013
  

  Mention the word “lobbyist,” “interest group” or “political action committee” to an average voter and many will make a negative if rather vague connection. The reality is that the national and every state capital have influence industries that try to direct opinions about public policy and political candidates. This...
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• Bureaucratization and Obamacare
  by Matt Cavedon - January 18, 2013
  

  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has written that “health reform will empower families against market constraints.” A lot of social welfare legislation is defended as a victory for ordinary Americans against impersonal, profit-driven market forces. This was an argument made in favor of Medicare...
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