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The Heritage Foundation, headed by former Sen. Jim DeMint, recently concluded an analysis of the Immigration Reform bill being pushed by the Gang of 8 and the results are economically devastating. The legalization of 11 million illegal aliens will suck the very life out of many of our benefit and welfare programs. They looked at four…
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Four hundred years ago the conflict between tyranny and liberty was red hot. Tyranny was well represented by James I and his son Charles I who ruled England from 1603-1645. These kings were facing off with a people armed with the most powerful weapon in history, the English Bible. For a thousand years the Bible…
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Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley has instituted a tax on citizens for the amount of rain that falls on their property. The tax, officially known as a "storm water management fee," will be enforced in nine of the state's counties. The state legislature passed it in 2012 purportedly to "raise revenue to cleanup [sic] the…
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The House Republican budget plan assumes the repeal of Obamacare, and while the political votes may be hard to find, a leading health-care expert told WND the flaws of the system will likely lead to its implosion in the near term. Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute and one of the leading policy-based…
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Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a budget that would balance the U.S. budget within the next decade, and set the stage for a budget showdown between Republicans and Democrats. The budget intends to balance by 2023 and should help grow the economy. Paul Ryan has a plan to balance the budget within 10 years, but…
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President Obama has been proposing limits to the charitable deduction, selling it as one way to cut off a tax break for the rich. But heads of charities from all over the nation told the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill Thursday that the only cutting off will be of charity to those…
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When the marriage penalty first appeared in the tax code in 1969, most families had only one member working, and the tax provision was designed to give a tax cut to one-income families. Unfortunately, the tax failed to envision the growing number of women in the workforce. Today in most families, both spouses work, either…
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A group of parents is bent out of shape by free yoga classes at schools in this San Diego County beachside community, fearing they are indoctrinating youngsters in eastern religion. "There's a deep concern that the Encinitas Union School District is using taxpayer resources to promote Ashtanga yoga and Hinduism, a religion system of beliefs…
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Planned Parenthood may be on the hook in Iowa. One of its affiliates there allegedly submitted “repeated false, fraudulent, and/or ineligible claims for reimbursements” to Medicaid and failed to meet acceptable standards of medical practice. Those charges are part of a federal lawsuit made public Monday. Alliance Defending Freedom, formerly Alliance Defense Fund, attorneys representing…
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