SaddleBrooke Republican Club » federalism http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 RTD: ‘Insurance Exchange: Just Say No’ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/AE9Tt2sw4Z8/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/AE9Tt2sw4Z8/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:52 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44126 By Michael F. Cannon

Regarding legislation to create an ObamaCare “Exchange” in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch explains: Republicans at the General Assembly are falling prey to the fallacy of the false alternative… [H]ere are the real options facing Virginia: (a) federal bureaucrats determine the form of our exchange, or (b) federal bureaucrats determine the form of our exchange. There is [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/rtd-insurance-exchange-just-say-no/feed/ 0 ‘We Are Not Deciding between Regulation and Autonomy, We Are Deciding Whether or Not We Want a Puppet Government’ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/PdTNuq7oroE/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/PdTNuq7oroE/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:29:54 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=43343 By Michael F. Cannon

That’s how Charlie Arlinghaus, president of New Hampshire’s Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, describes the decision confronting states about whether to create an ObamaCare Exchange in this op-ed for the New Hampshire Union-Leader. ‘We Are Not Deciding ...

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/we-are-not-deciding-between-regulation-and-autonomy-we-are-deciding-whether-or-not-we-want-a-puppet-government/feed/ 0 Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/tLq2wM6Tqos/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/tLq2wM6Tqos/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:55:34 +0000 Ilya Shapiro http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=42689 By Ilya Shapiro

Today Cato filed its second Supreme Court amicus brief in the Obamacare litigation, on the issue of whether the health care law’s Medicaid expansion is a proper exercise of the Constitution’s Spending Clause. That is, states must now accept a comprehensive reorganization of Medicaid or forfeit all federal Medicaid funding—even though the spending power is circumscribed [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/obamacares-medicaid-expansion-violates-federalism/feed/ 0 Morning Bell: New Year’s Resolutions for Conservatives http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/02/morning-bell-new-years-resolutions-for-conservatives/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/02/morning-bell-new-years-resolutions-for-conservatives/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:11:49 +0000 David Azerrad http://blog.heritage.org/?p=87378 Let’s be honest: We all know you’re not really gonna quit smoking, start exercising, and eat more vegetables as of today. As Emerson wryly remarked: “All promise outruns performance.” The key to keeping your New Year’s resolutions is to make them more realistic. Rather than try to drastically change the way you live, why not start with the more modest goal of changing the way you speak? And what better place to start for conservatives than with America’s Founding principles? As conservatives continue to rediscover the Declaration of Independence and … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/02/morning-bell-new-years-resolutions-for-conservatives/feed/ 0