SaddleBrooke Republican Club » Government http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Wed, 23 May 2012 22:00:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Stop Using Slippery-Slope Arguments? Where Would that End? http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/z2x9uwy-Q5w/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/z2x9uwy-Q5w/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:59:10 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47879 By Michael F. Cannon

Richard Thaler writes in the New York Times: Justice Scalia is arguing that if the court lets Congress create a mandate to buy health insurance, nothing could stop Congress from passing laws requiring everyone to buy broccoli and to join a gym…Can anyone imagine Congress passing a broccoli mandate law, much less the court allowing it to take [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/stop-using-slippery-slope-arguments-where-would-that-end/feed/ 0 J.P. Morgan and Yahoo: Market Successes http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/i9Y8vqO84eI/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/i9Y8vqO84eI/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:53:46 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47812 By Michael F. Cannon

Investment giant J.P. Morgan made a bad trade that cost its owners $2 billion. The responsible parties are losing their jobs. Yahoo’s CEO evidently misled people about his qualifications. As a result, he lost his job. If you want to know why these are market successes, consider: Medicare and Medicaid lose at least 35 times [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/j-p-morgan-and-yahoo-market-successes/feed/ 0 Will Smith: Socialists Just Don’t Understand http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/MEiNzVnWPiU/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/MEiNzVnWPiU/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:48:25 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47807 By Michael F. Cannon

My French is rusty, but I’m pretty sure the Fresh Prince just flipped out at the idea of a 75-percent marginal tax rate like that advocated by France’s new socialist president. Will Smith: Socialists Just Don’t Understand is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/will-smith-socialists-just-dont-understand/feed/ 0 Gov. Christie Vetoes ObamaCare Exchange — ‘At This Time’ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/CWI4X9uVH4U/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/CWI4X9uVH4U/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 17:12:00 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47701 By Michael F. Cannon

Today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) became the latest governor to throw sand in the gears of ObamaCare, issuing an eleventh-hour veto of a bill to create an ObamaCare Exchange in New Jersey. An excerpt from his veto message: While I am unwilling to approve the establishment of a statewide health insurance exchange at this [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/gov-christie-vetoes-obamacare-exchange-at-this-time/feed/ 0 “I’m from the Government, and I’m Here to Make You Happy” http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/10/im-from-the-government-and-im-here-to-make-you-happy/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/10/im-from-the-government-and-im-here-to-make-you-happy/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:43:38 +0000 Anthony B. Kim http://blog.heritage.org/?p=97853 Did you know that President Obama’s “Yes, We Can” Administration has been funding a research project to invent a composite index that measures happiness? Yes, you read right—an aggregate index that aims to compute your happiness, mine, and our nation’s. Everybody wants to be happy, and it might be nice to know just how happy we are, but there are plenty of pitfalls in the government’s pursuit of a happiness index. One of the stated purposes of the project is to explore ways of constructing a measurement that could be … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/10/im-from-the-government-and-im-here-to-make-you-happy/feed/ 0 Will Gov. Christie Volunteer New Jersey for ObamaCare’s Tax Hikes? http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/chLefIljPgM/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/chLefIljPgM/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 12:34:15 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47670 By Michael F. Cannon

Today is his last chance to stop an ObamaCare Exchange. Will Gov. Christie Volunteer New Jersey for ObamaCare’s Tax Hikes? is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

Will Gov. Christie Volunteer New Jersey for ObamaCare’s Tax Hikes? is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/will-gov-christie-volunteer-new-jersey-for-obamacares-tax-hikes/feed/ 0 Congress Needs to Act Now on Taxmageddon http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/04/pimco-echoes-heritage-on-taxmageddon-congress-needs-to-act-now/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/04/pimco-echoes-heritage-on-taxmageddon-congress-needs-to-act-now/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 20:30:37 +0000 Curtis Dubay http://blog.heritage.org/?p=97530 A few weeks ago, around Tax Day, Heritage started warning of Taxmageddon—a one-year, $494 billion tax hike that slams the economy on January 1, 2013, unless Congress and President Obama act to stop it. At that time, Taxmageddon was merely a blip on Washington’s radar, because the conventional wisdom was that Congress and the President would deal with it in the lame duck period after the November election. We argued then that this was a bad idea. The uncertainty plaguing the economy today because of Taxmageddon lingering in the near … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/04/pimco-echoes-heritage-on-taxmageddon-congress-needs-to-act-now/feed/ 0 Julia: Obama’s American Woman http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/04/julia-obamas-american-woman/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/04/julia-obamas-american-woman/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:32 +0000 Julia Shaw http://blog.heritage.org/?p=97494 Meet Obama’s ideal woman. Her name is Julia. As told by Obama’s latest ad campaign, Julia’s parents didn’t teach her the alphabet or how to make friends; Head Start did. Her parents didn’t need to save for college, because she got a government grant and student loans (which she’ll spend a good portion of her adult life paying back). Her first job as a graphic designer didn’t have benefits, but that’s okay, because government provided free health care (since she couldn’t stay on her parents’ plan). Julia had free birth … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/04/julia-obamas-american-woman/feed/ 0 Alabama Gov. Vows to Veto ObamaCare Exchange http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/lyM9jCAEuEw/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/lyM9jCAEuEw/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:13:01 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47435 By Michael F. Cannon

According to WSFA-12 News, Alabama legislators are working on legislation to create an ObamaCare Exchange. But: Governor Robert Bentley [R] will likely veto the bill. “This legislation is premature.  The federal government has yet to establish clear guidelines for a health insurance exchange,” said Deputy Communications Director Jeremy King, in a statement to WSFA 12 News.  “Also, [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/alabama-gov-vows-to-veto-obamacare-exchange/feed/ 0 From the Annals of ObamaCare: ‘Illinois Suspends Insurance Exchange Setup’ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/URYJJpB9vBc/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/URYJJpB9vBc/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 15:59:37 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=47429 By Michael F. Cannon

Here’s the story from WIUS, the NPR affiliate at the University of Illinois Springfield: A health exchange is one of the main initial components of the Affordable Care Act. It’s basically a table of insurance plans people who don’t currently have coverage could choose from once the national health care law hits its stride. If [...]

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