ââ?¬Å?Pelosi Promises Fiscal Restraint If Democrats Winââ?¬Â
That's the headline House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi managed to get the Wall Street Journal to run after an exclusive interview. She told the Journal's reporters that if Democrats take control of the House next year and raise taxes, they would use the money to reduce the federal deficit. And ...
Posted on August 7, 2006 Posted to Cato@Liberty
The Incredible Expanding Farm Program
The Washington Post reports that a federal program to help dairy farmers and ranchers hurt by drought has been expanded to benefit farmers untouched by drought conditions:
In all, the Livestock Compensation Program cost taxpayers $1.2 billion during its two years of existence, 2002 and 2003. Of that, $635 million went ...
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Conscientious Objectors
Can pharmacists have a conscience Activists are demanding that Congress and state legislatures pass laws forcing pharmacists and other health workers to act against their own conscience in such matters as abortion, morning-after pills, and gay parenting.
Some doctors say it violates their conscience to perform abortions or provide artificial insemination ...
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Ralph Reed and the GOP
Christian Coalition co-founder Ralph Reed lost the Republican primary for lieutenant governor of Georgia yesterday by more than 12 points. After a career at the top of Republican politics -- chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, Southeast Regional chairman of Bush-Cheney, one of Time's 50 future leaders of America -- ...
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No Consensus
The Wall Street Journal reports that "as gas prices again approach $3 a gallon, consumers are buying new vehicles that are faster and heavier than ever," much to the annoyance of the EPA. Sometimes, no matter how much we hector and even tax and regulate them, the masses just persist ...
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He Is the Very Model of the Modern GOP
Discussing the massive failures of the $14.6 billion Big Dig project in Boston, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney told reporters, ââ?¬Å?Iââ?¬â?¢d be embarrassed if I didnââ?¬â?¢t always ask for federal money whenever I got the chance.ââ?¬Â
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ââ?¬Ë?Marriageââ?¬â?¢ Problems
There were 15,000 divorces in Massachusetts last year. Guess which one made the front page of the Washington Times, above the fold, today. Well, none of them, actually. But the separation of Julie and Hillary Goodridge, plaintiffs in the landmark same-sex marriage case Goodridge v. Massachusetts, did. With a classic ...
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Dr. Frist, Medicine Man
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has launched www.medicalmatters.org, a medical website and blog, as a special project of his PAC. Maybe MedicalMatters should partner with YouTube and give readers a chance to send in home video of themselves so they could be diagnosed by Dr. Frist.
Posted on August 7, 2006 Posted to Cato@Liberty
Working to Cut the Deficit
In an online fundraising letter, President Bush (or someone authorized to sign his name) writes, "Republicans are also working to cut the deficit. The best way to reduce the deficit is to keep pro-growth economic policies in place, and be wise about how we spend your money -- which ...
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The DLC Moves Left?
By teaming up with the Democratic Leadership Council, is Hillary Clinton moving to the center in preparation for a presidential run Or is the DLC moving left to get closer to the front-runner Yesterday Senator Clinton released a DLC plan, the "American Dream Initiative," a laundry list of government transfers and handouts.
The ...
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