Remember when the teachers in Central Falls, Rhode Island refused to make minimal changes in order to save their highly-paid, cushy jobs (which were apparently to fail to teach kids how to do things like read and write) until they got firedWell, the whole city is now "fired" thanks to similar circumstances with the rest of the unionized city ( Read more... )

Sounds like they are doing just fine without one, eh?

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There is no free lunch!
"I cried and I panicked," said Erin LaBarge, 47. This would have been her third straight year receiving a free mammogram through the screening program in St. Lawrence County. But the Norwood, N.Y., resident was told she couldn't get her free mammogram this year because there isn't enough money and she's not old enough ( Read more... )

Because $46 billion in nothing compared to how much will be lost to fraud, waste and abuse when the government controls it all!
WASHINGTON - The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the ( Read more... )

This is what happens when states run out of your money.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation's highest unemployment rate are slashing spending on schools and health care.
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You shouldn't be surprised to learn that government agents (that is, people working in the quasi-government agencies of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc.) are "earning" millions of dollars for helping to promulgate one of the biggest frauds in American history. Meanwhile, anyone working for a company that received bailout money (whether they wanted it ( Read more... )

He's planning on retiring though. Perhaps he is anticipating a job in the new health care bureaucracy?

And since no party affiliation is mentioned, I think we all know which party he belongs to!

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Hawai'i is shocked, shocked they say to find out that people will stop paying for their own health insurance in order to get the "free" health insurance offered by the government.
Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families ( Read more... )

What will governments do if you do switch to an alternative fuel?

Arrest you and force you to pay taxes that you are "evading". Nice.
Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil ( Read more... )

If I wanted to sell my citizenship, could I ( Read more... )