President Obama has yet again shifted his position on the key question of whether Americans will be able to keep their private health care package if his proposals become law. The latest twist is this: many of you were going to lose private health care anyway, because it’s too expensive, but it will be your employer who drops the private choice. This can be called progress, if we understand life to be a long process in the revelation of truth, and if by progress we mean that now one more …
The current recession has caused many states to deplete their rainy day funds, and if politicians in Washington have anything to say, governors could see their deficits grow even further. The Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill will prolong and exacerbate the recession and stifle any chance of a quicker economic recovery. The goal of cap and trade is to drive up energy prices so high people will use less energy, but even after reduced consumption, people still need to drive their cars and turn on their lights at home. All …
That was the core question U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) directed to health expert Robert Moffit, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health Policy Studies, yesterday at the House Education and Labor Committee’s first real hearing. “If all of the health plans [including a government-run health plan] are on the same, level playing field, and everyone is guaranteed access to health insurance, why would you need a public option?” Moffit shot back. In his testimony [see below], Moffit warned the committee that several components of the drafted legislation would …
Like cyberspace, space remains a critical enabler of America’s military power. Whether for navigating Navy destroyers through narrow straits, or guiding smart bombs to their targets, the military relies heavily on a strong presence in space. For this reason, potential adversaries, according to Secretary Gates, are investing “in weapons geared to neutralize our advantages.” This is true of China’s military modernization, which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has said is “very much focused” on the United States military.
In a small, but hugely significant move, leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, David Cameron, has formally constituted a new parliamentary grouping in the European Parliament. The ‘European Conservatives and Reformists Group’ is the first European parliamentary party dedicated to a model of European governance that protects national sovereignty. Already comprised of 55 MEP’s from eight member states, the ECR includes former ministers of state and is set to become Parliament’s fourth largest grouping. The British Conservative Party secured a crushing defeat of Gordon Brown’s governing Labour Party in European elections …
The Waxman-Markey global warming bill – already the most convoluted attempt at economic central planning this nation has ever seriously considered – just got a lot more complicated with hundreds of pages of last-minute changes. Though it would take weeks for members of Congress to figure out exactly what this now-1,200 page bill does, it is scheduled for a rush vote by the end of the week. But one thing is certain – it still is a massive energy tax that would severely hurt the American people and the American …
President Barack Obama came a long way towards acknowledging the ultimate consequences of his health care plan yesterday. But he still has a long way to go before he comes clean with the American people. First, President Obama acknowledged that, contrary to his repeated earlier promises, his health care plan will force millions of Americans out of their current health care. Obama said: “When I say if you have your plan and you like it, and your doctor has a plan — or you have a doctor and you like …
At his press conference today, President Barack Obama defended his insistence that health care reform include a government-run insurance plan, explaining: Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they’re offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can’t run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That’s not logical. It is the President’s logic that is fuzzy here. Congress’s ability to …
On Wednesday night, ABC News will air a special program entitled: “Questions for the President: Prescription for America,” in which Diane Sawyer, Charlie Gibson, and audience members will ask the President a series of questions on his health care reform ideas. In fact, ABC News is soliciting questions from the public on their Politics Page, here. What question would YOU ask the President if given the opportunity? Let us know in the comments below, and feel free to let ABC know as well. Given the right questions, America might have …
