Tag: featured
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Terrorism, Immigration, & Precise Action
I believe we should be talking about real immigration reform, not immigration deform. We need to be focused on real threats to our country, not some expensive unfunded Trump Wall that would be ineffective at stopping ladders and tunnels. I believe we should be debating how better to track visa overstays, not hyper focused on…
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Savings Drain, Wage Stagnation Major Concerns for Economy
Signs of strain emerge in the Trump-GOP economy, says Chandra and Golle of Bloomberg. When savings are drained, it limits consumer spending. This is especially troubling ahead of the holiday season and the all important 4th Quarter where many companies make it back into the black. The real problem here is stagnant wages in the…
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Applaud Opioid Talk, Verify Actions
It was good to see the President come out with policies that may help alleviate the opioid crisis. This crisis has expanded from opioids and exploding into heroin use. That adaptive expansion as access to opioids is decreased is even costlier public health crises like blood borne pathogens and STDs. Putting forward government resources to…
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‘Cockeyed’ Fundraising in the 15th
In a recent news article by the News-Gazette, Tom Kacich highlighted the “cockeyed” fundraising numbers in the race to take back the 15th District for the People. He’s right; the fundraising figures are completely out of balance. If money alone wins elections, Rep. John Shimkus will win, and he has over a million cash on…
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Trump to End ACA Subsidies
President Trump used the power of the pen to issue executive orders to take away the healthcare of the poor this week. He did this by removing subsidies offered to enrollees that couldn’t afford the high premiums and deductibles that are currently available in the marketplace. Instead of working with Congress to provide increased protections…
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The Flag, Kneeling, & The First Amendment
It’s increasingly difficult to have respectful dialogue with people regarding current events. The most recent hot button being the debate over kneeling during the National Anthem. Extraordinarily enough, the people that are most disrespectful regarding this topic online are the ones that claim kneeling is extremely disrespectful. They use name-calling, bullying, and censorship to stop…
