By Leo Gerard United Steelworkers
First, Republicans opposed extending the payroll tax cut that put an extra $20 a week in the pockets of 160 million working Americans.
Next, they supported it. If the cost were offset the way they wanted. Even though R…
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Republicans: Against It Before They Were For It
Final Debate? Money Talks. Who is Mitt and Ron’s Love Child?
The Final Presidential Debate? Tonight’s CNN debate from Arizona may be the final debate of the Republican Primary. If the race is going to be competitive all the way to the Republican National Convention, it’s hard to see not having a couple more, but none are currently on the books. Tonight’s debate should be interesting. [...]
Independent Polls Confirm: Move House Property Tax Bill
(DES MOINES) – In light of newly-released statewide polling, House Speaker Kraig Paulsen (R-Hiawatha) called on Senate Democrats to immediately take up the Republican property tax proposal, House File 2274. If nothing is done on the issue of property taxes, Iowans are staring down the barrel of a $2.5 billion property tax increase over the [...]
Why the GOP Presidential Race Will Be Decided at Convention
For the first time since 1976, the Republican Party might be forced to choose its nominee through a contested national convention. That year, the race between incumbent President Gerald Ford and former California Governor Ronald Reagan was still too close to call by the time the RNC convention began in mid-August. Ford narrowly won a [...]
Scrap Solar Subsidies
In recent years, Harrisburg politicians decided that Pennsylvania would play venture capitalist in the solar energy market. In an attempt to attract green jobs, the Commonwealth extended more than $180 million in loans and grants to develop solar panel production. Subsidies were so successful in creating an artificial market that solar energy credits completely collapsed in value [...]
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Online Public Schools: Why are Senate Democrats and The Des Moines Register attacking Public School Options?
By Brian Kennedy Increasingly around the nation, school choice and education reform are a bipartisan issue. Conservatives like Florida Governor Jeb Bush and liberals like New York City’s Michael Bloomberg agree that empowering parents to choose the school that best suits their child’s learning needs results in better schools, higher student achievement, more diplomas and [...]
POTUS: People of Faith Need Not Apply?
It doesn’t matter if you are watching Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC. Likewise, it doesn’t matter if you are reading the Washington Post, the New York Times, or Politico. Social issues have become a dominant issue in the presidential campaign. If you are a casual follower of politics, you probably believe that all of this [...]