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Social Security Quiz

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What percentage of U.S. GDP does Social Security cost each year? A) 0.0042 percent B) 0.042 percent C) 0.42 percent D. 4.2 percent Visit WILLisms.com for more information about the answer (including a pretty scary chart showing what the future ...
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Bad News For The “Tax Cuts Cause Deficits” Crowd

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From David Hogberg: A new report (pdf) out by the GAO looks at how two different simulations affect future budget deficits. The first one assumes that spending continues at the same rate of recent years and the Bush tax cuts ...
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National Heritage Area Elitism Gone Wild

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One of the anti-property rights activists fighting for Rep. Frank Wolf's (R-VA) "Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act" revealed her confusing, yet interesting, take on American government recently. In response to critics who point out that Rep. Wolf's ...
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Top Ten Global Warming Myths

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Christopher Horner, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism)," refutes what he considers the top ten global warming myths in Human Events. Here are the myths (go to Human Events for his rebuttals): 10. The U.S ...
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This is What Happens When You Only Read the Press Release

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David Hogberg has a bone to pick with the Health Care Blog. Says David: Over at the inaptly named Health Care Blog ("Socialized Medicine Blog" would be more accurate), Matthew Holt gives a mini-seminar on the dangers of only reading ...
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Global Warming’s Predicted Effects – With a Twist

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"Melting polar ice caps to raise the level of seas and flood the continents... the great ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic are melting and pouring their torrents into the oceans... The earth is steadily growing warmer... the sea ...
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Another Bit Of “Unbiased” Reporting On the U.S. Health Care System

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Our David Hogberg found the following press release on Yahoo!: The United States may be the wealthiest country in the world, but we rank only 15th in overall health care for chronic disease sufferers, according to the World Health Organization ...
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Jonathan’s Law

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The Carey family of New York State has been promoting "Jonathan's Law," a proposal to make records concerning the care of disabled children available to the child's parents. The Careys are promoting this law after the state's Office of Mental ...
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Social Security Nominee Rejected Because He Believes in Personal Accounts

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Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has announced he is refusing even to hold hearings on President Bush's nominee, Andrew Biggs, to be the #2 official at the Social Security Administration. Baucus is refusing to schedule ...
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The Totalitarian Left

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Randy Hall reports that some Methodists are objecting to President Bush putting his presidential library at Southern Methodist University -- but Jimmy Carter's Carter Center is "partnered" with United Methodist-related Emory University. Maybe these particular Methodists only like presidents with ...
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