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Rodney Dangerfield Revisited
December 30, 2005; Page A16
Less than a year ago, we labeled the current U.S. expansion the “Rodney Dangerfield economy” — because it “gets no respect.” Today our now $12.5 trillion economy has only maintained its strength even as it still gets disparaged in the media, which continues to fret about the fragility of […]

The Wall St. Journal ran a great op-ed in today’s edition, pointing out that the Senate goofed by blocking drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
As the Journal pointed out, politicians clamor about solving U.S. dependency on foreign oil, yet they chose to continue this reliance by blocking Sen. Stevens’ attempt to include […]

Congratulations to Oklahoma FreedomWorks!
With your hard work, the Oklahoma TABOR will be on the ballot in 2006 (assuming the Secretary of State certifies the count.)
Here is the story from the AP.
By the end of January we will know for sure whether the TABOR measure has been deemed legitimate.
But the court would have to […]

Even as the feds spend greater amounts of money subsidizing higher education, American literacy rates are plummeting. The latest: a stunning report that literacy rates for college graduates is collapsed from 40% in 1992 to just 31% in 2003. It’s shocking and deeply troubling that under one-third of college graduates are […]

We will be hosting the FreedomWorks radio show today. Please check http://www.rightalk.com and click on “listen here” above the FreedomWorks logo. The show will replay for the next 24 hours. It will also replay over the weekend. Check the replay schedule for the times.

Sun December 11, 2005
NewsOK.com
By Brandon Dutcher
There’s been a lot of talk lately about Oklahoma’s proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights, a constitutional amendment that would limit government growth and return excess revenues to the taxpayers.
Regardless of whether this initiative gathers enough signatures and is approved by the voters, it’s worth asking why the idea is […]

The Republican Study Committee (RSC) is a group of over 100 Congressmen chaired by Mike Pence (R-IN) which is in favor of limited government. This group made headlines earlier this year when it defied leadership in the wake of Hurricane Katrina which said, “My answer to those that want to offset the [Katrina relief] spending […]

When the House passed H.R. 4297, the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act, last week, there were a handful of Democrat representatives who managed to vote yes for extending the lower tax rates for capital gains and dividend taxes.
We salute the following Democrats who voted with the majority (234 -197) for this important bill.
DEMOCRAT […]

The headline that appeared in today’s Daily Telegraph was shocking “NHS may not treat smokers, drinkers or obese.” The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, ironically known as “NICE”, which advises the National Health Service (NHS) released a report yesterday titled, “Social Value Judgment - Principles for the development of NICE guidance.” The report […]

When- December 15th
Time- 4pm
Where- Lin Chinese Seafood Buffet Parking lot
9250 Jog Road
Greenacres FL 33467
FreedomWorks and the Constitution Committee of Florida are gathering in […]