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Market Based Solutions

Thursday, June 28th, 2007 by Peter Deery

Dr. David Gratzer is a practicing physician in Canada who debunks many of the views in Sickothat present Canada, Great Britain and elsewhere as far superior health care systems. First, he discredits the claim that waiting rooms in Canada and elsewhere are free of the logjam seen in the United States:
A Canadian government study recently [...]

A Response to Michael Moore

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 by Peter Deery

FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe wrote a great op-ed today on Townhall in response to Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ and all the renewed calls for socialized health care in the United States. To view the article click here

The Best Business Candidate?

Monday, June 25th, 2007 by Peter Deery

Fortune Magazine has put out a survey to CEO’s on Wall Street, Sillicon valley and across the country to determine who they are endorsing for president and whose proposed policies would favor business the most. Will Mitt Romney’s past experience as CEO of Bain and Co. help his cause? How will John Edwards strong courting [...]

Tax Hikes for Suppliers Avoided

Thursday, June 21st, 2007 by Peter Deery

Republican senators were able to block a key measure to the Energy bill that would have hit U.S. oil and gas producers with $30 billion in new taxes. The tax hikes would have gone to pay for renewable fuel program, which likely would be expensive and unreliable. Instead, oil suppliers can focus on improving our [...]

Action on Entitlement Reform

Thursday, June 21st, 2007 by Peter Deery

GAO head David Walker has become so fed up with Washington’s runaway spending and lack of action on entitlement reform that he is leading a ‘wake up’ tour outside the beltway to bring to light these growing problems to voters. The goal is to get the presidential candidates to begin debating and discussing these issues [...]

Mitt TV

Thursday, June 21st, 2007 by Peter Deery

Mitt Romney’s campaign has launched Mitt TV, which contains video clips on where he stands on the issues, stump speeches and various television spots and interview. See for yourself
Also for those who are interested, Romney has created his own myspace page

Fred Thompson on Unions

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 by Peter Deery

Townhall has a good opinion piece by likely presidential candidate Fred Thompson on the influence of unions in politics and the card check issue

Bill Could Mean Huge Tax Hike for Energy Providers

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 by Peter Deery

The Hill newspaper reports on the proposed tax increases in the new energy bill. Instead of focusing on increasing our domestic oil production, this bill is looking to tap new and expensive renewable energy sources to be paid through tax hikes on oil companies. In addition, royalty rates on offshore oil production would be raised [...]

Denver’s Illogical Climate Action Plan

Thursday, June 14th, 2007 by Peter Deery

The Denver Post has a great op-ed today about Denver mayor John Hickenlooper’s “Climate Action Plan” which seeks to reduce CO2 emissions. This intrusive proposal infringes on the privacy rights of the citizens of Denver by penalizing them for the ‘excessive use’ of natural gas and electricity. Columnist David Harsanyi points out the obvious flaws [...]

Dems on Health Care

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 by Peter Deery

This is a clip from the most recent Democratic debate where the candidates discuss health care. All the candidates seem to favor some form of a socialized universal plan. John Edwards does not hide the fact that he plans to raise taxes, admitting he’d have to because his plan costs $90-100 billion. Hillary Clinton even [...]