Dr. Marvin J. Folkertsma,FloydReports.com Amidst the rhetorical pyrotechnics surrounding July’s debt-ceiling debates,another controversy streaked across the sky like a comet,flared for an instant,then receded into the maelstrom of ongoing partisan attacks. The shooting star in question involved an exchange between two of Congress’ most controversial members,Allen West (R-Fla.) and [...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com If indeed the road to Hell is paved with good intentions,President Obama and his cohorts in the Democratic Party must be feeling the heat on their backsides after the House voted to pass the Cut,Cap and Balance (CCB) plan. In response to the GOP’s proposal,it should come [...] John Goodman,FloydReports.com While charges and counter-charges about Medicare are flying back and forth in Washington,hardly anyone seems to have noticed that Medicare’s financial problems have already been solved. They were solved by the health reform bill enacted last year,what some people call ObamaCare. So why isn’t this front page news? Why [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com We older Americans have saddled our youth with a mind-boggling public debt—over $20 trillion already spent ($14.3 trillion of “official” national debt plus various off-budget expenditures,according to the U.S. Treasury);trillions more of projected deficit-spending over the coming decade;and tens of trillions of dollars of [...] Dr. Milton Wolf,The Washington Times “We don’t want to take away people’s health insurance,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius so graciously declared earlier this year. But then she quickly qualified that with these ominous words:“before they have some realistic other choices.” Americans have overwhelmingly,consistently and wisely been opposed to a [...] John Goodman,FloydReports.com There were two recent announcements that I hope you paid attention to: The American Medical Group Association,representing medical groups that provide care for roughly 1 in 3 Americans,said that 90% of its members would not participate in the new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model the Obama administration wants to [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com The trustees of the Medicare system recently reported that the program will go broke in the year 2024—five years sooner than was projected just last year. The millions of Americans who have been counting on Medicare to be a reliable,stable guarantor of affordable health care in their senior [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com There is a struggle now being waged in Washington,the outcome of which will determine whether the nation’s economy will grow or continue to falter. The main combatants are President Barack Obama and a thoughtful member of Congress from the nation’s heartland,Rep. Paul Ryan,R-WI. One of them,the president,[...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com Question for those of you concerned about the size of federal debts and deficits:Would you endorse a plan which would add another five or six trillion dollars to the federal debt over the next decade while increasing Uncle Sam’s annual expenditures by $1.1 trillion? If so,you’re in [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com As the nation digests Barack Obama’s plan to ride a tax hike to re-election,one phrase from yesterday’s budget speech confirms what this author has long stated:the president is fundamentally an anti-American Messianic figure who believes he was sent to save our nation from itself and its Founders. Speaking a [...] | |
