http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/states/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:33:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418501/posts COLUMBIA, S.C. – Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday. "We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed," South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and the 12 other attorneys general wrote in the letter to be sent Wednesday night to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "As chief legal officers of our states we are contemplating a legal challenge to this provision and we ask you to take action... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418501/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:33:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416089/posts The latest numbers from the Census Bureau show that there is a mass exodus of taxpayers happening in all the most liberal states. This means that such states are not only losing urgently needed revenues at the worst possible time, but also representation both in the electoral college and in the House. As I have noted before, studies also unsurprisingly show that these states are the most bankrupt. This is how liberals "help" people. As usual, California topped off the list. Even including the illegal immigrants perpetually pouring into the state, it still managed to lose almost 100,000 more residents... The Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416089/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:13:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415710/posts As previously reported, the Republican Senate caucus and at least ten attorneys general are preparing political, procedural, and legal challenges to the health-care reform legislation proposed by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). But freedom activists are trying to encourage State legislatures in as many States as possible to present another challenge: nullification. Nullification is any action taken by a particular government that makes the laws passed and enacted by a higher-level government null and void within the lower-level government's jurisdiction, or at least causes enforcement of the higher-level law to... examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415710/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415666/posts See video at source Youtube, Glenn Beck Show, Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415666/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414412/posts Looks like the steadily growing list of constitutional, ethical and political outrages that constitute the Harry Reid version of Obamacare is sparking a rebellion in the states, as AP reports South Carolina's attorney general plans to investigate the vote-buying that surrounded the proposal in the Senate majority leader's office. According to AP, South Carolina's Henry McMaster is being joined by the attorneys general of Michigan and Washington state in a suit to determine the constitutionality of the Obamacare proposal. Their initiative was prompted by a request from South Carolina's two senators, Lindsay Graham and Jim DeMint, both Republicans. Attorneys-general in... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414412/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413628/posts Ben Nelson's taking a lot of heat for accepting the Reid bribe of a free pass on Medicaid to sign on to the Reid health care fiasco. Even the state's biggest newspaper is poking fun at him and one of my correspondents indicates he'd not be surprised if the Senator chooses not to be the ex-Senator from Nebraska by voting against the bill when it comes to a final vote after conference. In the meantime, seven states' attorneys, lead by South Carolina are considering bringing suit if the Nebraska provision is in the final bill: "The top prosecutors in seven... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413628/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413588/posts Patriots, the time has come. We no longer can depend on the electoral system. We can no longer depend on our voices being heard from the streets. It is time to take a new direction in our efforts to restore our Constitutional Heritage. That directions is: STATES' RIGHTS VIA STATE NULLIFICATION OF ALL FEDERAL MANDATES THAT ANY STATE IS WILLING TO FIGHT THEREIN FOR THEIR RIGHTS! Unlike the "commerce" and "general welfare" clauses in the US Constitution that have been distorted and spun through many past United States Supreme Court rulings and can be argued forever, the 9TH and 10TH... n/a http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413588/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413363/posts If you are not sure what is in the healthcare bill, just ask Wall Street. Following news that the Senate had passed its 2700 page health bill, insurance industry stocks shot up. By 11AM the morning after Harry Reid’s middle of the night vote, the big board showed United Health up 4.31%, Aetna up 5.63% CIGNA up 5.89%, Humana up 4.00%, WellPoint up 3.79%, and Coventry Health up 3.91%. (Information taken from www.fivethirtyeight.com) Main Street Radical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413363/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402880/posts "It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." Louis D. Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939. american thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402880/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396744/posts The "healthc-care reform" bills in Congress would hit 39 states hard with new expenses, by raising Medicaid eligibility above the cur rent income cutoffs. The only states that won't have to raise eligibility because of the Senate bill are Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin (plus the District of Columbia). And the House bill would force even Massachusetts and Vermont to pay more. Hardest hit would be Texas ($2,750 million a year in extra state spending under the Senate bill), Pennsylvania ($1,450 million), California ($1,428 million) and Florida ($909 million). Who... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396744/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396123/posts U.S. sitting on $17 billion in unclaimed war bonds MANY REQUESTS FOR REPAYMENT Matching claimants to certificates a mighty task By David Cho Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 28, 2009 The seemingly endless stacks of filing cabinets inside a West Virginia warehouse could hold the answer to an unsolved mystery: Who owns nearly $17 billion in lost government bonds? The unclaimed treasure represents the amount of U.S. bonds that have matured but not been redeemed. Many of these outstanding bonds date to World War II, but over the years the certificates were forgotten in cellars, lost in fires or... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396123/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:47:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387215/posts The “great recession” may be over, but its impact on state governments is still unfurling – and could threaten America’s fragile economic recovery. That message emerged in two assessments of the economy Wednesday. The Pew Center on the States released a report concluding that nine states have joined California in a condition of “fiscal peril.” Their budget troubles could cause a round of job cuts and tax hikes in states from Florida to Illinois and Oregon. In a separate news briefing Wednesday, Iris Lav, a fiscal policy expert at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, warned that state budget... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387215/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:04:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385546/posts It's not just California that's dragging the country down. Did you know Wisconsin was in trouble? A new report by the Pew Center on the States, called Beyond California: States In Trouble, shows us the 10 that are weighing the country down. The ranking looks at budget gaps, foreclosure rates, lost state revenues, unemployment, money-management practices, and where "super-majority" requirements are killing efforts to fix the financial mess. Scores for each category are tallied for an overall ranking. We bring you the top 10, counting down from bad to worst. The higher score, the bigger the crisis. California gets a... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385546/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:09:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384243/posts Report: 10 States Face Looming Budget Disasters By JUDY LIN, Associated Press Wednesday, November 11, 2009SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation's highest unemployment rate are slashing spending on schools and health care. Drastic financial remedies are no longer limited to California, where a historic budget crisis earlier this year grew so bad that state agencies issued IOUs to pay bills. A study released Wednesday warned that at least nine other big states are also barreling toward economic disaster, raising the... Yahoo News/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384243/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383874/posts A survey called the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals which states are happiest. The index includes questions about six types of well-being, including overall evaluation of their lives, emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors (such as whether a person smokes or exercises), and job satisfaction. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383874/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:51:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382616/posts Health Care Reform: Failure to buy health insurance in the just-passed health care bill could get you five years in jail with a $250,000 fine. How can violating a law that's unconstitutional be a felony? The passage last Saturday night of the House health care measure by a fragile 220-215 margin may well prove to be a Pyrrhic victory. In polls, townhall meetings and tea parties, Americans have shown they don't want a "reform" that costs a staggering $1.2 trillion yet fails to meet the left's desire of insuring all the uninsured. And they certainly don't want a bill that... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382616/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:16:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378875/posts "OBAMA DON'T KNOW 'JACK”: Fishermen take to the street in FWB to protest amberjack lockdown (UPDATED with PHOTOS) November 03, 2009 10:52 AM Tom McLaughlin and Tina Harbuck More than 100 fishermen, family and friends showed up Monday morning at the corner of U.S. 98 and Perry Avenue carrying signs in protest of the recent fish closures by the National Marine Fisheries Service. “It’s terrible what they’re trying to do to this fishery,” said Capt. Kenny Aziz, who bay fishes from his pontoon boat, The Toonpang. The idea of bringing the Destin charter boat fishermen’s beef with the federal government... The Destin Log http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378875/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:22:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377540/posts States Growing Hair On Their PairThe Market TickerTuesday, November 3. 2009 States Growing Hair On Their PairIt's about damn time: Frustrated by the banks’ inability or unwillingness to stop an avalanche of foreclosures, the states are considering lawsuits over the creation and marketing of millions of bad loans as well as the dismal pace of mortgage modifications. Good. As I have repeatedly opined, there is more than enough fertile ground here for lots of lawsuits to spring up and take root. Indeed, let's go down the list of what I believe are the grounds for such suits: * Most of... The Market Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377540/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366863/posts Listen to Candidates Bucking For United States Senator Harry Reid Seat in 2010 Part 4 We have had candidates that have been campaigning for US Nevada Senator Harry Reid Seat in 2010. On October 17, 2009 we have had Doctor Robin Titus Republican Candidate for US Senate on the Veterans In Politics Talk Show on All Talk Radio. Listen to what they have to say and do your homework be an educated voter. We will have more candidates as the filing dates come closer. If you are thinking about being a candidate for US Senator representing Nevada in 2010; Or... Veterans In Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366863/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:10:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364864/posts Fiscal Fact No. 196 Introduction Sales taxes are paradoxically transparent and non-transparent. A taxpayer can easily see how high the tax is by looking at the receipt for any purchase. It's hard to imagine a more transparent tax. tax foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364864/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:26:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362274/posts This bill will likely get all sorts of media attention in the next week and month. That's because Democrats are now thinking about repealing it. The exemption, known as McCarran-Ferguson, cedes regulatory control of the industry, on the business side, to individual states. Since health insurers are already heavily regulated at the state level, its repeal would have a much broader impact on property and casualty insurers — a group that has also found itself in Congress’s cross-hairs recently. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362274/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:39:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360410/posts Nasal spray vaccine for swine flu now shipping to some clinics; studies suggest it’s OK to get shots for seasonal flu and swine flu at same time H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, has now returned full bore to the United States after largely dissipating over the summer, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said during a news briefing October 9. Cases of H1N1 have been reported in 37 states, up from 27 states a week earlier, CDC physician and flu expert Anne Schuchat said at the briefing. A vaccine that protects against the H1N1 flu virus is now... Science News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360410/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:12:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360198/posts I'm going to go back to this quote by Barney Frank of the US House, because it says everything those in state and local governments need to know: Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said in an interview that the defaults were, in essence, worth it. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing that the bad loans occurred,” he said. “It was an effort to keep prices from falling too fast. That’s a policy.” Got it? It's a policy to screw the state and local governments. Huh, you say? It's simple, really:... Market-Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360198/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358201/posts AT a time of unprecedented budget crises, it is unthinkable that we should roll back welfare reform -- yet that's what's happening. In New York and other states, and on the federal level, lawmakers are broadening eligibility, eliminating work requirements and raising cash pay-outs. The drive is to substitute all sorts of social and educational services for work requirements -- despite overwhelming evidence that such assistance doesn't lead to employment. As a nation, we'll come to regret these decisions, because welfare reform has worked -- and worked well. It must be preserved. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358201/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:11:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351908/posts Fairfax, Va. -- The National Rifle Association applauds the Supreme Court's decision, announced today, to hear the landmark Second Amendment case of McDonald v. Chicago. The case will address the application of the Second Amendment to the states through either the Due Process clause or the Privileges or Immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case has major implications for the legality of restrictive gun laws not only in Chicago, but also in other cities across the United States. The decision to hear the case, which will be argued later this year or early next year, gives Second Amendment advocates... NRAila.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351908/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:17:51 GMT