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The lesson to be learned from Sweden of today (a nation lead by a - predominantely - Conservative government) is that during a global finacial crises, a government brave enough to sell off some formerly nationalized businesses to the free market could finance tax cuts and pay off national debt. I guess this is preferable to one striving to take on hefty loans in order to try and save unhealthy companies and launch costly health care reforms. But, it's not for me to say in the case of America, as I'm not a citizen of that country (although I sure...

As you start to read all this, you'll laugh at how incestuous it all gets. Let's start with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which as I've noted in the past is tied in with the Soros foundation. Together, the two worked on something called The Project on Death in America.(PDIA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2341083/posts And speaking of Mr Soros, he himself(his foundations) have given directly to NPR. Compared to some of the other numbers I'm seeing, it's a small amount of $250,000. But it doesn't matter. Soros money is soros money in my book. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2396058/posts Additional information about RWJF can be found here....

And so the solstice passes and a new year dawns, leaving “newsmen” everywhere with a dearth of “news” to report (since the government bureaus close down, issuing no new edicts for the “newsmen” to interpret and praise, which should give you some indication of what really passes for “news,” these days.) Traditionally, those in the “news” business respond by taking a stab at predicting noteworthy events of the year to come. We can predict the future quite accurately. Unfortunately, accurate predictions are a bore. The sun will rise 363 more times this year. When I ask for extra salt and...

You can bet that getting finances in order is the top resolution for the State of Arizona. It will get an early test this month. A massive education payment is expected to drain state resources down to zero. What happens next will affect anyone who works for or with state government. It's what happens when you run out of money. You can't pay your bills. Arizona legislators have not been able to resolve the budget crisis, and our state could be weeks away from running out of money. That means having to issue IOU's to everyone. And it's not only...

In their zeal to impose a health care “reform” package built around demonization of insurance companies and the massive transfer of new enrollees onto various government programs, many of our lefty friends have been conspicuously silent whenever asked about how the expansion of these entitlements will be paid for. It is, however, not possible to extend their calculated “silent treatment” to the actual text of the bills. The current crop of proposals draw funding from two primary sources: (1) a tax imposed on “Cadillac” health care insurance plans, and, (2) cuts in payments to doctors under Medicare. When one looks...

I'm a Defense Department retiree and received my annual annuity statement from OPM the other day. We didn't get a cost of living adjustment this year, but I noticed my monthly payment went up. Upon closer examination, I saw that OPM had arbitrarily reduced my monthly withholding. Evidently, the administration wants us all to think we got a raise, only to find out we will owe the extra money back in 2011 (after the elections, of course). I did a quick survey of my former co-workers and the same thing happened to them. This is very unusual, since withholding amounts...