Okay, tomorrow is the first big moment we’ve been waiting for since the 2010 elections: the repeal of ObamaCare is scheduled for a vote in the House. Be sure to contact your representatives to remind them you expect them to do everything in their power to undo this legislative debacle. By the way, in case [...]
We’ve heard that the CBO scores the Health Care bill somewhere between deficit-neutral and revenue-friendly. How can that be? More taxes, of course. This detailed summary of Obamacare taxes from Ryan Ellis, Tax Policy Director at Americans for Tax Reform, will separate these mythical future savings from soon-to-be real-life costs to us all. It’s class [...]
From a commentary in today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch written by our own Joe Guarino: We the People can gather in Virginia because, just over 220 years ago, a group of men we Americans call the Founders established a form of government whereby the People are in charge and grant certain limited responsibilities to a subset of [...]
Question: If you’re the incoming Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vows to block the repeal of ObamaCare, do you (A) Ignore him? (B) Retreat from your commitment to repeal ObamaCare? (C) Send him the following letter: Thank you for reminding us – and the American people – of the backroom [...]
According to reports from Capitol Hill newspapers, the US House plans to take a vote on repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare, next Wednesday, January 12. Because the Republicans are in the majority, they will be keeping their campaign promise to make repeal of the law a top-tier issue. They [...]
Congressman-elect Robert Hurt recently called ObamaCare a “government takeover of health care,” a claim that PolitiFact.com deemed FALSE: In summary, yes, government regulation of the existing system increases under the new legislation. More people will be insured. The government will create exchanges to provide coverage for Americans who have trouble getting it now. Medicaid, the government-run [...]
The Dems in Congress just don't get it. They aren't listening to the American people, who sent a resounding message Nov. 2 that they don't desire any more spending and they desire massive cuts in spending. Instead, the Congressional Dems are poised to pass a spending bill of $1.1 trillion. And critics wonder whether the [...]
Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech conducted the interview with our Attorney General responsbile for delivering the blow to ObamaCare yesterday. Click here for the audio on BigGovernment.com.
In a decision that was expected, US Fourth District Court Judge Henry Hudson ruled in a 42-page opinion that the federal government overstepped its powers enumerated in the US Constitution when it passed a law requiring that all Americans must purchase health insurance. Also known as the "individual mandate," the judge ruled that the federal [...]
It’s December. One election down, but a lot of work and a watershed election coming. So the question is: what are we, collectively and individually, going to do? Actually do. Have you thought about how much time you will devote to specific tasks, and how you will measure results? I have not. The other day [...]
On August 7, 2009, during the debate over the health care bill, Sarah Palin, then the Republican’s vice-presidential candidate, used the phrase “death panel” for the first time to describe Obamacare’s health-care rationing boards. She wrote the words in this paragraph on her Facebook page: The Democrats promise that a government health care system will [...]
If you haven’t heard about the state repeal amendment yet, take some time to read this article and this one. The push for this amendment to the U.S. Constitution is really taking off, and it’s been only a couple months since it was introduced. Expect to hear a lot more about this in the coming [...]