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Seven Creative Solutions to the National Debt Crisis
, which is a government sponsored enterprise created by an act of Congress. The Fed even returns any profits from its activities to the US Treasury anyways. Its assets are assets of the federal gover ...
09 Aug, 2012
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Conservatives Clamor for Paul Ryan VP Pick on Twitter
A trending topic on Twitter this weekend has been a plea for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to select either Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin or Senator Marco Rubio from ...
05 Aug, 2012
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Who's an Independent? Part Two: Independent Governors
Angus King, former independent governor of Maine in 1994 and 1998 is running for senate as an independent in November. King has gotten a lot of media atention so far, what other independent governors ...
01 Aug, 2012
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Pawlenty Moving Up As Republican VP Candidate Pick
Rumor has it that Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is moving up the ranks in the search for a Republican VP. Pawlenty was on John McCain’s shortlist in 2008 prior to McCain blessing us with Sara ...
26 Jul, 2012
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Key to Swing State Voters: Stagnant vs Growing Economy
Credit: Purple Strategies Purple Poll July 2012In a new Purple Poll released today, voters in 12 swing states diverge dramatically on their views of the country's economic trajectory. This overwhelmi ...
16 Jul, 2012
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Mitt Romney Decided on VP
Presumed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is believed to have made his VP decision and may disclose it as soon as this week, the New York Times reports.Some names that have been thrown ar ...
16 Jul, 2012
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: War on Drugs "A Failure"
Touting a new mandatory treatment program for non-violent drug offenders in the state of New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie is the latest high-ranking US government official to condemn the decades-lo ...
11 Jul, 2012
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Texas: Sixth State To Say No Thanks To Medicaid Expansion
Governor Rick Perry of Texas joins a list of growing states who say they will refuse to implement Medicaid expansion in their states. The one-time presidential hopeful stated yesterday, “If anyone was ...
10 Jul, 2012
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Home on the Brooklyn Grange
Credit: newyorker.comDue to ongoing drought conditions, the USDA has just declared more than 1,000 counties natural disaster areas, making it the largest natural disaster in America ever. Not go ...
03 Jul, 2012
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What The Health Care Law Means to People with Pre-Existing Conditions
During my lifetime I've personally experienced the effect of many changes to health care policy, most of which were not for the better. When I was born I had a number of severe birth defects in my&nbs ...
02 Jul, 2012
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