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Is the Individual Mandate a Tax?
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the central component to Obama's healthcare reform, the individual mandate, is constitutional because the payment is a tax. There has been much confusion foll ...
02 Jul, 2012
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Paul Ryan Gets Vetted for Vice President, Though Unlikely to Be Romney's Final Pick
Over at National Review Online, Robert Costa reported last week that Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan was officially being vetted for vice president. Less than two months away from the Republican Na ...
30 Jun, 2012
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Veepstakes: Vital Statistics for Top 10 Frontrunners
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has yet to announce the selection of his vice president candidate. Such an announcement is not expected before the Republican National Convent ...
27 Jun, 2012
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10 Top Political Quotes To Provoke Thought
Today's citizens, worldwide, face the effects of financial crises, environmental concerns, increased globalization, and political animosity between political ideologies, including domestic parties and ...
23 Jun, 2012
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Lunch News Tips: June 15, 2012
Your Independent News Tips of the day.Politico – Koch Brothers Look Like New Conservative PartyThe brothers who intend to spend over $395M on this year’s election are hosting a fundraising conference ...
15 Jun, 2012
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Democrats, White House in a Panic Over President Obama's Reelection Prospects
The media narrative Tuesday was dominated by talk of panic in the Democratic Party and disarray at an embattled White House as one thing after another seems to go wrong for President Obama in his camp ...
13 Jun, 2012
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Today in Politics: 5 Things to Watch
With competition heating up between President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney, a special election in Arizona, the possibility of an Independent voice in Senate, and some pretty controversial ballot ...
12 Jun, 2012
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Voting Independent: What Will It Take?
What will it take for the majority to understand voting for either Republicans or Democrats is counter-productive in changing our societal issues through politics?The Wisconsin recall is an excellent ...
09 Jun, 2012
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Implications of Wisconsin's Recall Election
Wisconsin has been on a serious decline in union members for a few years now. Last year set a record low at 13.3%. As Business Week reports:"The unions are dinosaurs and a meteor just hit the Earth," ...
08 Jun, 2012
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Unions Take a Beating in Wisconsin Gubernatorial Recall Vote
In 1959, Wisconsin became the first state in the nation to embrace collective bargaining for their public sector unions. 53 years later, the voters of Wisconsin rebuffed public unions when the attempt ...
07 Jun, 2012
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