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Healthcare, campaign finance reform, and political corruption
On Sunday night, a historic health care reform bill was passed by a rather cloak-and-dagger procedure in the House. Before the actual computerized vote was taken, a lot was said about the state of hea ...
22 Mar, 2010
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Alternative Minimum Tax unfairly punishes California taxpayers
It is generally agreed upon, even by the staunchest proponents of progressive taxation, that expecting people to pay more than they can is an injustice which ought to be remedied in whatever manner po ...
08 Mar, 2010
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4 min read
Targeted education reform can preserve renowned UC school system
The series of firestorms currently underway at California’s public colleges and universities appears not to have burnt itself out yet. Just today, a group of students from the state's elite University ...
04 Mar, 2010
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Mitt Romney just can't get over George W. Bush
Apparently, Mitt Romney and many conservatives haven't learned their lesson. During CPAC, the former Massachusetts governor devoted a segment of his well-delivered speech to extolling President ...
24 Feb, 2010
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Jobs, not wars
Many in this nation are growing increasingly concerned about the national debt and foreign policy of the United States. As a result, CAIVN would like to share a portion of Marcy Winograd's recen ...
20 Feb, 2010
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Independents are transforming American politics
First, it was GOP victories in the gubernatorial elections of Virginia and New Jersey. Just last month, it was the senatorial election of Scott Brown who claimed a historic Republican victory in ...
10 Feb, 2010
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4 min read
California legislators should focus on the deficit, not costly government-run healthcare
“If you get breast cancer, I’m sorry honey; you have less chance of survival than before this bill passed.” Those words were declared by Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers six months ago during his open ...
04 Feb, 2010
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2 min read
Republicans may surprise Democrats in 2010 elections
California, a Republican bastion?! Don’t act so shocked, it’s happened before.Remember a certain two-term, incredibly popular Republican President of the United States, whose name is still so po ...
01 Feb, 2010
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A Tale of Two Tea Parties
First there was a "Tea Party" whose members said they did not care about party, but principle. They railed against corporate America's tax-funded bailouts, they demanded more transparency at the highe ...
23 Jan, 2010
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3 min read
Possible political danger for CA Democrats
In a bizarre series of recent events within the political world, Massachusetts citizens elected themselves a moderate Republican senator in a liberal fortress, thus ending the Democratic supermajority ...
22 Jan, 2010
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2 min read
