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Archive for April, 2011

The Madoffcrats are in control…for now

19 Apr

Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ9) held a pep rally for Medicare with seniors at a Fair Lawn dinner yesterday. The seniors at the meeting reflected on their illnesses and praised Medicare for paying for their surgeries, treatments, etc.  Of course, seniors love Medicare; the general population heavily subsidizes it.  If seniors had to pay the full cost of Medicare, the premium for each beneficiary would be approximately $11,000.

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Posted in Federal Government, Healthcare, Welfare state

 

Pick your poison: Ryan’s welfare state versus Obama’s statist vision for America

17 Apr

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, and all but four of his fellow Republicans passed a budget for fiscal 2012 on April 15.  No Democrat voted for the Ryan budget.  The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, will not approve Mr. Ryan’s “path to prosperity.”

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Posted in Federal Government, Federal Reserve, The Warfare State, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

Education is too important for the courts to decide

11 Apr

Paul Tractenberg’s turgid screed, “Let’s get real about education in New Jersey,” criticized me for challenging the assertions he made in a recent Record op-ed defending the current school aid formula.  He also claims I live in “eccentric parallel universe.”

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Posted in Education, New Jersey, Politics, Welfare state

 

Law professor Paul Tractenberg gets a F on the constitution

03 Apr

Rutgers University law professor Paul Tractenberg argues in an op-ed (The Record, “Constitutional showdown,” April 3) that the Christie administration violated the constitutional rights of New Jersey’s public education students when it cut aid to school districts this year.

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Posted in Education, New Jersey

 

Exclusive preview of Obama’s reelection campaign speech

01 Apr

“My fellow Americans.  I will make a brief announcement today about my reelection campaign to be your president for another term.  Let me be clear, I know many of you are busy, especially those of you who are still looking for work.  That is why I want to confess as well.  Read the rest of this entry »

 
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