An FDR Lesson Obama Missed
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An FDR Lesson Obama Missed
Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
InvestigationGun rights lawyer gives hope to liberal causesWorldClinton faces critical hosts in Latin AmericaPoliticsHutchison, Perry primary fight roils Texas GOPHealthPsychiatrists mull new sex disordersBusinessChina holds more U.S. debt than indicatedPoliticsHealth bill critics target DemocratsNationalPRUDEN: An FDR lesson Obama missedTuesday, March 2, 2010Rate this storyAverage 5.00after 1 votes Login or register to rate this storyBy Wesley PrudenANALYSIS/OPINION:Barack Obama is trying to be the new FDR before the concrete settles around his image as the new Jimmy Carter. History will…
Decentralize the Government
Joel Kotkin, Forbes
From health care reform and transportation to education to the environment, the Obama administration has–from the beginning–sought to expand the power of the central state. The president's newest initiative to wrest environment, wage and benefit concessions from private companies is the latest example. But this trend of centralizing power to the federal government puts the political future of the ruling party–as well as the very nature of our federal system–in jeopardy.Of course, certain times do call for increased federal activity–legitimate threats to national security or economic…
Pass HC Bill as Step Toward Single Payer
Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
THERE HAS been no discussion of single payer. The public option has been ditched. President Obama received no Republican support at his nationally-televised health care forum last week. In response, the Democrats must not concede any more in the final lurch toward health reform. Even then, reform is already so watered down that it is likely to fall apart over the next decade. Democrats would be wise to view this moment not with finality, but as the beginning of the journey toward the sanity of single payer, toward what most of Europe and Canada have.The health industry lobbyists continue to…
Texas Gov. Primary Pits Longtime Powerhouses
Carl Cameron, FOX News
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