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Peter Ferrara on SiriusXM: Reforming Social Security
by Andy Singer October 23, 2017Peter Ferrara speaks on SiriusXM of his past and current efforts to reform Social Security.
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Take the power back to the people.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Rep. Dane Eagle (FL) – Challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan
by H. Sterling Burnett March 28, 2016In Today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Florida State Rep. Dane Eagle, Chairman of the Energy & Utilities Subcommittee, joins Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News H. Sterling Burnett. Rep. Eagle joins Burnett to talk about why Florida was right to join the 27 states challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan in court.
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FeaturedHealth Care
Your Favorite Restaurant Menu Is About To Change If Obama Gets His Way
by Jeff Stier February 14, 2016In its endless attempt to turn the country into one giant Weight Watchers meeting, the Obama Administration tucked away a little-known provision in the health care law that authorizes the FDA to force certain businesses to post the calorie count for every menu item.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
After DC’s Snowmageddon – Some Things Should Stay Buried
by Seton Motley January 27, 2016Due to this weekend’s torrential winter downpour, we are currently in the midst of a federal government shutdown. Uh oh. We’ve been told so often by so many that a government shutdown will shake the Earth from its orbital path and send us careening into the Sun. So far, thankfully, that has not occurred.
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As the calendar pages turn from September to October, thoughts shift from summery Independence Day fireworks and Labor Day cookouts to the spooky parade of Halloween trick-or-treaters.
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America is getting older, as medical science prolongs life expectancy and the fertility rate hovers at or even below the replacement rate. One metric for gauging the nation’s aging is the median age – the age at which one half the population is younger and the other half is older. In 2000, the median age in the United States was 35.3. By 2013, the median age had increased to 37.5.
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FeaturedLegal Affairs
All States, and the Feds, Should Emulate Minnesota’s Civil Forfeiture Reform
by Steve Stanek October 7, 2014Imagine police seize your money, your car, even your house. Imagine this happens without you being convicted of a crime or even charged with one. Imagine being told you must sue the government to get back your property and prove you did nothing wrong, and the government can do nothing – nothing – and still keep the property.
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The House votes to delay the employer and individual mandates, teeing up a battle in the fall over the CR which could be explosive.
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The most significant entitlement increase since the Great Society will be operating on the honor system.