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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 30
Affordable Care Act could bolster life expectancy To the editor: In Tom Firey’s Jan. 16 opinion piece, he takes a generally dismissive attitude toward the Affordable Care Act. The article asserts that what he does credit the act for addressing,...Tags: Slovenia, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency, Elections, Medical Research
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George Michael: Can Medicare be saved?
The Herald-Mail published a column last week titled “Safety net under siege” written by David Elliot, the communications director of USAction, a left-leaning advocacy group and propaganda machine. The column focused on the “promise&...Tags: The New York Times, Government Health Care, Theft, Paul Ryan, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 13
When columnists attack: Writers using GOP talking points To the editor: George Michael, David Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer. Three peas in a pod? No. Three negative op-eds in a row published by The Herald Mail attacking Obama and his policies. Full of...Tags: Interior Policy, Rush Limbaugh, Unemployment Benefits, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Firearms
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Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
Associated PressThe end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly block sweeping spending cuts as well. “I’...Tags: Democratic Party, Unemployment Benefits, Politics, Jon Kyl, U.S. Congress
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Thomas A. Firey: Why America (still) needs health care reform
In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the nation’s latest attempt to “reform” health care. Yet, despite all the new spending and taxes, and all the new rules and...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care, Labor Markets, Medicaid
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Some simple steps to avoiding fiscal cliff
timr@herald-mail.comThis was my feeling before this whole fiscal cliff nonsense began: Please, raise my taxes. Before hyperventilating over that statement, understand that there were some conditions attached. And the first condition is that everyone stop talking about taxes...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Government Health Care, Democratic Party, Retirement, Finance
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Mail call - Dec. 17
“I’m calling just to say how much I enjoy Tim Rowland’s column, and especially today’s, Dec. 6, when he’s talking about sweat pants and he says ‘when Spandex is just too formal.’ The guy is a crackup. Please let...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Government Health Care, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Movement seen in 'fiscal cliff' talks
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House on Monday in hopes of continuing to make progress on a plan to deal with the “fiscal cliff.” The meeting came after Boehner on Friday offered $1 trillion in...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Philosophy, Democratic Party, Politics, Unemployment Benefits
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Cliff avoided; Congress staves off income tax hikes for middle class
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that...Tags: Labor Legislation, Unemployment Benefits, Congressional Budget Office, John Campbell, U.S. Congress
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Cliff averted, it's on to the next fiscal crisis
Associated PressOnward to the next fiscal crisis. Actually, several of them, potentially. The New Year’s Day deal averting the “fiscal cliff” lays the groundwork for more combustible struggles in Washington over taxes, spending and debt in the next...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Unemployment Benefits, Democratic Party, U.S. Congress
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Senate OKs deal to avert 'fiscal cliff'; measure faces opposition from House conservatives
Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate capped a...
Tags: Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Unemployment Benefits, Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Fiscal Cliff
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Solution to fiscal crisis is compromise
There is no question that our country is at the crossroads of some profoundly important budget decisions — with far-reaching and long-lasting impacts on our economy, our families and our fiscal standing as a nation. The made-up term “fiscal...Tags: Labor Legislation, Democratic Party, Unemployment Benefits, Family, Politics
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