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27

Jul

TSA: Is this how we want our health care run?

Posted by Despina Karras  Published in Government Inefficiency, Health Care

As some readers know, I recently took a much-needed break and travelled to Puerto Rico for a week. I am always anxious when travelling, but my anxiety was higher than normal on this trip due to the fact that I had to travel with a few liquid medications. These medications are all natural and therefore, [...]

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Tags: Government Inefficiency, health care reform, TSA

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26

Jul

Scare tactics worked for stimulus, won’t work for health care

Posted by Despina Karras  Published in Economy and Free Markets, Health Care

It has now been 190 days since the stimulus bill was passed. Back in February, President Obama spoke before Congress and stated, “the recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we’re taking to revive our economy in the short-term.” Today, Vice President Biden defended the stimulus, arguing it “was intended to provide steady [...]

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Tags: Government Inefficiency, health care debate, Role of Government, Stimulus

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15

Jun

The Failure of the So-Called Stimulus

Posted by Despina Karras  Published in Stimulus

This week will mark four months since President Obama signed the stimulus bill into law. Four months later, unemployment has reached a 26 year-high, and only $44 billion of ’stimulus’ money has been spent. Ironically, a recent Rasmussen poll shows that four months after passing the largest spending bill in history, 51% of Americans now [...]

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Tags: Government Inefficiency, Stimulus, unemployment

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