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Dan Lindblade: Rental project important for Ft. Lauderdale
Greater Fort Lauderdale continues to be the driving force for economic growth in Florida and it's no surprise. We have made a concerted effort to get everyone on the same page — business leaders, politicians and citizens. That is why Broward County...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New River (Broward, Florida), Broward County
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No poor and huddled need apply
WASHINGTON -- Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint prefaced his condemnation of immigration legislation Monday with the same form of inoculation conservatives often use on such occasions: He quoted Emma Lazarus. "There's a statement at the bottom of...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Migration, Illegal Immigrants, Statue of Liberty
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Pérez vows fiscal discipline from Democrats
SACRAMENTO — Speaker John Pérez wants voters to know something: Cash may be cascading into state coffers as it hasn't for years. Democrats may totally control the Assembly with a new supermajority. But they're not going to be drunken sailors....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Personal Income, Finance, Lobbying, Head Start
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Political kin, and politically dangerous
WASHINGTON -- The regulatory, administrative state, which progressives champion, is generally a servant of the strong, for two reasons. It responds to financially powerful and politically sophisticated factions. And it encourages rent-seekers to exploit...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve, Government Debt, Environmental Politics, Finance
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Family meltdown
WASHINGTON -- The discouraging March employment report, with a job increase of only 88,000, raises questions well beyond the dreary state of today's labor market. Prolonged high unemployment may be silently shredding the social fabric in ways that last...
Tags: Family, Labor Markets, Unemployment, Marriage, Employment
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Miffed with the Triangulator
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, red in the face, took off his jacket and rolled up a shirt sleeve -- but there was no relief from the discomfort of his affliction. The poor guy is suffering from triangulation. The man triangulating him,...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Elections, Social Security, AFL-CIO, Medicare
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Labor Legislation, State of the Union Address, Health and Safety at School, Health Insurance, Pension and Welfare
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Is disability the new welfare?
Jonah GoldbergThe government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" -- a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms -- to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work....Tags: NPR, Social Security, Pension and Welfare, Medical Procedures and Tests, Long Island Rail Road
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Social Security, National Government, Employment
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Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...
Tags: NPR, Pension and Welfare, Social Security, Medical Procedures and Tests, Long Island Rail Road
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On student loans, Hugo Chavez and Joe Flacco's taxes
Remember when President Barack Obama stuck a federal takeover of the student loan program into the "Affordable Care Act," AKA "Obamacare"? The dirty deed was accompanied by a promise that federal control would save taxpayer money and cut off all the...
Tags: National Football League, Teaching and Learning, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Tennessee Titans, Federal Reserve
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Joel Brinkley: Nigeria's squandered opportunity
American VoicesJust outside President Goodluck Jonathan's office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They were seldom if ever used. No actual health-care facility nationwide had as many, and in fact a few still have none at all. But as soon...Tags: Saudi Arabia, UNICEF, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Goodluck Jonathan, The New York Times
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