Over the last few years, we’ve all felt the pinch on our wallets as the costs of living have risen and wages haven’t kept up. But some relief for struggling families is in sight now that a bipartisan group of lawmakers has a plan to make water and sewer bills more affordable. Senate Bills ...
PARIS -- Do you have a pro-Trump friend or family member who's gung-ho about him bombing Iran? Polls suggest that you might. If so, that person likely feels that this is some kind of football match and that Trump is the star quarterback who deserves fan loyalty at all costs -- even if he ...
When the landmark Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022, the pro-life movement celebrated a victory many assumed would never come. For this victory, President Donald Trump undeniably deserves praise, at the very least because of his impact on the makeup of the Supreme Court that overruled the left's hallowed (and fictional) constitutional protections for the murder of the unborn. But here's the problem: It hasn't looked too good for the pro-life movement ever since. Sure, there have been some legislative victories with several states outlawing the most ...
For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on health care? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin. When I've asked my Republican politicos why that is, the answer I typically receive is: Our party doesn't do health care. Then they crouch in the fetal position. Well, the GOP certainly better start "doing health care," because the issue of medical care access and affordability is front and center for American families. The Republican promise to voters ...
Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. Unfortunately, one can't escape the long arm of federal taxes. Proof ...
"The rich should pay their fair share of taxes." Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions. But Republicans play an especially outrageous game in portraying the ...
