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Welcome to the new and improved Our Turning Point website.  We have been hard at work building a new single stop for conservative news and education.  The foundation is now in place.  Soon you will see more driving content with new local & regional contributors.  We hope to see you back soon!

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  • A Bumper Crop of Food Stamps May 21, 2013
    Tweet this Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for lawmakers, who admit that the combination … MoreThe post A Bumper Crop of Food Sta […]
    Amy Payne

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  • Café con Libertad · 21 de mayo de 2013 May 21, 2013
    Nuestra particular ronda exploratoria de la actualidad con noticias y artículos muy interesantes que Ud. no se debe perder. MásThe post Café con Libertad · 21 de mayo de 2013 appeared first on Libertad.org. […]
    Miryam Lindberg

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Why we need a moratorium on the high stakes of testing

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Excerpt from The Washington Post By Jeff Bryant By now it’s become clear to anyone willing to pay attention that our nation’s obsession over education standards and testing has gotten out of hand. Ratcheting education standards ever higher at the same time we cut supports that schools and students need to reach those standards never made any …

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The Tea Party Pushes Back Against the IRS

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Please see links to stories and videos at bottom of blog. Better late than never could be the slogan of the day.  Butler County Ohio’s Liberty Township Tea Party (LTTP) is in the eye of the storm of controversy over the IRS’s intrusive questioning of tea party and other conservative patriot groups.  Liberty Township Tea …

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President Obama at The Ohio State University

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The President offered a mixed bag of advice to graduates at The Ohio State University, during commencement at the Horseshoe on May 5. Some of his comments could easily have been mistaken for a passionate conservative, “The founders trusted us with this awesome authority. We should trust ourselves with it, too. Because when we don’t, …

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Impact of Marketplace Fairness

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Taxation is often A if not THE focus for fiscal conservatives.  Taxation occurs at every political level: Local, State, and Federal.  Another equally important focus is a constitutionally limited government.  As such, we would expect to drive taxing decisions closer to the people when possible. Our existing Ohio State tax code declares Sales & Use …

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Illegal Immigration: the Power of Incentives

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The stars have aligned once again for Congress to confront America’s illegal immigration problem. An estimated 11 million people are residing in the U.S. without legal status according to the Department of Homeland Security DHS.  Although the number of illegals in the country remains in dispute, the number of Mexicans, in particular, who wish to …

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