Obamacare aka the Affordable Care Act turned four on March 23, 2014, Although the House voted 54 times to undo, revamp or tweak the law, it lives on, even as it undergoes frequent alterations and delays to its mandates while continuing to alter the finances and lives of millions of Americans. We cannot help but …
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Dec 26 2013
Generational Theft and Unlimited Government – We’re Doing it For the Children
2013 will be remembered as a time of rapid political transformation in the United States as a second term administration implements their progressive wish list. Americans are trying to comprehend a government that has replaced free enterprise and individual sovereignty with European-style socialism/progressivism and all its glorious attributes – income redistribution, massive federal debt …
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Nov 07 2013
GOP Establishment Embracing Progressives is a “Primary” Concern
GOP leadership in Washington and numerous states, both red and blue have aligned with big government progressives against millions of conservative-minded Americans who consider ObamaCare and amnesty a toxic threat to their children’s future. GOP leaders like Senators John McCain and Mitch McConnell no longer pretend to champion small government. national sovereignty or individual freedom. …
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Oct 25 2013
John Kasich Employs ‘Buckeye Bypass’ to Fund “Obamacaid”
Ohio has accepted the Medicaid Expansion Provision of the Affordable Care Act and a 7 member Controlling Board that includes a Kasich appointee approved accepting Medicaid expansion money being offered by the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS). Legislators in Ohio’s Senate and House placed a specific provision in the budget that prohibits accepting …
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Oct 04 2013
Dear Speaker Boehner: Stop Obamacare – There are Better Ways to Reform Health Care
Speaker John Boehner H-232 The Capitol Washington D.C. 20515 October 9, 2013 Dear Speaker Boehner, leaders and members of the U.S. House and Senate, Our Turning Point, a coalition of Southwest Ohio grassroots organizations, offers this open letter expressing our views on the current debate surrounding the funding and implementation of Obamacare. Grassroots liberty organizations …
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Sep 07 2013
America’s Future Will Require Civil “Resurrection”
Americans might wonder how historians will recount these days in our Republic. The “Age of Arrogance” may best describe both the era and the relationship between citizens and the political class. French diplomat Joseph de Maistre is credited with the phrase, “Every country has the government it deserves,” which is a reflection of our unwillingness …
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Jun 10 2013
Will the “Gang of Eight” Immigration “Reform” Bill Be the Final Straw?
The grassroots and a handful of Senate and House members have led the charge against the current version of so-called immigration reforms embodied in the “Gang of Eight” Senate Bill. A powerful media onslaught seeks to silence or discredit anyone raising objections to this bill. Why do we, meaning grassroots conservatives, continue to sound an …
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May 23 2013
IRS Tea Party Scandal is a Testament to Unchecked Bureaucracy
If the United States remains a free nation, it will be a testament to our robust Constitution that allows the people to speak out forcefully against those who misuse the power of government to do harm. In Cincinnati and numerous cities around the country, tea partiers and freedom loving citizens took to the streets to …
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Mar 29 2013
Ohio’s Medicaid Expansion Guarantees Poor Outcomes and High Costs
Ohioans are bombarded with mediahype promoting Governor Kasich’s endorsement of Medicaid Expansion in Ohio. The misinformation from the Governor’s office does a disservice to Ohio’s uninsured residents and heralds the decline of health care for every Buckeye. Expanding Medicaid is the vehicle to cover Ohio’s uninsured as required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care …
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