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Pete's Perspective: Phantom Jobs
Nov 17, 2009
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For months I have been echoing the questions of Michiganders asking the Obama Administration about the so-called stimulus: "Where are the jobs?"
In response, the president, vice-president and officials at all levels of the administration have assured us that the $787 billion spending spree they r...
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Pete's Perspective: Honoring Our Veterans
Nov 11, 2009
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Since 1938, November 11 has been celebrated as Veterans Day and provides us with an opportunity to express our thanks and praise to all our veterans, who liberated continents, spread democracy and defended us from enemies. Because of their acts of selfless service, spanning many decades, men and wom...
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Health Care Fact: Government-Run Health Care Impedes on Patient-Doctor Relationship
Nov 6, 2009
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The Democrat Health Care bill would enroll all Medicare participating doctors in the government-run health plan and will give the government the power to force physicians not to accept patients with private insurance.
Further, the bill also opens the door to government rationing of health care by...
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Health Care Fact: Democrat Health Plan Allows for Abortion
Nov 5, 2009
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Health Care Fact: Democrat Health Plan Allows for Abortion
The Majority Party has said that abortions will not be covered by federal funding as part of their health care overhaul bill. Yet there are approximately 40 Democratic Members who know it is not true and are attempting to amend the bill...
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Health Care Fact: Health Bill Will Cut Services to America’s Seniors
Nov 5, 2009
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Health Care Fact: Health Bill Will Cut Services to America’s Seniors
Seniors that rely on Medicare for their health coverage should be alarmed at the benefit cuts they face under the Democrat health care bill.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the bill would lead to $1...
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Health Care Fact: States Forced to Pay for Medicaid Expansion
Nov 4, 2009
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Think that the budget battles in Michigan have been bad over the past several years? Just wait until the government-run health care is signed into law.
The recent bill unveiled by House Democrats would include an unprecedented expansion of Medicaid, and the states will face another hurdle to pay...
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Health Care Fact: Small Businesses Lose Under Democrat Health Care Bill
Nov 3, 2009
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It has become abundantly clear that House Democrats have not listened to their small business owners during the health care town halls. The newly released health care bill will burden job creators in several ways.
The bill imposes a federal mandate on all businesses to provide acceptable health ...
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Pete's Perspective: The Failed Job Promises of the Stimulus
Oct 19, 2009
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President Obama’s administration has released its initial report on the number of jobs created since passage of the economic stimulus package in February and has immediately undertaken the difficult task of downplaying its results. The report clearly indicates that the realities of the job market ha...
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Pete’s Perspective: Allow Debate on Energy Tax Cost
Oct 5, 2009
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The health care debate has been raging in Washington and around the country for the better part of two months and understandably so - it is a critical and complex issue that directly impacts people’s lives. For all the dialogue that has occurred on health care, virtually no debate took place when th...
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Pete's Perspective: The Bus Stops Here
Oct 1, 2009
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The State of Michigan indicated yesterday that bureaucrats in Lansing are better-equipped to decide who should watch your kids at the bus stop than you are.
Unfortunately, it is not a joke. The Michigan Department of Human Services recently sent a letter to a stay-at-home mom in Middleville, MI,...
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