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Biggest Tax Increase in History

Posted by conservative news blog on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:54:52 AM
The Heritage Foundation has produced a new video discussing what would be the largest tax increase in history.  Go HERE to find out more!
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Heritage in Focus Video: Global Warming

Posted by conservative news blog on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:07:38 PM
Ben Lieberman of the Heritage Foundation is featured in the latest Heritage in Focus video on YouTube.  Lieberman speaks about global warming, sorting fact from fiction.  Click here for the video. 
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Press Conference for Taxpayer's Bill of Rights

Posted by conservative news blog on Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:13:22 PM
Yesterday afternoon, FreedomWorks held a press conference on Capitol Hill in support of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.  According to the FreedomWorks Web site, the plan has four pillars:

1) Spending caps to stop out of control budget growth.
2) Preserving Social Security money just for Social Security, not for a Congressional slush fund.
3) Sun-setting the entire federal tax code to hold budgets accountable to outcomes.
4) A balanced budget without raising taxes.

Senator Jim DeMint and former majority leader Dick Armey were joined by several others (including Alison Fraser of the Heritage Foundation) who spoke to how valuable this plan would be to the conservative movement.  Fraser has written extensively on the subject of government spending and most recently published a paper on the topic mentioned above.  Her paper on the RSC's Taxpayers Bill of Rights can be found here.   

Photos from the press conference are here via Rob Bluey. 
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Bush Takes a Trip Down South

Posted by conservative news blog on Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:01:45 AM
 

This Thursday, President Bush will take a trip to Latin America.  The plane ride in Air Force One ought to be cozy, but once he hits the ground it's likely to be a bumpy ride.  This CNN article shows a little of what awaits the President on his trip south:

       "The fiery leader of oil-rich Venezuela, who has labeled Bush "the devil" and dismisses him as the "little gentleman from the North," plans to play to this discontent. He has called for protests during Bush's stay and is leading a rally in Argentina when the president visits neighboring Uruguay."

Not exactly Spring Break in Panama.  But of the five countires he is visiting, the President has his biggest opportunity in our nearest neighbor to the south - Mexico.  This country is caught up in the mix of what is some of the most current inflammatory political issues.  Dialogue concerning immigration and national security tend to find their way back to Mexico.  Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation argues in an article released today that in order to support Mexico and encourage reform, President Bush should:

-Offer further assistance to help combat drug cartels.
-Encourage legislation to break up monopolies and democratize unions.
-Urge an end to the system of special interest privileges.
-Stress the importance of limited, corruption-free government.

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Americans Agree: Country in Moral Decline

Posted by conservative news blog on Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:10:37 AM
 

Yesterday, the Media Research Center held a press conference at the National Press Club, outlining the findings of their national cultural values survey. The report summarizes findings and draws conclusions about three separate descriptive groups. Persons in the study were selected to be in one of the three groups: orthodox, independent or progressive. These participants were asked questions that would help identify which group they fell into and subsequently asked questions regarding the media’s impact on moral values, their personal opinions on sexual activity among high school students, their position regarding classical virtues and a host of other indicators of cultural values. Among many things, the report concluded that most Americans “agree that the media are a powerful, harmful influence in American culture.” Also, American adults “agree overwhelmingly that America is in moral decline.”

To read this report in its entirety, click here.

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