Choice is important, whether it be Health Care or our K-12 systems of Edcuation in the USA

Choice is important in both Health Care and in Education in the USA.

The consumer is often best protected when there is competition in the marketplace and options for the consumer to select.

The Friday, August 28, 2009 edition of USA Today features a story titled, L.A. school board OKs school choice plan with private operators. For more on the issue of school choice, read the Public Interest Institutes's brief titled School Choice in America and Iowa: The Time for Change is Now.

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It's grassroots: Americans are concerned about Washington D.C. Health Care Reform talk

About 60,000 senior citizens have quit AARP since July 1 due to the group's
support for a health care overhaul - AARP spokesperson

The Tuesday, August 18, 2009 edition of USA Today features a story titled, AARP loses members over health care stance. For more on health care reform, read Institute Brief: Deafness is Treatable, If You're Listening.

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Economic News: Unemployment, Recovery and Impacts

The Friday, July 24, 2009 edition of Burt Folsom.com. Folsom, a professor of United States economic history, features an article titled, What do we do with 11.7% unemployment. For more on the politics of the 1920s read Public Interest Institute Brief: Governing by the Founder's Constitution: The Presidency of Warren Harding.

Exclusive: Economists surveyed see slow recovery -USA Today
The beginning of an economic recovery appears to be just a few months away but unemployment will continue to ...

Second wave of foreclosures possible - Philadelphia Inquirer‎
... is not being funded at a level necessary to deal with the rising unemployment rate, Dodd said. Stephanie Butler, senior counselor at Mount Airy USA in ...

Bernanke Sees High Jobless Rate, Even in Recovery -New York Times
Latest government data show the US unemployment rate at 9.5 percent, the highest since 1983. "We're doing everything we can to support the economy. ...

Some are saying it may not be til 2011, until unemployment moves in the right direction. With Pelosi-ObamaCare, increasing Federal debt and Big Government on the rise, the private sector has reason to feel a little concerned about jobs and business climate.

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How far will they go: Massive Economic Stimulus plans in Washington DC?

The Monday, January 5, 2009 edition of the Washington Times features an article, Dems pursue ambitious agenda on Hill. For more on public policy solutions for Congress, read the Institute Brief: Ryan's roadmap from the Public Interest Institute.

The April 21, 2008, edition of U.S. News & World Report featured a cover
story titled, "Big Government: It’s back — no matter who wins. Americans want
Uncle Sam to solve their problems…" The Monday, May 19, 2008, edition of USA
Today featured a headline, "Bill for taxpayers swells by trillions: Deficit far
bigger than government estimate."

Fast forward to January 5, 2009.

• RedState Why the Obama Stimulus Will Fail, Chapter 217 http://tinyurl.com/7nxbx7
• WSJ Frugal Families Aggravate Nation's Economic Woes http://tinyurl.com/9ov5xb
• USATODAY Gas prices rise for the first time in 16 weeks http://tinyurl.com/7ejbaj
• techRepublican Proposed Stimulus Plan Could Embrace Better Transparency in Spending http://twurl.nl/b3x5el
• WSJ A Happy Lesson on Lending http://tinyurl.com/8x6dyk
• nytimes Obama Pushes for Stimulus on Capitol Hill http://tinyurl.com/8rghdv

Happy New Year... the 111Th Congress is getting ready to rock and roll in Washington DC.

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