52% of Americans believe Obama will raise taxes on Small Business*

The Thursday, December 18, 2008 edition of The Los Angeles Times contains an article titled California Democrats devise plan to hike taxes. For more on the issue of tax policy, read No Income Tax: The Key to Economic Growth.

Bush Leaves Obama a Financial Crisis, but Doesn’t Want to per a US News & World Report opinion article today.

* Source of Headline: Campaign Falsehoods Linger On per another US News & World Report article.

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The Day after the Election of 2008...

What lies in the future?

Today's link comes from the Wednesday, November 5, 2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal. It features an article titled, "Polls Show CA Prop 8 Ahead." Here's an interesting read on ballot initiatives from the 2007 article in Limits titled, "Unprecedented Danger in One of the Proposed California Ballot Initiatives."

States Rights vs. Central Government?

"The Founding Fathers were highly suspicious of unregulated majorities. Hence,
they deliberately created the Electoral College to constrain the will of the
majority and to ensure that the votes of those in less populous States were
heeded." - Paul M. Weyrich

McCain's Concession - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

The Age of Obama: Will He Govern as He Ran? - Jon Meacham, Newsweek

Ten Reasons Why Obama Won - Carl Cannon, Reader's Digest

Tide Turned as Economic Crisis Peaked - Monica Langley, Wall St. Journal

Barack Obama will soon take the role as our 44th President of the United States of America. There is a lot of work to be done at all levels of government. Public policy discussions will be imperative and what discussion with come of the thought of reducing or limiting the role of government?

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Enjoying the Fresh Air in Iowa after the Smoke-Free Air Act

We may not have the mountains or the ocean that the State of California has, but at least the State of Iowa has joined California, New York City and much of Europe, in making restaurants and bars smoke free on July 1st. It was a joy celebrating a family birthday outside without cigarette smoke blowing in the air. We ate at Granite City this past weekend and it was certainly a breath of fresh air.

Secondhand smoke is a public health problem. The State of Iowa was right to introduce the Smoke-Free Air Act. Employees and customers will be safer from the dangers of secondhand smoke in the workplace and in the community. OSHA has its place and so does the forbidding smoking in the workplace.

Today, a judge ruled he would not overturn the Iowa smoking ban.

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