Political Equinox

Yes, you read that right. America already has a system in which we pay for the healthcare of others that is deeply embedded into our economic system. We pay for it every single day without even realizing that we are covering the healthcare costs of our fellow Americans.

No, I am not talking about Medicare, Medicaid, or any other government sponsored healthcare plans. The universal healthcare I am talking about is employer-sponsored healthcare plans.

Let’s take a trip back to our high school economics class and take a look at how businesses price their products. All companies hope to earn money through the sale of their product or service, so they deduct expenses from the cost of the product and then you …

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With Obama dragging out his selection process for at least few more weeks, we’ve still got plenty of time to speculate about the myriad of potential candidates, but recently Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has been thrust into the spotlight as a likely choice for the VP nominations. Add to the fact that John Edwards is essentially out of the picture with his recent spectacle, Bayh has all the more chance of landing the job.

Bayh made a joint appearance with Obama last week in Indiana and appeared opposite Joe Lieberman on Fox News Sunday arguing vehemently in favor of Obama’s policies and giving that ever-so-famous non-answer to the …

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I’ve decided that I can’t keep bashing the Democrat’s Universal (Socialized - you can call it whatever you like, but it is what it is) Healthcare Plan without offering up a solution of my own. Now let me start by saying that I’m open to changing this plan. In fact, I’m all for scrapping the entire plan or at least large parts of it. But this the best solution I’ve been able to come up with that continues on with the free market American way (controlled with a standardized plan, mind that) and maintains the high-quality of healthcare in this country.

I’m come up with a plan that mixed the current system with some of the elements I feel are the …

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It was Tuesday afternoon and I was romping down Lima Road in my Chevy Suburban with The Dave Ramsey Show at full blast when it hit me. I was going to see the former president of the United States of America. Not the mayor, not a councilman, but the actual president.

As I rolled past the Grand Wayne Center, the line had not yet crept outside the door, but by the time I finally got in line at 4:40pm, we were about 20 feet outside the Grand Wayne Center.

The people around me in line were extremely nice (even though my Republican roots were clearly printed on the back of my …

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