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Roper: TCI carbon tax is lots of bucks, little bang

Advocates for the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) will argue that the pain they intend to inflict on Vermonters via a 17 cents per gallon carbon tax on gasoline and diesel is necessary to combat climate change.

December 19, 2019 in Commentary.
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Letter: The Democrat-Progressive plan is to tax and spend some more

The past practices of the Democrat-Progressives who have been in charge of state government for a while now managed to give us a $4.5 billion deficit in the state retirement fund and a $70 million deficit in the current operating budget.

December 19, 2019 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/Phil Roeder

Bernie Sanders is surging in Democratic primary polls

The Vermont senator is polling in second place nationally, second in Iowa, and first in New Hampshire, according to polling averages tracked by RealClearPolitics (RCP).

December 19, 2019 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

Pelosi threatens holding up impeachment unless ‘fair trial,’ Levin says McConnell should immediately nullify

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering withholding articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump until she is assured a fair trial in the Senate, a move conservative radio host Mark Levin says should result in instant nullification of impeachment.

December 19, 2019 in U.S..
U.S. Department of Agriculture

John Klar: Scott should follow Sununu and reject the TCI

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s announcement that New Hampshire will not join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is a promising sign for Vermonters.

December 18, 2019 in Commentary.
Sen. Bernie Sanders

Ocasio-Cortez hosting Spanish-only town hall for Bernie Sanders campaign

Ocasio-Cortez endorsed the Vermont senator in October along with Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. She was reportedly the first among “The Squad” to back Sanders in the Democratic primary.

December 18, 2019 in U.S..
Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

Gallup poll finds majority now oppose impeaching and removing Trump from office

The poll shows political independents are shifting on the issue — they supported impeachment in October polls by roughly 55%, Gallup noted. Support for impeachment and removal is now down below 50% among independents.

December 18, 2019 in U.S..
Bill de Blasio

‘Spare us your amnesty’: DHS rips Mayor de Blasio for defending driver’s licenses for illegal aliens

“Spare us your amnesty – It makes every person more vulnerable when you shield pedophiles, child pornographers, human traffickers, and terrorists from law enforcement,” the DHS Press Secretary account tweeted Tuesday.

December 18, 2019 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Eneas De Troya

Since 2006, over a million Californians have left the state

Conservatives and Republicans surveyed mentioned the state’s expensive housing, high taxes, and liberal political culture as their primary reasons for wanting to leave California, according to the study conducted for the Los Angeles Times.

December 18, 2019 in U.S..
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Roper: Surgery Center vs. GMCB illustrates how bad certificate of need laws really are

Vermont has more areas of health care subject to certificate of need laws than any other state, and we have some of the highest health care costs. This is not a coincidence. We should get rid of our CON laws, and, while we’re at it, the Green Mountain Care Board.

December 17, 2019 in Commentary.
The Architect of the Capitol

Justice Neil Gorsuch said ‘Merry Christmas’ on television and people are going crazy

Leftwing critics suggested the justice was signaling his sympathies with people disturbed at the secularization of American public life by saying “Merry Christmas” instead of its capacious alternative “Happy Holidays.”

December 17, 2019 in U.S..
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‘Medicare for All’ actually isn’t Medicare at all

If every provision of Medicare for All rolled out smoothly, millions of American seniors necessarily would have their current health care stripped from them and replaced with whatever the Department of Health and Human Services decides is health care.

December 17, 2019 in Commentary.

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