“This administration is animated by that same American view that has led us for 242 years: that every American has a right to believe, worship, and exercise their faith in the public square.”
Silver and Hyman conclude that “our politicized third-party payment system creates bad incentives that attract the already corrupt, and also corrupt the virtuous.” The crucial reform is to move away from non-catastrophic third-party insurance coverage and dramatically expand the role of first-party (consumer) payment in a competitive marketplace.
Under the proposal, workers could receive the equivalent of their future Social Security benefits as paid family leave benefits today in return for delaying the future date at which they begin collecting Social Security’s old-age benefits.
In this State Headliners, any carbon tax that punishes heavy oil and gas users would only transfer wealth to Chittenden County, Vermont to postpone Vermont Yankee decision until the federal government rules, and Barre wind turbine company announces “hardship” financing.
By observing United States constitutional and labor laws, the judicial and executive branches of the federal government have granted more Americans the freedom and right to work, and ensured that our taxpayer funds support those, amongst us, in gravest need.
There’s a link between the Harwood teen homicides, Boston Marathon bombing, Orlando Nightclub and Aurora theater shootings, and Charleston church murders reported: the perpetrators all used marijuana.
You will hear a lot of false and wild charges about Judge Kavanaugh over the next two months. Don’t take Patrick Leahy’s word for any of them.
Steve Forbes’ speech was a fitting way to end FreedomFest 2018 — reaching out to both libertarians and conservatives, who despite their differences, have more in common than the purists on each side claim.
I welcome the No. 1 ranking that CNBC gave Vermont, but am disappointed that they missed out on so many attractions that visitors from around the world come to see.
It is time for women to reject both sex-as-repression and sex-as-freedom models and come up with a model of our own that includes our commitment to relationships and to our young.
Trump’s plan would begin the long process of rearranging the overgrown federal bureaucracy by grafting together agencies that do similar work and pruning away offices that have outlived their usefulness.
VPIRG is telling our legislators that they should pass a proposal to ban plastic straws to keep them out of landfills. For some Vermonters who already have difficulty caring for themselves, this ban would force them to decide between eating and drinking at home or going without a drink at restaurants.