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A New Federal Role in Economic Recovery
My post on fundamental assumptions generated some good discussion which began waxing economic in flavor. As part of that discussion I had a new idea about a more reasonable approach the federal government could take to soften economic hard times … Continue reading
Return of the Food Tax
Curtis Haring is concerned about the possibility that the state legislature will reinstate the food tax that they repealed all too recently. Considering that the state is facing a budget shortfall in the neighborhood of 3/4 of a Billion dollars, … Continue reading
A Short-Term Vision of “Purity”
photo credit: David Reeves It’s never safe to focus so much on the present that we lose sight of the future. This seems to be what is happening with the push by some to codify a purity test within the … Continue reading
Do the Utah Lake Bridge Right
I agree with the sentiment in this Deseret News article that the environmental impacts of proposed Utah Lake bridge should be discussed. {Sam} Rushforth has been studying at {Utah Lake} for 35 years and said there needs to be an … Continue reading
Term Limits for All
One year ago today I pointed out that the subject of term limits becomes popular after an election. Like clockwork it came up again this year. Jim DeMint jumped the gun a bit by announcing three weeks ago that he … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National, State
Tagged amendments, civic participation, connections, Jim DeMint, term limits
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You Must Answer These Questions
Jim Matheson voted against the health care bills – that’s old news already. Some Democrats have, with varying degrees of seriousness, questioned whether they should run or nominate someone else for his seat – that’s not really fresh news either. … Continue reading
Posted in State
Tagged civic participation, connections, Deseret News, parties, questions
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Constituent Communication Can Innoculate Against Insiderism
When I wrote about a legislator’s role as an information analyst the comments initially centered on Sen. Bob Bennett because of a quote I had used despite my desire to not single anyone out. Later in the comments on that … Continue reading
Posted in State, technology
Tagged 2010, Bob Bennett, civic participation, connections, discourse, Orrin Hatch, reactions, senate, twitter
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Decision Time – GOP or ATTAP
photo credit: Pat Rioux When I learned that Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the NY-23 race, and even more when I learned that when she dropped out she endorsed the Democratic candidate rather than the Conservative candidate, it really got … Continue reading
Go Vote
I’d like to add my voice to that of at least six other blogs today by encouraging everyone who is registered to go out and vote today. (Props to Jason for posting four of those.) As this is the year … Continue reading
The Dangers of a Crisis Mentality
photo credit: paparutzi Soon after the election last year in the Wall Street Journal, Gerald Seib wrote about the opportunity presented by the financial crisis for Barack Obama. Perhaps he was simply reacting to Rahm Emanuel’s statement that, “you never … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National
Tagged change congress, Elevated, government, health care, issues, liberty, Obama, unconstitutional, Wall Street Journal
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