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$2 trillion. That is what the Congressional Budget Office said would be added to the national debt when former President Bush pushed through his two tax cuts and Medicare Part...

What do Republicans want? Who will benefit from their desires? Take the issue of health care. Every major nation on earth, except the U.S., has health care for everyone and...

What direction is our nation going? You decide. Socialism -- government owns business. Fascism -- government controls privately owned business. Communism -- government owns and controls business. Look what's happened...

Having run for the state Legislature, I have a different perspective on the business and Chamber concern over the health care reform law. My approach to the business community during...

We are confronted today with basically two visions of how our federal, state and local level of governments should govern our society. Boiled down, the two visions are: 1) individual...

We are confronted today with basically two visions of how our federal, state and local level of governments should govern our society. Boiled down, the two visions are: 1) individual...

Since the days of the Boston Tea Party, Americans (colonists in those days) have despised, indeed most seem disposed to hate taxes. While pondering this historical event and its possible...

WATSON -- Voters in the small Chippewa County community of Watson voted Tuesday for a change in their city governance structure. In a special election, voters cast 72 "yes" to...

Each of the Republican members of the 2008 House of Representatives is as responsible as Gov. Pawlenty for the current mess our counties, cities and the less fortunate among us...

As Brian Riedl of Heritage.org so very well explained: "The idea that the government spending creates jobs makes sense only if you never ask where the government got the money...

What will it take to turn this economy around? First of all, let me state for the record that I don't have a degree in economics from some prestigious Ivy...

ST. PAUL -- As the month of February approaches, farmers should prepare for the annual trip to the tax preparer. While each farmer's situation is unique, there are several items...

It is too often that our desire to get new things exceeds our ability to pay for them. This is not only true for children at the candy store and...