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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
What Pelosi and many others want is a big expansion of federal power, not a continuation of the bipartisan infrastructure status quo. State and local governments tend to have responsibility for infrastructure projects that are local in nature, such as construction work at public schools. In contrast, the plan being formulated by Congress would place Washington at the center of funding nearly all forms of infrastructure.
Biden’s proposed tax hike could amount to as much as a $2 trillion tax increase, the largest increase since 1968. High corporate taxes hurt workers. As much as 100% of the tax cost is passed on to workers in the form of lower wages. Raising the capital gains rate much higher than it already is could decrease—rather than increase—tax revenues.
We are headed towards 200,000 illegal immigrants entering each month, more than twice the current already-overwhelming rate. Since visa overstays account for, by some estimates, up to 40 percent of the unlawfully present population, that is going to add to the problem as well. As long as Congress can be stopped from making amnesty and open borders the law of the land, this is all fixable.
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
While we cannot control nature, we can tend to our vulnerabilities.
Natural disasters and their terrible impact on human societies have almost gone full circle. In the past, slow communication and the technical inability to monitor extreme weather meant that we rarely heard about disasters in far-away lands. Then came T.V. news, overwhelming us with heartbreaking coverage about natural disasters causing unfathomable damage to the developing world. Now, as the poor have gotten richer and the spread of affordable technology has allowed warning systems and protective measures to be put in place, we no longer hear about disasters killing hundreds of thousands of people – simply because that horrific destruction rarely happens. Take Amphan, the Super Cyclone that hit Bangladesh and India’s Northeast in May last year. Even though it was one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded and the damages made it the most expensive storm to hit the region, you probably haven’t heard about it. Why? It killed a grand total of… 128 people. The ideal number of deaths is zero, but it’s still a remarkable achievement for humankind that the death toll was so low.
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from National Review RIGHT BIAS
With all the trillion-dollar numbers spinning about government policy these days, it’s easy to lose perspective on the scale of recent federal spending. We decided to put the past year’s policy into perspective by calculating the future tax hike that would be necessary to pay the bills rung up since January, 2020. What the average American owes for the stimulus will shock you.
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from Newsweek
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, American weekly news magazineThe House voted on Wednesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act after 29 Republicans broke with their party to support the bill, which offered women protections from domestic violence, sexual assault and other harassment. Lawmakers approved the bill in a 244-172 vote following its lapse in late 2018. The Democratic-controlled House sought to renew the bill the following year, but it was held up in the Republican-controlled Senate. Now the Democrats hold a one-vote majority in the upper chamber and are hoping to garner the Republican support needed for a 60-vote supermajority that negates the threat of the filibuster. President Joe Biden, who first introduced the bill as a senator in 1990, celebrated its reauthorization in the House and called on the upper chamber to "strengthen and renew" the law.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate, that is the question. Where and when is the focus for those eager to receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines. What and why are the questions for the vaccine hesitant. Enthusiasm and hesitancy are split along familiar fault lines, according to the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor project surveying public attitudes. Urban populations are more eager than rural. Black Americans are more hesitant than other racial groups. Democrats are more enthusiastic than Republicans. But groups don’t make decisions, individuals will weigh the risks, benefits and ethical questions. The vaccine eager just need appointments, but the vaccine hesitant need information.
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