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Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

Originally published December 6, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” ~ James Madison, 1829 So, all quiet on the health care front? Definitely not. There were recent news reports about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consolidate and hear several health care law […]

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Reasons U.S. in Trouble: There Are Signs Everywhere (Literally)

Originally published September 7, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 16, 2014. 3 Comments

Reasons U.S. in Trouble: There Are Signs Everywhere (Literally)

Updated October 13, 2012 Note: Even if you don’t live in Nebraska, you are likely to find this article of interest. In fact, we would ask you to read it and see if you notice similar phenomena in your area. If so, we encourage you to leave comment (see bottom). A few weeks ago, Linda […]

Filed Under: Agenda 21, Budget, Featured, Government Spending, Health Care, Immigration, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, Sustainable Development, Taxes, Welfare Tagged With: chris beutler, cleaner greener lincoln, commercial real estate bubble, commercial real estate bubble nebraska, community action partnership, coventry nebraska, department of health and human services, doctor bear, early childhood education, english as official language, entitlement programs, first five nebraska, fraud waste abuse welfare programs, government advertising, government advertising welfare programs, government billboards, head start, health care fraud, health care reform, hell's grannies, lancaster and saunders counties, lancaster county saac, lancaster county substance abuse action coalition, lincoln council on alcoholism and drugs, lincoln energy challenge, lincoln real estate, lincoln real estate bubble, lots of for sale signs lincoln businesses, mayor beutler, medicaid, medicaid enrollment, medicare, monty python, mortgage meltdown, nebraska businesses, nebraska constitution, nebraska medicaid, nebraska primary industries by sector, nebraska senior medicare patrol, nebraska seniors, nebraska shiip, obamacare, omaha diversity manuals, putting the aid in medicaid, schips program, size of government nebraska, smp nebraska, sober kids, soberkids.org, stimulus funds, Sustainable Development, united healthcare, wasteful government spending, welfare enrollment, welfare nebraska, welfare programs

10 Untold Truths About Health Care Law State Officials Hope You Miss

Originally published January 29, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 8, 2014. 10 Comments

10 Untold Truths About Health Care Law State Officials Hope You Miss

Updated May 2012: To clarify it’s overall message: State officials hope you miss the truths listed here simply because most of them and their predecessors in office have painted themselves into a corner. Please share this with anyone you know who does not want the health care law implemented. While this article has been written […]

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Lame Duck Session: Earmarks, Tax Cuts & More…Greasy Pork…or Red Herrings?

Originally published December 23, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 23, 2010. 1 Comment

Lame Duck Session: Earmarks, Tax Cuts & More…Greasy Pork…or Red Herrings?

By Shelli Dawdy During this seemingly endless lame duck session of Congress, there have been several pieces of onerous legislation discussed, debated, and commented on. Recognizing the likelihood of a historical drubbing on Election Day,  Democrats withheld action on key legislation, clearly planning an effort to pass their wish list before losing their current level […]

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Et tu, Senator Johanns? First Food Safety, Now Unemployment Extension?

Originally published December 5, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 5, 2010. 2 Comments

Et tu, Senator Johanns? First Food Safety, Now Unemployment Extension?

By Shelli Dawdy Earlier this week, the Senate passed a food safety bill that would grant sweeping new powers to the FDA, that would add $1.4 billion in costs to the federal budget, and that stands to hurt small farms. As we noted in our article on the subject, Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns voted for […]

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Charity Without Government: Clinic With A Heart

Originally published September 14, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 14, 2010. Leave a Comment

A GiN Toast goes to the Clinic With A Heart featured in the September 7 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star. The seven year old project shows how private citizens, churches, and businesses working together can provide for the needy within their community – without government support. We applaud the very hard work over the […]

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NE Think Tank Has a Lot In Common With Pelosi

Originally published September 2, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated April 29, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Think Tank Has a Lot In Common With Pelosi

In early July, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explained to reporters that unemployment benefits would, yet again, be extended because, of course, those benefits are actually a job creator and among the best forms of economic stimulus available… This assault on common sense and reasoning is not well received when coming from a Democrat, but most […]

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Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell As Sweet

Originally published August 10, 2010, By Linda. Updated January 25, 2011. Leave a Comment

Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell As Sweet

This article was first published on the GiN site on April 22, 2010 and in a slightly edited form under the title “Churches misguided in opting for a government solution” in the Lincoln Journal Star as a local view column on April 30, 2010. We are republishing this article as it’s sequel “Charity…Entitlements…Do Names Matter” […]

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Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell as Sweet

Originally published April 22, 2010, By Linda. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell as Sweet

Next legislative session, a coalition of churches will ask Nebraska state senators to reinstate prenatal services for unborn children in all low-income families, including those here illegally. In the meantime, the member churches intend to educate their congregations about the moral implications of providing this care. As a Christian, I agree we have a responsibility […]

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