Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin announced Wednesday that he was dropping plans for a government-provided health insurance system in the state, citing the measure’s cost.
The decision comes three years after Shumlin, a Democrat, signed into law legislation that paved the path for a single payer health system, called Green Mountain Care, by 2017. Under the law, state officials needed to come up with a financing plan by this year.
But Shumlin missed two deadlines for developing a financing plan before determining this week that paying for Green Mountain Care would have required drastic tax increases. According to the governor’s financial models, financing the system would have required an 11.5 percent payroll tax on all businesses in Vermont and a sliding-scale,
Putting aside whether the cost are worth it, or how the host countries itself would respond.
If the facts of the matter are that gang violence in Central America (which reaches into and has affected US citizens) is causing refugees to flood the United States, does that give the United States the right to act militarily in defense of its borders?
THIS is the kind of thing that needs to be happening - not any more of that "let's pass some more laws" BS.
Sic the states on the feds, not the feds on Big Tech.
(And technically, I don't know if "sue" was the right word to use in the thread title, but it's briefer than "file preliminary injunction against".)
PDF: Plaintiffs' memorandum in support of motion for preliminary injunction
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See this great Twitter thread by the LP's Mises Caucus:
https://twitter.com/LPMisesCaucus/status/1639934790026555394
But sure, let's talk about Trump and DeSantis and wokeness.
Sickening, right under our noses apparently. This is basically the new Patriot Act.
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NYC's immigration woes
Chicago's immigration woes
NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Illegal Immigrants Arriving in the City: ‘This Is Horrific’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/08/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-illegals-arriving-city-horrific/
HANNAH BLEAU 8 Aug 2022
Robert F Kennedy Jr to challenge Biden for White House
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65197673
Chloe Kim (05 April 2023)
Robert F Kennedy Jr has filed election paperwork to run for US president in 2024 as a Democrat.
The 69-year-old is the son of assassinated Senator Robert F Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy.
The environmental lawyer's campaign treasurer, John E...
https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/2024-presidential-election-polling
Trump and Biden are tied: Trump and Biden are tied in the general election matchup, with 43% support each, compared with a 1-percentage-point advantage for the presumptive Republican nominee last week. While Trump consistently led Biden during most of the first two months of 2024, the race has narrowed in recent weeks....
During Biden’s term in office —-> ban TicTok
Trump, if elected again —-> effectively bans free trade on automobiles.
Ban ban ban.
“When America can’t/won’t compete, it conquers.”
“When goods don’t cross borders, Soldiers will.”
Biden administration warns Texas it will sue if state implements strict immigration law
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-immigration-law-sb4-justice-department-threatens-lawsuit/
{Camilo Montoya-Galvez | 28 December 2023}
The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law...
Evolution or Corruption?: The Imposition of Political Language in the West Today
https://mises.org/library/evolution-or-corruption-imposition-political-language-west-todayThe Austrian, Vol. 8, No. 6 (pp. 4-14): PDF file]
Jeff Deist (30 November 2022)
Language is the perfect instrument of empire.— Antonio de Nebrija, Bishop of Ávila, 1492
Language is an institution in society. In both its...
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