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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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Shall We Take the Liberty of “the 1%”?

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off by

By Jane M. Orient, M.D.

For many, “the 1%” are the “super-rich,” the “millionaires and billionaires” (as if it didn’t take 1,000 millionaires to equal a single billionaire). “Occupiers” think that “the 1%” have more money than people should be allowed to have, so our government …

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Expanding Medicaid Will Decrease Access to Care

Jan 19, 2012 Comments Off by

By Alieta Eck, MD

“The purpose of profit is to encourage competition,” said NJ gubernatorial candidate Bret Schundler. Too bad he didn’t win in 2001, as his free market approach to our economy would have dramatically enhanced prosperity in NJ. Instead, as private enterprise has declined, …

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