Government Mandates on Townhall

• An HHS Pork Mandate? Mon May 7
  Ken Blackwell
  What will come next? Will the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issue a <i>Pork </i>Mandate as part of ObamaCare? ... more
• Eliminating The Competition Mon Apr 16
  Alan Sears
  If there is a single defining feature of those on the political Left, it is their unswerving conviction that the best and most dependable antidote to any social ill is a healthy dose of government intervention. “Big Brother is watching you” doesn’t ring as an ominous threat in their ears; it’s the warm assurance of ultimate security and protection. ... more
• Obama vs. Catholics: The War on Religious Freedom Tue Feb 7
  Kate Hicks
• Newt’s New Contract Tue Oct 11
  Peter Ferrara
  Last week, Newt Gingrich released his 21st Century Contract with America, composed of 10 specific legislative proposals he would enact if elected President. In the 1994 Congressional campaigns, Republicans not only rode Newt's Contract with America proposals to Republican majorities in Congress. They maintained their House majority for 12 years, after Republicans had only held a House majority for 2 of the previous 74 years. ... more
• Powering the Future Sat Sep 17
  Rich Tucker
  Sometimes a politician can be on the right track, even if she doesn’t get things exactly right. “Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again,” Rep. Michelle Bachmann recently told voters in South Carolina. ... more
• So A Comatose Guy Walks Into a Bar Wed Sep 14
  Ann Coulter
  People aren't buying the left's emotional appeals about imaginary victims anymore. The audience member's "Yes!" was a way of laughing in the moderators' faces for trying to pull that crap. ... more
• Doing More By Doing Less Fri Jul 15
  Ed Feulner
  "They can grow the economy if they step back. They can stem the tide of layoffs if they lay off." ... more
• The Expanding Vengeance of Affirmative Action Sat Jun 18
  Carl Horowitz
  One would be hard-pressed to deny that mandating equal outcomes among racial and sexual groups over time has become the official coin of the realm in this country. What is perhaps most remarkable is the absence of any real political opposition to this regime. ... more
• Our Moral Dilemma Wed Jun 15
  Walter E. Williams
  Most of our nation's problems are a direct result of our being immune, hostile or indifferent to several moral questions. Let's start out with the simple and move to the more complex. Or, stated another way, let's begin with questions that generate the least hostility, moving to those that generate the greatest. ... more
• Legal Plunder Tue Jun 14
  USA
  "Government is a great fiction when everyone seeks to live at the expense of everybody else." ... more
• If the Government Can Make You Buy Insurance, They Can Make You Buy Anything Tue Jun 7
  Washington DC
  If the Government Can Make You Buy Insurance, They Can Make You Buy Anything ... more
• If the Government Can Force You to Buy Insurance, They Can Force You to Buy Anything Wed Jun 1
  Washington DC
  If the government can force you to buy insurance, they can force you to buy anything. ... more
• Newt Gingrich Supports Individual Mandate Sun May 15
  Washington DC
  In a surprising move, Newt Gingrich announced on Sunday's Meet the Press that he's open to supporting an individual mandate for health insurance. ... more
• Is Government Protecting Us or Limiting Us? Thu Apr 28
  Rich Tucker
  Children learn a lot in school. Maybe more than we intend to teach them. CNN recently reported: “One Chicago public school is telling students they can either eat cafeteria food or ‘go hungry.’” No homemade lunches will be allowed without a medical excuse. ... more
• In Calmness, Not Drama, Lies Republican Strength Mon Apr 4
  Carol Platt Liebau
  News reports reveal that the GOP budget plan proposes more than $4 trillion in cuts over the next decade, along with spending caps and reforms to Medicare and Medicaid. ... more
• Bigger Ambitions Lurk in the White House Vegetable Garden Tue Mar 8
  Julie Gunlock
  The media is swooning: Republican Governors Mike Huckabee and Chris Christie recently defended First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move! campaign. ... more
• Top 10 Political Lies of 2010 Thu Jan 6
  Larry Elder
  The biggest political "lie" of 2010? ... more
• Follow the Bouncing Buck: The Year's Highlights in Blame Shifting Wed Dec 29
  Jacob Sullum
  The Obama administration's refusal to acknowledge that coercion begets coercion when the government meddles in the health care market was one of the year's most memorable examples of blame shifting. Here are a few more. ... more
• Ethanol & Budget Cuts: More Deeds, Less Words Mon Dec 13
  Lurita Doan
  Republicans in Congress have taken giant steps forward to restore American economic vitality but, as the current tax legislation, up for a cloture vote in the Senate on Monday proves the GOP has yet to prove that they are serious about cutting spending. ... more

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