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mondoreb/Red Planet

Red Planet Cartoons kicks off a discussion of "free" government health care with this quote: “If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait until government makes it free.” –P. J. O’Rourke

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CATO Institute

Blue corn isn’t subsidized like white and yellow corn, and that’s just not right. The growers feel hurt and victimized and, you know, invisibilized. They want to be an official government-recognized crop. And, you know, get the loans and subsidies. L

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There once were four individuals named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. Every day there was always an important job that needed to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. However, Anybody could have done the job, but Nobo

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Reason(Jesse Walker)

In March, USA Today examined 25 programs, from Medicaid to the Earned Income Tax Credit. In nearly all of them, enrollment grew. Congress expanded eligibility for several, usually with the proviso that the recipients also work.

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USA Today

The law signed by President Clinton on Aug. 22, 1996, has transformed the way the nation helps its neediest citizens. Gone is the promise of a government check for parents raising children in poverty. In its place are 50 state programs to help those

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