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Pension Spiking Leads to Cronyism

MORE HOKUS POKUS AND LEGISLATIVE CHICANERY. Bill, Bill who’s got the bill is the game played by our untrustworthy legislators as taxpayers get saddled with even more pension obligations. In the past 3 months Governor Otter has made 4 appointments of legislators, who to say the least have been close friends of the administration for […]

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Idaho Freedom Foundation Sounds the Alarm

Idaho is under attack, and we are sounding the alarm. I thought long and hard this weekend about how I would tell you this, but there’s no other way to say it: the progressives are coming for Idaho.

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Stung by the Court! Is there still Hope?

As another chapter ends in the long saga of Obamacare, we find ourselves faced with more decisions in our lives on how to handle our healthcare protection. With the rapidly rising insurance premiums and exchange fees, there are few places to cut the cost of health insurance and still protect your family.

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The Gray Ghost and TPP

FUSAG, Comes to America Few acts of WWII deception were as effective as the First United States Army Group, aka FUSAG. Using inflatable tanks, planes, jeeps and bogus infrastructure build up that, from the air, looked like a huge army preparing to invade France via Calais.

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Only One Opinion Matters

Every day, media sources report poll results on moral topics such as same-sex marriage and abortion, trying to take America’s pulse on these issues. The media also frequently cover federal court rulings on abortion or marriage legislation the states have passed.

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Simpson, Crapo, and Risch Are Part of the Problem

I don’t care a whit about how well a U.S. senator or representative has done for a state, but when they vote the way these three did on the gift of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to someone as devious as Obama that’s constitutionally their responsibility, that’s one thing.

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An Answer to America’s “Racial Divide”: the Census

The first Census of the United States was in 1790. Census takers set about counting the population of the newly founded Nation under the Constitution. The information was to contain the names and ages of free males and free females, and a count of slaves owned.

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Why Hillary Will Never Be President: Part Four – A lack of transparency and accomplishments

During a recent interview with CNN, Hillary Clinton’s senior spokesperson, Karen Finney, stated that people do not really know Hillary Clinton. She went on to say, “You know, she is one of the most unknown well-known people.”

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Welcome to the United Nations of Idaho Lobbyists!

Well, here is something interesting that affects every citizen of Idaho. Lobbying is defined as “The process of influencing public and government policy at all levels: federal, state, and local.” A lobbyist is an individual who provides “local, state, and federal policymakers with points of view on public policy issues.”

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Idaho Property Rights Under Attack

Yes, Idaho is under attack from without and from within. Here in Gem County we are watching what took place in Payette County: the corruption of the county officials with the gas and oil industry.

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A Semblance of Fairness, A Semblance of Truth

For those who attended the special session of the Idaho legislature, this report will be a painful reminder of the proceedings. For others who are barely familiar with the event, it may serve as a point of information, lost in the near distant past and a precursor of the future if nothing is done to […]

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Think You Own Your Property and Mineral Rights? Think Again

Do you own your mineral rights? That was a question that I didn’t think should be at the top of my list when I bought my house. Until that is I found out about HB 464 with a quick google search combined with the term “authority over all persons and property public and private”; that […]

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