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Medicaid Pays for 53% of Births in Arizona. Other States Are Close.

Written by Gary North on September 26, 2012

Taxpayers pay for over half of all births in Arizona. That costs the state $220 million a year. Or maybe $262 million. Nobody seems to know. The percentage keeps rising. It was 42% in 2000. That is the first step in womb-to-tomb welfare. This 53% figure is said to have caught politicians by surprise. If […]

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34 Facts on the U.S. Debt That Finally Silence Liberals

Written by Gary North on January 12, 2012

The U.S. government’s debt is bad. How bad? It’s so bad that liberals don’t even pretend to have an answer any more. They used to shrug it off. “We’ll grow our way our of it.” In a recovery this weak? With 8.5% unemployment? They know better. But Congress does nothing about this. It has no […]

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