Reagan quote on politics as second oldest profession
The remark compares politics to an enduring trade attributed to Ronald Reagan, a figure who served as U S president from 1961 to 1989, prompting reflections on political maneuvering and career longevity.
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Ronald Reagan
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Britain budgets austerity to curb deficit and guide U.S.
A guest editorial discusses Britain's five year austerity budget aimed at stabilizing finances and limiting government outlays. It argues austerity may hurt vulnerable groups while warning continued deficits raise interest rates and slow growth, urging U.S. Congress to tackle out-of-control spending.
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Britain
Joseph Stiglitz
Guardian
United States
Congress
First Amendment text protection of religion speech and press
The First Amendment prohibits Congress from establishing a religion or restricting free exercise. It also bars abridging the freedom of speech or of the press and protects the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
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Who Is Responsible When Government Is Out of Control
A call for voters to remove incumbents and demand accountability as Republicans and Democrats share blame for deficits and corruption. The piece urges voters to support the nonpartisan Vote Out Incumbents Democracy and to exercise their constitutional power at the polls.
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Congress
Vote
Lincoln and Republicans through war and scandal
The text surveys Abraham Lincoln as a revered Civil War leader and founder figure for the Republican Party, then traces internal radical clashes, the 1876 Hayes victory amid disputed Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana results, and hints at 2000 Florida politics in George W. Bush’s era.
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Lincoln
Appomattox
Samuel J. Tilden
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
Rutherford B. Hayes
George W. Bush
al Gore
Tea Party echoes and misuses of Lincoln and Reagan
A reader argues that the Tea Party’s modern conservative stance mirrors past partisan missteps under Bush and radicals in Congress. The piece compares 2008 voter shifts to 1876, critiques Tea Party rhetoric as unconnected to Lincoln or Reagan, and urges Republicans to abandon power grabs and seek common sense measures with Congress.
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Jeb Bush
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Senate
Bush
Democratic Party
Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
South
Reagan
Franklin Roosevelt
Obama
Congress
Obion fire district fees spark party line debate
In Obion County Tennessee locals funded a fire district with a $75 yearly fee. A homeowner who did not pay faced nonresponse while his house burned. a paid neighbor prompted a crew to intervene. The incident sparked broader views on Tea Party Libertarians Republicans and Democrats and how public services should be funded and delivered.
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Sam Brownback
Obion
Obion County
Tenn
the Herald
America
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