October 25, 2011 - 6:00pm
Republicans Reject Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 26, 2011 - 9:01am
A Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Wednesday morning had bad news for Herman Cain and his tax plan.
The poll found only 36 percent of the total populationsurveyed favoring Cains 9-9-9 plan. The plan, which has become one of the cornerstones of Cains campaign, would establish the federal income tax and the corporate tax rate at 9 percent while adding a national sales tax also set at 9 percent.A majority of those surveyed -- 56 percent -- have an unfavorable view of Cains plan.
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GOP Senate Hopeful Adam Hasner Reels in Three More Endorsements
October 25, 2011 - 6:00pm
Adam Hasner Gets the Backing of 3 More State Reps for Senate Bid
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 26, 2011 - 8:11am
On Wednesday, former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner announced that three Republican state representatives -- all of whom served in his caucus in the Florida House -- were backing his bid to take on Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.
Hasner unveiled the backing of House Speaker Pro Tempore John Legg, R-Port Richey, Rep. Ed. Hooper, R-Clearwater, and Rep. Charles McBurney, R-Jacksonville, in a statement released on Wednesday morning.
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Builders Back Expansion of Casino Gambling in Florida
Submitted by Anonymous on October 25, 2011 - 9:17pm
Business groups continue to line up for and against expanding gaming as the wait approaches an end for a pair of South Florida legislators to file a bill that would allow more casinos in the Sunshine State.
The latest to join the ranks in favor of more destination resorts is the board of directors of Associated Builders and Contractors, Florida East Coast Chapter.
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U.S. Gives Florida Medicaid Pilot Program More Time
October 24, 2011 - 6:00pm
As acting state Medicaid director Justin Senior met with an advisory group Tuesday, he got an email on his wireless phone.
Federal officials were letting Senior know they want Florida to request another 15-day extension of a Medicaid managed-care pilot program.
The pilot was originally supposed to end June 30, but the federal government has repeatedly granted temporary extensions as Florida seeks approval to continue the program through June 2014.
"I'm going to get the whole three years, 15 days at a time,'' Senior quipped after reading the email.
American-Made Campaign Seeks to Build Housing Jobs
October 24, 2011 - 6:00pm
A U.S. homebuilder estimates that increasing the domestic content of new houses by just 5 percent would create 220,000 American jobs.
Anders Lewendal is putting his money where his mouth is, as he constructs a Bozeman, Mont., home entirely of U.S.-made products. And shattering the conventional wisdom that domestic goods cannot compete on cost, Lewendal, an economist-turned-builder, says the house's price tag is barely 1 percent higher.
Goodbye, Chinese drywall.
Ron Paul vs. Rick Perry: Texans Feud Over Budget-Cutting Strategies
Submitted by Anonymous on October 25, 2011 - 4:30pm
Rush Limbaugh likes it, but Ron Paul says Rick Perry's "Cut, Balance and Grow" plan simply tinkers around the margins of America's economic problems.
Paul, appearing on Fox News Tuesday, said Perry's proposal to begin with a $100 billion budget cut is too little. The Texas congressman has pledged a first-year spending reduction of $1 trillion.
And where the Texas governor envisions a balanced federal budget by 2020, Paul vows to get the job done within three years.
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Second Thoughts
October 25, 2011 - 6:00pm
Drowning in a River of Words
October 25, 2011 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- You step onto an airport's moving walkway, a flat metal conveyor belt that conveys travelers down an airport concourse, sparing them the indignity of burning a few calories by walking a bit.
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