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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2009
To pay for President Obama’s dream of insuring almost every single American (“costing at least $1 trillion. . . yet [leaving] tens of millions of people uninsured”), Congress is discussing a VAT, or value-added tax, common in Europe, that would be applied to the cost of goods. So, let’s say, 5 percent more on everything [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2009
From The New York Times:
President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House official said Tuesday. The official spoke [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.