Governor Schwarzenegger’s health-care plan/debacle is raising a lot of concern from free-market oriented groups all around the country. Today’s major column from noted Wall Street Journal editorial writer John Fund, a native Californian, is required reading for anyone following the politics of the Governor’s proposal. Fund not only takes to task the Governor’s healthcare proposal, but really lays him out for having the audacity to call the billions of dollars in tax increase within it "fees" — it belies all credibility.
But if that isn’t enough, in today’s issue of National Review on line, there are not one, not two, but three columns blasting the Governor’s proposal as an embrace of liberalism and as an embrace of big government.
Today’s Golden Pen comes from the San Diego Union Tribune, which rightly points out that the Schwarzenegger Administration should be making plans now to deal with the massive impact of having to properly account of unfunded pension liabilities. There is no doubt that this will create massive red ink for the state, and we should be factoring this into the state’s financial picture now, rather than waiting years until final ‘studies’ are complete.
Today we feature two exclusive columns on the main page of the FR:
The first is an exclusive interview with Brad Mitzelfelt, who on January 10th was sworn in as the newest member of the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors. Of course, many FR readers will recall that for the first year of this website, Brad was this website’s San Bernardino County Correspondent. Brad is a great conservative, and will do a great job in his new challenging position with the County.
Also in today’s FR is a column that was submitted by Bruce Biolasky. Bruce is a great guy, and is a talented writer, who has penned items for this site from time to time. He had some very… Strong thoughts…after reading in newspaper that the Governor had paid ‘bonuses’ to several member of his senior government staff — from his campaign funds. Bruce’s column is certainly worth a read!
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