http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:21:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The debate over health care has reached a fevered pitch in our nation’s capital.  Over the last several months, millions of Americans have spoken out at town halls, have called and written in to the White House, and have even made personal visits to their members of Congress to express ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/11/06/pelosi%e2%80%99s-trillion-dollar-government-takeover-of-health-care-a-bad-prescription-for-america/ No matter how many different ways she scores it, Speaker Pelosi’s health care legislation will cost the American taxpayers approximately one trillion dollars.  Right now, the federal government is running a deficit – fiscal year 2009 ended with the government more than $1.42 trillion in debt – and our national ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/10/30/pelosi%e2%80%99s-government-takeover-of-health-care-hurts-seniors/ As Congress moves closer towards solidifying a health care reform package, one thing is clear: the Democrats’ takeover of health care is bad for small businesses.   H.R. 3962, the health care bill currently in the House has a price tag of almost one trillion dollars. As our national debt climbs to ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/10/29/government-run-health-care-not-what-the-doctor-ordered-for-small-business/ During this Congress, Speaker Pelosi and her leadership team seem to have forgotten the importance of following the proper legislative process so that the final product is a thoughtful and successful bill.  By refusing to follow regular order, the Speaker has crammed one bill after another across the House floor, ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/10/27/reading-the-bill-is-important/ One trillion, four hundred twenty billion dollars.  It’s an astounding number.  It’s more than the entire economy of India and enough to give every man, woman, and child in the United States $4700. It is also our country’s federal budget deficit for 2009.  That means that in the fiscal year 2009, ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/10/23/one-trillion-four-hundred-twenty-billion-dollars/ Last year, following a dramatic price spike in gas prices and very vocal call by the American people to increase American-made energy, Congress and then-President George W. Bush ended a decades-long ban on offshore drilling.  Even though the Department of the Interior has jurisdiction over our coasts, Congress had used ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/09/30/expanding-offshore-drilling-boosts-american-economy-creates-jobs/ No one can deny that our health care system has problems that need to be addressed.  There are those in this country who are without insurance, who are underinsured, and who go without necessary – and sometimes lifesaving – treatments each day.  In a country like the United States, this ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/07/24/for-the-health-of-our-health-care-system/ Recently, the Obama Administration and Speaker Pelosi have joined many of their colleagues to call for yet another “economic stimulus” package, like the one passed in February of this year, as a means to encourage economic growth.  As a reminder, the first “economic stimulus” package cost the American taxpayers a whopping ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/07/10/fiscal-responsibility-is-the-best-policy/ There has been a growing sense of frustration in this country over the rising cost of health care, and this problem has recently been compounded by our ailing economy as Americans are losing their jobs and struggling to make ends meet.  I know there are many families in Oklahoma who ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/06/19/government-run-health-care-a-bad-idea-for-america/ Since the birth of our nation over 220 years ago, the principle of civilian government oversight of our armed services and intelligence agencies has been the backbone of our national defense.  For example, the Joint Chiefs of Staff report to a civilian: the Secretary of Defense.  In addition, each branch ... http://www.redstate.com/leslieshedd/2009/06/03/who-is-misleading-who/