By: Randy Evans
Last October, the Evans Report made this prediction:
In 2013, Georgians — especially Georgia businesses — will pay higher, indeed likely much higher, insurance premiums. It will not be the result of any action (or inaction) by Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, Gov. Nathan Deal or the Georgia General Assembly. Instead, it will be the product of a series of unprecedented decisions made by the Georgia Supreme Court.… Read more...
By: The Citizen
The story of the March 2013 EU bailout of Cyprus continues to unfold and the devil is in the details. This case is a benchmark in US financial history because the status of shareholders of bank stock and bonds and of bank depositors has changed. By now, most of us know that the banks in several European nations are insolvent, that is, they do not have sufficient … Read more...
Monday, April 8, 2013 – Angela Bean
Angelia Bean is the Acting Chair of the South Atlanta Tea Party of Fayette County, Board Member of the Fayette County Republican Party, and Madison Forum Advisory Board Member. Ms. Bean’s presentation is on the Common Core education program whose goal is to nationalize our local education system, and how Georgia’s schools will be affected by the implementation of Common Core.
Q&A Session… Read more...
By: Randy Evans
With Georgia’s 2013 General Assembly winding up, Georgians can be thankful that the legislature has again guided Georgia through some tough economic times. Balancing budgets (as Georgia must do under its Constitution) during tough economic times is no easy task. This is especially true as unfunded federal mandates take full effect, including no less than the Affordable Care Act.
Notably, Georgia’s General Assembly and Gov. Nathan Deal … Read more...
Dr. Melvyn Fein, Professor of Sociology at Kennesaw State University discusses five values most Americans share under the heading of “Morality”. This is the presentation he made to the Madison Forum on March 30, 2013. The five values are: “Honesty”, “Responsibility”, “Fairness”, “Family” and “Liberty”. The presentation is split into two parts:
… Read more...By: Les Dunaway
The folks screaming for more gun laws after the Connecticut tragedy don’t seem to be aware of Chicago.
Chicago has been a lab experiment in gun rights and in the significance of the Second Amendment since the days of Al Capone.
… Read more...By: Randy Evans
On paper, Republicans have probably never had a better shot at regaining control of the U.S. Senate than in 2014. Currently, Democrats hold a 55-45 margin over Republicans. Yet, 35 U.S. Senate seats will be up for grabs in 2014 with 21 currently held by Democrats.
… Read more...By: Randy Evans
The ink is barely dry on legislation to help plug a hole in the state’s Medicaid funding formula and state officials are already scrambling to find a way to fill another $390 million pending shortfall in the health-care program for 1.7 million low-income residents.
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