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Nanny State Update: Smoke Free Smoking Lounges, Ducking the Truth, Bag Bans and Soda Taxes
Friday, May 18, 2012 2:28 pm
The Nanny State strikes again banning and taxing your freedoms away one policy at a time. In this week’s update, we shed light on the true effects of plastic bag bans, the regressively of soda taxes, the hypocrisy in tobacco bans and more.
COGC Sends Letter to Congress Regarding NDAA
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:04 pm
COGC joined by Americans for Tax Reform, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance sent the following letter to the hill regarding the National Defense Authorization Act.
Nanny State Update: Regulating Lassie and Banning Baked Goods
Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:31 pm
After a week off, it’s an extra-large edition of the Nanny State update including bans on retrieving for golden retrievers, baking goods for bake sales, and hunting for treasure hunters.
Taking Someone Else's Money
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:22 pm
Fiscally responsible "austerity" measures force countries to rein in bloated, unfunded government liabilities, but the liberal backlash is taking its toll on European fiscal conservatives. The problem with European Socialism is that you eventually run out of Germany's money.
Vote Alert: ATR and COGC Urge the House to Vote YES on the Pompeo Amendment
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 1:22 pm
ATR and COGC sent an alert to the House of Representatives today, urging members to adopt Congressman Mike Pompeo’s amendment to the CJS Appropriations bill.
Healthcare Slush Fund Wastes Taxpayer Dollars
Thursday, May 3, 2012 12:46 pm
Wasteful expenditures authorized under Obamacare's government health slush fund are now coming to light.
Weekly Nanny State Update: Bacon Bans, Family Farming Foes and Hookah Hysterics
Friday, April 27, 2012 2:46 pm
This week in the Nanny State Update, the Department of Labor tried to regulate farm chores while a local township passed pig farming restrictions on private property. A Midwest community worries about environmental regulation harming their tourism industry and a private business owner fights stifling smoking bans.
COGC & ATR Support Ending Obamacare Slush Fund
Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:12 pm
Obamacare slush fund used to campaign for tax increases on consumer products under the guise of public health.
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