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Healthcare, college tuition, and childcare prices exploded with heavy government involvement. TVs, smartphones, and clothing prices collapsed through market competition. Subsidies create donor lobbies that push costs higher. Neglected sectors face real competition and innovation pressure. Pattern holds across decades of data on price changes. Everything government subsidizes gets expensive, from medical to college to …
Parents in Michigan charged in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds. Boy was bedridden, neglected, lived in filth. They called vet for dog but not medical help for child.
The people in Queens and the Bronx have started to ask this very question rather loudly. According to recent reports, frustration is bubbling over in New York’s 14th Congressional District. Constituents are voicing concerns that their representative is more focused on building her national profile and chasing progressive causes than addressing the bread-and-butter issues affecting …
A recent survey by BadCredit.org reveals that 37% of Americans are neglecting their friendships due to the rising costs of maintaining social ties. 10% of respondents have even ended a friendship because of the financial strain, while 21% feel they spend more on their friends than their friends spend on them, causing resentment. The survey …
The new regulation in Canada removes any legal requirement for continuing care operators to provide a minimum number of hours of nursing care to residents. This means that there is no longer a standard set for the amount of care residents must receive in these facilities. As a result, there is a risk that residents …
Biden wants his war in Ukraine: “The failure of the United States Congress — if it occurs — not to support Ukraine, is close to criminal neglect” Biden wants his war in Ukraine: “The failure of the United States Congress — if it occurs — not to support Ukraine, is close to criminal neglect” pic.twitter.com/CJLrqtrMKp …
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