You see, we all want the same things. We want to be able to take care of our families, provide for our children, to have a roof over our heads and a good-paying job.
You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that`s a problem. It`s a fiscal problem for us.
With more than 67 percent of the Nation`s freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.
When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America `s disabled in 1965, about half of a senior`s health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals.