Survey reveals Arizona entrepreneurs’ deep skepticism of federal funding promises

PHOENIX, Ariz., May 14, 2013 — In a poll released today by their leading association, small-business owners overwhelmingly oppose the high-stakes effort at the Arizona State Capitol to expand Medicaid coverage to all Arizonans at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level as envisioned by the federal healthcare law.

The recent survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB/Ariz...

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Pete Sepp is executive vice president of the National Taxpayers Union.

Whatever else you can say about the Obama Administration’s energy policies, you have to give it credit for consistency and perseverance. The White House consistently misrepresents tax deductions and other provisions as “subsidies.” And it perseveres in its years-long, disastrous campaign to raise tens of billions in new taxes on America’s domestic energy producers.

As my colleague Demian Brady at Natio...

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Liberals on the Supreme Court and in Congress refused to heed warnings as they brazenly imposed President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on the American people. Example:

“Our doctors have told us to be prepared for the worst because right now we can hardly find a doctor.”

Under a cloud of controversy, Obamacare has now entered its third year.

In its 2012 decision on Obamacare, the U.S. Supreme Court based its ruling on a convoluted interpretation of law. In a 5-4 decision, ...

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