California, more examples of failed Democrat policies

From National Review June 2014:

"When Toyota stunned Torrance, California, by announcing that it is moving its North American headquarters to the Dallas [Texas] suburbs, [Democrat] Governor Jerry Brown retreated into denial: "We've got a few problems," he said.  "We have lots of little burdens and regulations and taxes, but smart people figure out how to make it."  The people at Toyota are, by most estimates, pretty smart, and they've figured out that the burdens in [democrat controlled] California are not small ones: They include the highest taxes in the country, a regulatory environment that chokes off enterprises large and small, and a state government that is, if all of its liabilities are properly accounted for, probably insolvent.  Toyota does not manufacture automobiles in California, which apparently is not much interested in businesses based on atoms rater than bits.  It does manufacture in Texas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama, and moving its headquarters closer to its operations makes sense.  Outside of Silicon Valley, California's economy remains in free fall - in March, the state had the nation's 4th highest unemployment rate.  One Torrance resident said that the Toyota move would "tear this place apart".  Honda moves its headquarters out of California in 2013, Nissan left in 2006.  California has enourmous advantages: talent, climate, ports, and more.  Its greatest gifts are natural; its economic disaster is entirely man-made [by democrat leadership]."

Healthcare Solutions By Republicans

There is general fatigue among United States citizens associated with hearing leftist (democrat) media personalities (journalism is supposed to be objective, and unfortunately there is no longer such a thing as objective journalists) claim "Republicans have no solutions for healthcare" policy.  This is false.  Solutions have been discussed by republican congressmen and policy pundits for decades.  One brief summary as stated by Jeffrey Anderson of National Review in 2014:

(1) Reduce runaway malpractice lawsuits.
(2) Allow citizens to buy insurance across state lines.
(3) Allow private insurers to offer lower premiums to consumers with healthy lifestyles.
(4) Provide a tax break incentive to the self-insured (those of us who have our own policies and not through an employer) and to the uninsured (those who voluntarily do not wish to spend money on a monthly premium for insurance coverage).
(5) Increase federal support for state-run high-risk pools to help those with pre-existing conditions.

The World Needs Heroes (#1)

From NY Daily News and CNN...January 11, 2014.

"A 14-year-old Pakistani boy is being hailed as a hero after he sacrificed himself to stop a suicide bomber from storming his school [a government boys' school]. Ninth-grader Aitazaz Hassan Bangash was walking to school Monday in the Hangu district of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when he and his cousin became suspicious of a man, dressed in a student uniform, asked where the school was.

 "The other students backed off, but Aitazaz challenged the bomber and tried to catch him. During the scuffle, the bomber panicked and detonated his bomb," the cousin, Musadiq Ali Bangash, told the reporter.

Aitazaz tried to grab the bomber at the entrance to the school with around 1,000 students — and that’s when the blast went off.  Aitazaz and the bomber, who was not identified in reports, died at the scene. Two bystanders were injured, according to witnesses speaking to CNN.

 "It was a great sacrifice to save the lives of hundreds of both Shia and Sunni students, who were in morning assembly," Musadiq told the network.

Aitazaz’s father, Mujahid Ali Bangash, 55, told Agensse Presse his son died a hero.  "Aitazaz has made us proud by valiantly intercepting the bomber and saving the lives of hundreds of his fellow students," he said."I am happy that my son has become a martyr by sacrificing his life for a noble cause." The tragedy, Bangash said, was cause for celebration. "Many people are coming to see me but if they try to express sympathy, I tell them to congratulate me instead on becoming the father of a martyr," he told AFP.

"I will be even more than happy if my second son also sacrifices his life for the country."