Lehigh Valley Conservative

“The connection between earnings and education is unmistakable, yet overlooked in America’s current public policy debates”
This is stated in Investors.com. The liberals in politics know this but refuse to do anything about it. Are they afraid that the poorly educated would riot? Are the poorly educated accustomed to being fed by the government? Would those […]

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This is outrageous—read the link— the story goes back to Jan. 2011
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_717837.html
You must not wonder why the people think there is something very much wrong on all levels of government, including the school districts around the state. With these types of things happening at the State level, with it being so much the worst at […]

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What is educational choice? Is it the school voucher plan or a tuition tax credit plan where by the parents will be carried away with some bold plan of future control of their children—–by government?
Some sort of voucher or tax credit scheme will be implemented by pressures from both the parents and a forced effort […]

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Here is a quick overview of the meeting last night put on by State Rep. Marcia Hahn. I have left out two names to protect those individuals (last paragraph) and of the person who wrote this.
This is about as objective a report as you will get from anyone who happened to be at the meeting […]

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This has happened in my city—-and the people are rising up.
Watch it—–and go out and vote in November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHXAScHC8F8&feature=youtu.be

We are quickly coming to a place that all will know were they and the body politic stand—–there will be　NO gray areas—No confusion as to right and wrong—No emotionalism—–all that will be left is the　fight for the survival […]

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This was my letter to the editor (below) which appeared in the local newspaper August 2011.  Below my letter to the editor is Senator Boscola’s letter to me.
Replace School Property Tax with Sales Tax;
Why should we replace the school property tax?  The real question is: “Why shouldn’t we?”
With staggering declines in property tax revenues, the […]

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When I see things like this it takes my breath away, for my immediate thoughts are on the what ifs of the situation. You read this paragraph and tell me what your first thoughts are.
Quoting from the article;
“CACLV gets Foreclosure Funding” Bethlehem Press Carol Smith 8/10/11
“According to a letter to council written by Alicia Karner, […]

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Wendy Gramm (Senator Gramm’s wife) served on the board of Enron after being chair person of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 1988-1993.
Robert Scheer’s book “The Great American Stickup” 2010 tells the part she played in deregulation. It has been alleged Wendy Gramm did more then any other person to do away with any […]

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The fight going on in Wisconsin is about several issues. One is the State trying to get costs down to balance the budget. The unions don’t seem to care about the damage they are doing to the long term job market in the state. As taxes go higher and higher to satisfy the unions and […]

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An excerpt from an article from Michelle Malkin’s website.
“Yesterday, I published a letter of support for GOP Gov. Scott Walker from a public school teacher in Tennessee.

Another teacher e-mailed me her letter of support from California:
Dear Gov. Walker:
I am so sorry you are getting pounded by those teachers, students and Unions. As a […]

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