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What does ‘free’ Democratic Socialism really cost?

Local Commentaries

The promise of government-provided healthcare and other social programs without premiums, deductibles or copays has a powerful appeal. However, politicians promoting Democratic Socialism rarely answer a key question: What will it actually cost, and how will we pay for it? To understand what these promises mean for middle-income families, we need to look beyond the sales pitch and examine the numbers. Democratic nominee for the Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed recently said about universal healthcare that “it is guaranteed health insurance from cradle to the moment you pass away. ...

Other Voices: While the economy is growing, purchasing power is not

In Our Opinion

The economy is strong by conventional measures, but most voters don’t feel it. Gross domestic product grew 3.4 percent in the third quarter, the fastest pace in a year. Consumer spending increased 3.8 percent, and nonresidential business investment surged 12.7 percent, propelled by artificial intelligence and the data center build-out. At the same time, the final Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll before the midterms found that 75 percent of Americans describe the economy as poor or not so good. Forty-eight percent say they’re financially not as well off since President Donald Trump took ...

‘Get Off The Mat And Get Back To Work’

Local Commentaries

Whatever the reasons that elections turn out as they do, they have consequences. If statism of whatever variety is your thing, you’ll be enthralled with what comes from Capitol Hill and the establishment press in 2027 and 2028, all leading up to the 2028 presidential election. Americans ...

Canadian vote shows breaking up is hard to do

Editor's Corner

 Separation anxiety was mightily apparent during a vote in Canada last month. Oil-laden Alberta, which appears more conservative in its values than the rest of the country that proudly waves the maple leaf flag, will not be on its own anytime soon. A referendum that would have created a ...

Trick or Treat, “Voodoo Economics” creates wealth gap

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Without question, our representatives should promote the general welfare above powerful minority, special interests in our national economic policies. A representative, democratic government can behave in no other manner and continue to claim to be representative. It is not the so-called “elitist” Democrats, however, who left the working class behind; it was and is the Republicans. For decades, our politicians, especially conservative politicians, embraced economic policies based, in large part, on supply-side economic theory, that rewards the ...

Urban Deer Management program should expand

In Our Opinion

In 2024, the state Legislature approved a temporary Urban Deer Management Pilot program for Syracuse and Southfield to study new ways of dealing with expanding urban deer populations. The program has included placing bait within 300 feet of a road, taking deer from a public highway, use of a spotlight from a vehicle while in possession of an unloaded firearm, and additional exceptions for the discharge of firearms, long bows or crossbows within 250 to 500 feet of an occupied structures with notification of landowners or at distances less than 250 feet with written consent of all ...