The SAVE Act: Didn’t Republicans once oppose federal overreach?

Republicans once opposed red tape — but now it's their favorite weapon

I have some minor medical issues. So do my kids. Tracking all our medical appointments, getting to the appointments, getting prescriptions, getting insurance to pay for the appointments and prescriptions, paying the bills – this takes up a not insignificant amount of my time and brain space.I am not awesome at handling administrative burden, but I can do it. Not everyone can.Imagine you are working full time at a low-paying job that does not pro…

Missouri’s red-tape Republicans are governing badly on purpose

The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City (Getty Images).I have some minor medical issues. So do my kids. Tracking all our medical appointments, getting to the appointments, getting prescriptions, getting insurance to pay for the appointments and prescriptions, paying the bills – this takes up a not insignificant amount of my time and brain space.  I am not awesome at handling administrative burden, but I can do it. Not everyone can. Imagi…

The SAVE Act: Didn’t Republicans once oppose federal overreach?

By Leon Reed Along with the long-since abandoned beliefs in “judicial restraint” (Republicans now applaud the most radically activist Supreme Court in the nation’s history) and “fiscal restraint” (Eisenhower was the last Republican president who EVER experienced an annual deficit smaller than the one he inherited), let’s add “federal overreach” to the discarded set ofContinue reading "The SAVE Act: Didn’t Republicans once oppose federal overreac…