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Does Government Give Too Much? Too Little?

Does Government Give Too Much? Too Little?

Scott Ott joins a television panel on WFMZ-TV69 to debate whether government is being too kind to others with your money.
Original Airdate: 5/24/2010 | Guests: Alan Jennings (CACLV), Charlie Gerow (Quantum Communications), Michael Donovan (Cedar Crest College), Scott Ott (Lehigh County Republican Party)

Imagine There’s No Nanny State: Should Government Pay Babysitters While Single Mom Works at Target?

Imagine There's No Nanny State: Should Government Pay Babysitters While Single Mom Works at Target?

State legislators ponder cutting government child care subsidies to single, low-income working women, but the specter of ending this feature of the Nanny State has journalists and other leftists alarmed. Scott Ott leads Bill Whittle and Steve Green on an adventure to imagine these programs didn’t exist. What would happen?
Watch Trifecta episode #3636 [8 min.] [...]

U.S. Census Questions That I Won’t Answer

U.S. Census Questions That I Won't Answer

We just received our census questionnaire from the Federal government. It comes emblazoned with a foreboding all-caps message on the envelope:
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW
This might lead you to believe you must answer all of the questions. The Census is, after all, one of a handful of Constitutionally-mandated exercises. The enclosed letter, printed on [...]