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Donny Ferguson

Donny Ferguson has written 19 posts for SmallGovTimes.com

Drooping polls undercut scripted protest claims

The White House’s claim that large and boisterous protests against health care reform over the past week have been scripted performances, underwritten by industry lobbyists and the Republican Party, continues to run into a stubborn reality check: public polling on the matter.

Are you ready for Obama’s health care rationing?

Have a sick child? Then you’d better get used to a government waiting list.  That’s because while Barack Obama is trying to sell his proposed federal takeover of the entire health care system with promises of lower costs and more choices, it’s about as honest a pitch as that ad in the back [...]

GOP heaps praise on “mainstream” Sotomayor, will not filibuster

CNN reports today that not only will Republicans not attempt to block the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, but top Senate Republicans even went to far as to praise her record — one of opposition to individual, property and gun rights — as “mainstream.”

Government-run health care MORE expensive than private care

Health care researcher Dr. Jeffrey H. Anderson, writing in today’s Investor’s Business Daily, reveals the troubling findings of research into government-run health care programs.  Despite Barack Obama’s promises that his proposed government takeover of doctor’s offices will somehow reduce costs, the facts show exactly the opposite is true.

Gay critics say ‘too little, too late’ from Obama

CNN reports that Obama’s attempt to buy off gay activists with federal benefits, after the White House compared them to pedophiles in a legal brief opposing gay marriage, is “too little, too late.”

Report likely shows Obama healthcare takeover unaffordable

In a move that would have made Ken Lay proud, Democrat congressional leaders are expected to deal with the huge price tag of Barack Obama’s government takeover of health care in a unique way — ditching the estimates prepared by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office and replacing them with the nunbers prepared by the politically-appointed [...]