Ryan A. Hilliard

It is time for a new voice in State Senate District 23

Truth in Government In 2009 alone state legislators passed almost 1 billion dollars in tax increases, which included a sales tax increase and an income tax surcharge. The same bill also reduced spending slightly, but this was...

A simple synopsis of the health care bill

I could make a myriad of jokes and sarcastic comments about the recently passed health care/government takeover bill that passed Sunday, but I will simply write this: The health care bill, which includes a host of tax increases, government...

The 2010 elections are approaching, and they matter

As the year gets started in earnest the filing period has begun for candidates seeking office in Orange County, North Carolina. The people of Orange County, which includes Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Mebane, Efland, and other communities across our state, face...

The Liberals want to win

As 2010 begins the debate continues on health care, the economy, the environment, and national security here in Chapel Hill NC and all across our nation, an interesting observation is noticed among those on the liberal side of the equation...

Democrats keep fighting reason

In almost any situation reason is the guide that delivers the best results. As President Obama and the Democrats continue their push to socialize the health care system and other parts of American life, they seem to have thrown reason...

Analyzing the supporters of government dominated health care

The health care debate moved front and center again this week, as Democrats fight common sense and each other to pass a government dominated health care plan in the Senate, after the House of Representatives finagled their version to passage...

Open letter to liberals

"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good...

Another week, another step in the wrong direction for Obama

President Obama will be adding, or further subtracting as the case may be to his resume this week with two more misguided speeches. The first one involves an address to the nation’s school children. What is...

Liberalism is the only thing that can stop America

The United States of America was founded by a group of colonists with a vision. What they created was the greatest country in the history of the world. A beacon of freedom, of liberty, of prosperity that has...

Democrats wrong about health care, wrong about America

America is not a socialist country, and the Democrats are learning that lesson the hard way. Obama, the Democrats, and MSNBC keep fighting for government controlled health care. They spend most of their time attempting to confuse...

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