Not only does Medicaid place an unreasonable burden on taxpayers, it fails to deliver a significant health benefit to the poor.

Simple math shows that the American Jobs Act is nothing but shortsighted, leaving newly created jobs unfunded after the first year.

The administration rosily projects that 'not a dime' will be added to the deficit, but this ridiculous promise is left to Congress to fulfill.

Rep. William Cassidy of Louisiana joined with Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and other presidential contenders to denounce President Obama's "anti-energy" policies during the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.

Sen. Elbert Guillory (D-Opelousas) has introduced a bill that would make possible for Louisiana to join with other states in forming a Health Care Compact (HCC). The idea is to move the responsibility and authority for shaping health care policy back to the states and away from the federal government.

Although organized labor has been supportive of ObamaCare, many of these same union organizations have sought and received exemptions from the law's consumer protection provisions for their own health care plans. The list includes the Louisiana Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, the Louisiana Electrical Health Fund, and the Louisiana Carpenters Regional Fund.

As long as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid remain intact, our national debt will be perilous. Additionally, any recovery strategy predicated on tax hikes and increased spending will be a failed one.