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This article summarizes eight services that are now available to women without any copay or cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act

While it seems like a great thing to offer, how does this affect the taxpayers? Where does the government get the money to cover the extra cost of the "free" services? Higher taxes? We are already approaching 17 trillion in debt and running a trillion deficit every year since 2009.

D. Barbara Boxer, a Senator from California, is part of a growing contingent of lawmakers that are bringing legislation forward regarding the need for labeling of GM food and ingredients. She believes that we should join a growing number of nations throughout the world that are supporting or have supported similar legislation.

Only 37% of raped women who apply for Medicaid funded abortions get the money. It is believed that rape exceptions are there to relieve anti-choice consciences more than they are there to make sure women in need get abortions.

This article is talking about The National Education Association's funding. The NEA represents half of the union members working for the local governments, more than any other union. The NEA represents all teachers in grades K-12 public schools. The NEA involves itself in many affairs and spends the most money in the political campaigns out of any major megacorporation or industrial association.

By Vicki Needham - 03/08/11 02:17 PM ET Eight Republican Senators introduced a bill Tuesday giving workers a choice as to whether to join labor unions, which they argue will boost the nation's economy and provide an increase in wages. Sen.

This site shows some very good examples of how bad it could be if net neutrality were to not exist. Some good points in the article would be: higher prices on internet and worse customer service to name a few.

If people get divorced the husband shouldn't have to continue to support the wife. Women are working and supporting themselves now more than ever so the husbands should have the right to keep their own money and not give it to their ex wives.

Here's an informative article on keeping God in the Pledge of Allegiance. God has been in the Pledge since it was written, why take it out now? God is written on our money, are they going to take that away too?

This article is about how smoking is a personal freedom that effects the many and not the few. It is a good public health verses personal freedoms

I believe that smoking should be kept away from others.

The only way to isolate the situation I believe would be to make cigarette illegal. The government will never let that happen though because of the amount of money tobacco produces for them. Until that day, we will still continue to see people suffer and die from smoking.

This website pretty much goes straight to the heart about where and why the cost of tuition is 2-3% higher than inflation. The other good reason I didn't realize is that univerisites are striving to be the best so they will spend more money which we end up paying for.

During a recent court appearance, Triana who was on the Chateau Versailles HOA board, pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot between the years 2005 and 2009, to place HOA board members in a community where they in turn paid her to come up with construction defect lawsuits against home builders in order to generate money for her co-conspirators.

The rise of college tuition is in correlation with the amount of debt students leave college with. College has become something of a luxury to some students. This causes less people to buy homes and in turn hurts the economy.

This article brings up a good point, should we allow an act of terrorism to force us to give up our own rights. If someone points a gun at someone on the street their first instinct is to protect themselves, so they will do anything. They will give up their hard earned money, their possessions, even their dignity by begging for mercy.

Facebook comes out with a new and easy to read guide on what information they have access to, and actually backup. Information such as what you search, what you say, and your aliases are, are all being kept. This information is considered, "non-personally identifiable information" and can be useful for marketing, the government, and anyone else who might want to dig up information.

Legalization of Immigrants in the Country would be a good solution to immigration problems. I think it would save tax payers money.

"Flint's state of emergency declared at municipal and state levels began years ago when the city suffered a financial emergency. The state took over the city's budget and decided to temporarily switch Flint's water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River to save money until a new supply line to Lake Huron was ready."

Family-planning programs boost incomes, reduce poverty, and ease the load on America's safety net. And yet, Republicans can't seem to condemn them strongly enough. Investing in reproductive health isn't just good for women and their families-it's good for the economy. (nmw)

If planned parenthood were to be defunded, it is predicted that the government would end up spending more in the long run on public assistance. Planned parenthood provides many services for women, one of them being birth control. Statistics in this article show that women who used birth control were easily able to finish school, find jobs, and create a steady life before having children. Defunding this organization would cost America more money in the bigger scheme of things.

The author believes planned parenthood is positive. It boosts the economy because those women have the chance to plan their pregnancies and prevent unwanted ones.

This is a perfect example as to what businesses are willing to do for more profit. To make more money they are sharing computing and storage resources, which can result in leakage of consumer information.