Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Nevada Politicians Abusing Taxpayer Funds to Campaign

  (Chuck Muth) – There was a large, almost half-page ad in Sunday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal announcing an upcoming auction being conducted by the Office of the State Treasurer. The ad included the date, time and location of the auction, the terms and conditions of the auction and the website addresses where you...

  Chuck Muth November 30, 2009
• Opinion

  The National Commission on Healthcare Reform—Part Three

  (Mike Zahara) – We’ve determined that what’s currently moving through Congress is not real reform, but more Medical Industrial Complex protections, posing as reform. Congress is beholden to too many special interests and a bad bill, at this point, is far worse than no bill at all. In this final piece before...

  Chuck Muth November 30, 2009
• Opinion

  Townsend’s Excuses for Raggio Way Off Base

  (Chuck Muth) - “In the Republican Party particularly, there is a fatigue with RINOs and moderate Republicans," Rush Limbaugh said recently, referring to "Republicans in Name Only." That fatigue appears to be motivating a recall of Nevada's Senate Minority Leader in Reno.

  Chuck Muth November 29, 2009
• Opinion

  She Who Shall Not Be Named vs. Lowden/Tarkanian

  (Rolando Larraz/Las Vegas Tribune) – The Las Vegas Review-Journal, the only daily and “largest newspaper in the state” may be confusing, misleading or misinforming the few people that read its newspaper when it comes to news in politics. First, the paper makes readers believe that its publisher doesn’t like Sen. Harry Reid...

  Chuck Muth November 29, 2009
• Opinion

  Tax Pledge Could be ObamaCare’s Undoing

  (Alexander Bolton/The Hill) – The Senate healthcare bill presents a tricky political challenge to Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Arlen Specter (Pa.), the only two Democrats in the Senate to have signed anti-tax pledges. Americans for Tax Reform, the group which persuaded Nelson and Specter to sign the pledge, will press both...

  Chuck Muth November 29, 2009
• Opinion

  Could losing House seat make Hayworth the McCain Slayer?

  (E.J. Montini/AZCentral.com) – Losing his seat in Congress was the best chance J.D. Hayworth had to advance his political career. If Hayworth hadn’t gotten beat by Harry Mitchell in 2006 he would not have wound up on local talk radio. And without a three-hour weekday radio program to promote himself and trash...

  Chuck Muth November 29, 2009
• Opinion

  Audit the Fed Attached as an Amendment

  (Ron Paul) – I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill. As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this action, the Federal Reserve’s entire balance...

  Chuck Muth November 29, 2009
• Opinion

  Palin, 11 — Biden, 0

  (Paul Jacob) – The old guns in the major media marshal their resources as subtly as they can to turn minds their direction, usually leftward. That’s so obvious that I don’t talk about it much. My regular listeners know that this is not a major obsession of mine. I comment on media...

  Chuck Muth November 28, 2009
• Opinion

  Unions, Energy Industry Tops in Political Contributions

  (Warner Todd Huston) – According to FollowTheMoney.org unions were some of the most generous with donations to political candidates and causes during the 2007-2008 donation cycle, the last cycle full reporting is known for. A close second place goes to the energy industry with Indian interests coming in third. Out of the...

  Chuck Muth November 28, 2009
• Opinion

  How Nevada Can Play to its Strengths for Economic Rebound

  (Lorraine Hunt-Bono) – We won’t have stable and consistent revenue sources for government until we have stable and consistent job and business opportunities for all Nevadans. As I read about the current “new” studies used to analyze and determine a Vision Plan to restructure Nevada’s tax revenue system and provide stable and...

  Chuck Muth November 28, 2009
• Opinion

  Obama Goes Wobbly on Student Performance Requirement

  Looks like the Nevada teachers union might not have to give in and give up the ban on using student test scores in teacher evaluations after all. The state law thus far has prevented Nevada from participating in the money chase for some $200 million of federal “Race to the Top” dough,...

  Chuck Muth November 28, 2009
• Opinion

  If Cortez-Masto Won’t Get Off Krolicki’s Case, Judge Should Toss It

  Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto's (D) witch hunt of Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki (R) is bogged down with ethical, if not legal conflicts of interest and the case ought to be thrown out of court.

  Chuck Muth November 28, 2009
• Opinion

  Ten Reasons Public Won’t Buy Senate Health Care Plan

  (Grace-Marie Turner) – At a time of record deficits and a $12 trillion national debt, President Obama and the Democrats are pulling out all of the stops to pass a plan that dramatically expands government powers over health care. According to a Nov. 23 Rasmussen survey, only 38 percent of Americans polled...

  Chuck Muth November 27, 2009