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Holly Benson for Attorney General

Notes From the Trail

A Different Kind of Crime

To many Floridians, the word “crime” conjures images of thugs with firearms, and shadowy villains skulking in alleys. However, too many people in Florida have learned the hard way that…not all criminals carry guns.

Health care summit proves meaningless, as Republican solutions fall on deaf ears

His highly touted health reform plan was on life-support. It was time for a second opinion. So last week President Obama finally invited the Republicans to the table.

Frivolous Lawsuits: A Hazard to Your Health

Frivolous lawsuits are not just affecting the economic health of Florida, they even may be a hazard to your health.

Excessive Government Regulations Stifle Small Businesses

Regulations are strangling small businesses—the very businesses that can create jobs and fuel economic recovery. Yet how does the Obama administration respond? By engaging in yet another new form of wealth distribution. Instead of paying down the massive federal debt, the Senate voted to increase the cap by another $1.7 million. Meanwhile, the President is expanding the failed bail-out scheme, this time filtering $30 billion through community banks. They’re just not listening.

Obama Plunges Forward Along the Same Failed Path

Last week I traveled to opposite ends of Florida—from Walton County to Miami and Palm Beach. On Wednesday I paused to listen to the State of the Union address. President Obama had a unique opportunity: to stand before the American people and outline a new vision for economic recovery, to map a course that heeded the voices of Virginia, and New Jersey, having heard the hew and cry from Massachusetts, and to change the direction of health care reform—away from a single-payer state-run system. Instead he plunged boldly along the same failed path of more spending, more government regulation, and more debt.

Two very different and significant events shake up our nation

Two very different events have dominated the news. One is a human tragedy on a massive scale. The other is a political upheaval reflecting a seismic shift in national politics.