Tennessee Conservative
Nearly 3,500 Violent Crimes Were Reported In The Chattanooga Metro Area In 2020 — Or 613 For Every 100,000 People, A 16.6% Increase From The Previous Year. Rising Crime Rates In The Area Were Led By A 25.0% Rise In Murder Cases And A 34.5% Surge In Robberies.
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A Sweeping New Federal Program That Will Provide Monthly Payouts To Parents Kicks Off Next Month, And The Biden Administration Indicated There Is More To Come.
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President Joe Biden’s Latest Budget Proposal Fits The Model Of His Other Plans With Higher Taxes And A Spike In Federal Spending. But The New Plan Has Drawn Opposition Just As His Earlier Spending Proposals Have.
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A More Rapid Economic Growth That All State Residents Benefit From Would Likely Help Reduce The Share Of Residents Living Below The Poverty Line, Which, At 13.9%, Is Among The 10 Highest State Poverty Rates.
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A Group Of 43 Democratic Mayors From Across The Country Is Backing Plans To Provide Certain Low-income Residents With A Universal Basic Income. They Argue That The Way To End Or Reduce Poverty Is To Guarantee A Certain Level Of Income To Low-income Residents With No Strings Attached.
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Government Has A Poor Track Record Of Directing Assistance To The Poor. Even Before COVID-19, The Federal Government Spent More Than $4 Trillion Per Year. Only A Small Fraction Of That, However, Was Allocated To Those In Poverty. There Is A Wide Range Of Federal, State And Local Programs That Actively Harm The Poor That Should Be Reformed. Rather Than Asking The Government To Create New Programs To Help The Poor, Something It Has A Rather Poor Track Record Of Achieving, Let’s First Ask It To Stop Doing Things We Know Actively Hurt The Poor. Yes, Government Can Do Something To Help The Poor. It Should Get Out Of The Way.
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Violent Crimes In Tennessee Numbered 595.2 Per Every 100,000 Residents Of The State As Of 2019, The Third-highest Rate Among The 50 States.
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When The Coronavirus Found Its Way To Tennessee & Hamilton County Schools Made The Choice To Shut Down On-campus Learning, One Of The First Concerns For Many People Was ‘How Are The Children Going To Eat?’
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Continuing To Cripple The Economy In The Ohio Valley And President Joe Biden And Congressional Democrats Are Pursuing His Plan For Economic Recovery.
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Republican Tennessee Legislators Are Working To Defend Citizenship For Their Constituents As Biden Proposes New Immigration Plans To The House.
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