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The Press-Dispatch H The way ahead more than $22 billion, and that's the president's signature program. All of these tax hikes can and must be avoided. The president should work with lawmakers in the House to craft a biparti- san solution before the end of the year. 2) Get the economy Continued from page 2 paign, we heard plenty of rhetoric about "wom- en's issues." But the most pressing issue for wom- en—and all Americans— is a good economy. Long- term prosperity comes not only from income but also from the ability and willingness to save and invest in the future, to help finance one's human capital and, for many, to build productive enter- prises. An important way to build prosperity is to encourage marriage. The married poverty growing. During the 2012 cam- cates, we need the U.S. Convention on the Law of the Sea (which often goes by the acronym LOST) for a variety of reasons. One of them concerns the oil and gas resources lo- cated in the outer limits of our continental shelf. LOST's proponents say we can obtain legal title to it only by signing on to the treaty. But under in- ternational law and long- standing U.S. policy, we already have access to these areas. Environmental activ- Sea treaty. According to its advo- Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Court report petitions for intrastate pro- bation transfer from Vigo County. James Clayton Brammer In re: search warrant. Christopher L. DeMoss Criminal Docket Pike Circuit Court petitions for intrastate pro- bation transfer from Ten- nessee. In Re: investigation. charged with count I, do- mestic battery, a class A mis- Edward L. Bowling II rate is 75 percent lower than the rate for single mothers. Yet the number of out-of-wedlock births has skyrocketed, from 10 percent as recently as 1970 to more than 40 percent today (for black Americans, out-of-wed- lock births are 72 per- cent). Welfare, tax and social policy should help and not hurt families. Meanwhile, unless we ists are high on the treaty, too. That's because they anticipate suing the U.S. if it joins LOST—to force America to adopt the rad- ical climate-change agen- da they've been unsuc- cessful at imposing. So far, at least. Groups such as Greenpeace would love a chance to make the U.S. pay in international court. And that's just what we'd do under LOST: pay. This treaty amounts to little more than an expen- sive power-grab by Amer- ica's detractors world- wide. President Reagan was right to reject it 30 years ago. The U.S. Sen- ate should do the same thing today. An election is a time to change course, contin- ued massive government spending and the surging public debt will gradually destroy the foundations of our economy and put the American Dream beyond the reach of our children and grandchildren. 3) Sink the Law of the Pregnant... or think you are? • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. 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That sounds fine. But the people who know the facts. Apparently he believes the former outnumber the latter, and the election results sug- gest that he may be right. Since most of the media cold fact is that minimum wage laws create massive unemployment among black teenagers. Conversely, one of the lowest rates of unem- ployment among black teen- agers occurred in the 1940s, when inflation virtually re- pealed the minimum wage law passed in 1938, since even unskilled labor was paid more in inflated dollars than the minimum wage law required. Even during the recession to minimum wage laws is just one of the ways that conservative principles of- ten work out to benefit those with lower incomes, more so than liberal principles that sound so much better as po- litical rhetoric. It seems unlikely that year of 1949, black teenage unemployment was a frac- tion of what it would be in the most prosperous later years, after the minimum wage rate was raised repeat- edly to keep pace with infla- tion. One of the few benefits of inflation is that it can in ef- fect repeal minimum wage laws, which politicians can do directly only by risking their reelection. Conservative opposition will never expose Obama's fallacies and falsehoods, it is all the more important for Republicans to do so them- selves. Nor is it necessary for every Republican candi- date for every office to be- come an expert on every controversial issue. Just as particular issues are farmed out to different committees in Congress, so Republicans can set up com- mittees of outside experts to inform them on particular is- sues. For example, a committee on income and poverty could be headed by an expert like Robert Rector of the Heri- tage Foundation. This is a subject on which demonstra- ble falsehoods have become the norm, and one on which devastating refutations in plain English are readily available from a number of sources. A committee on the coun- CONNECT Barack Obama's success is his ability to say things that will sound both plau- sible and inspiring to unin- formed people, even when they sound ridiculous to Governor Romney had time to learn about such things during this year's busy elec- tion campaign. He was like a rookie quarterback with just a few seconds to try to fig- ure out the opposing team's complex formations before the ball is snapped. One of the secrets of terproductive effects of lib- eral policies such as mini- mum wage laws on minor- ities could be headed by someone like economist Walter Williams. Here too, there are many writings in plain English that could ex- pose the huge harm done to minorities by liberal pol- icies that claim to be help- ing them. It is not necessary to ex- essary is for Republicans themselves to understand the urgent need to do so, for their own sake and—more important—for the coun- try's sake. plode every single lie put out by liberal Democrats. All that is necessary is to thoroughly discredit a few of their key claims, expos- ing them as liars. What is even more nec- H Points to ponder Continued on page 2 Church should not be de- fined as gay bashing and homophobic over this issue. The moniker "Open Minds, Open Hearts, Open Doors" still stands. I have always felt that if people are not happy with- in their own church group, there are many other con- and what occurred in Tam- pa this year was just another skirmish or battle; the war is yet to be won. The United Methodist gregations where they could attend that align itself with their beliefs. Try the Episco- pal Church USA, the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church, the United Church of Christ, or the other 18 denomina- tions in America that have gay friendly policies. The prophet Amos wrote, "Can two walk together, ex- cept they be agreed?" It seems the LGBT consor- tium demands that everyone get in lockstep with them. Think about it! Your college student is already plugged in. Why not connect them with news from their hometown? There is no need to wait for the mail, get NETedition and your student will have their news Wednesday. netedition your student pressdispatch.net/edition SUBSCRIPTION COLLEGE Just $18 per year for a NETedition or paper subscription. Call Today 354-8500 Web, Smartphone, Tablet Call 354-8500 today to plug in your student!