out of CONTEXT A compilation of quotations on a variety of issues by national, state and regional writers, well-known personalities, just plain everyday people and from various publications collected by the editors of THE ADVANCE. Quotes for our Times: Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall. com: Bill Maher: I'd like to have dinner with Trump again. He hopes he can for a simple reason: the man listens. He’s gracious and open to debate, two things that are noticeably absent from today’s Democratic Party. Maher dined with Trump previously, spoke about his experience, which he said was exceptional, and proceeded to get hate hurled at him. He couldn’t care less — he ate and met with the president of the United States. It's the honor of a lifetime. Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: Why did democrats fight so long - before caving? The short answer: because Obamacare was at stake. The Affordable Care Act is the Democratic Party's premier policy achievement of the last half-century, and it is gradually sinking beneath rising costs, making 'affordable' health coverage increasingly unaffordable. Without more taxpayer-paid subsidies for recipients, fewer and fewer people will be able to purchase coverage that Democrats once promised would be within everyone's reach. Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D, former Lt. Governor of New York State and author of Beating Obamacare: The home affordability crisis - not fake news. Behind the poll numbers is widespread discontent that the American dream of homeownership is far out of reach. Republicans hoping to make gains in next year's midterm elections better pay attention. Meanwhile, Democrats know where their votes are: renters. In many states, Democrats are pushing towns with mostly singlefamily housing to build apartment buildings, including units to be rented to low-income families. Trump identifies this as the Democrats' 'war on the suburbs.' Terence P. Jeffrey, editor-in-chief of CNSNews: This welfare program has a bigger population than California. By 1969, there were 2,878,000 people participating in the SNAP program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 2013, SNAP participants hit a peak of 47,636,000. In 2024, there were 41,703,000. That exceeded the 2024 population of California (39,431,000, according to the Census Bureau) by more than 2 million. ... Moving people into government dependency through programs like SNAP has not been a positive trend for America. A free and independent people who want to remain free and independent should not depend on the government for something as fundamental as the food they eat. Liz Peek, Fox News contributor: As shutdown ends, furious Democrats eat their own. Democrats are blaming the GOP for creating a 'healthcare crisis,' but that is dishonest. They voted for Obamacare, and they hid its true costs for years by offering ever more generous subsidies. And, they voted to allow those subsidies to expire. The cost of continuing those payments would be some $350 billion over 10 years, not including interest payments; the Trump administration wants to find a better path forward. out of CONTEXT A compilation of quotations on a variety of issues by national, state and regional writers, well-known personalities, just plain everyday people and from various publications collected by the editors of THE ADVANCE. Quotes for our Times: Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall. com: Bill Maher: I'd like to have dinner with Trump again. He hopes he can for a simple reason: the man listens. He’s gracious and open to debate, two things that are noticeably absent from today’s Democratic Party. Maher dined with Trump previously, spoke about his experience, which he said was exceptional, and proceeded to get hate hurled at him. He couldn’t care less — he ate and met with the president of the United States. It's the honor of a lifetime. Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: Why did democrats fight so long - before caving? The short answer: because Obamacare was at stake. The Affordable Care Act is the Democratic Party's premier policy achievement of the last half-century, and it is gradually sinking beneath rising costs, making 'affordable' health coverage increasingly unaffordable. Without more taxpayer-paid subsidies for recipients, fewer and fewer people will be able to purchase coverage that Democrats once promised would be within everyone's reach. Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D, former Lt. Governor of New York State and author of Beating Obamacare: The home affordability crisis - not fake news. Behind the poll numbers is widespread discontent that the American dream of homeownership is far out of reach. Republicans hoping to make gains in next year's midterm elections better pay attention. Meanwhile, Democrats know where their votes are: renters. In many states, Democrats are pushing towns with mostly singlefamily housing to build apartment buildings, including units to be rented to low-income families. Trump identifies this as the Democrats' 'war on the suburbs.' Terence P. Jeffrey, editor-in-chief of CNSNews: This welfare program has a bigger population than California. By 1969, there were 2,878,000 people participating in the SNAP program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 2013, SNAP participants hit a peak of 47,636,000. In 2024, there were 41,703,000. That exceeded the 2024 population of California (39,431,000, according to the Census Bureau) by more than 2 million. ... Moving people into government dependency through programs like SNAP has not been a positive trend for America. A free and independent people who want to remain free and independent should not depend on the government for something as fundamental as the food they eat. Liz Peek, Fox News contributor: As shutdown ends, furious Democrats eat their own. Democrats are blaming the GOP for creating a 'healthcare crisis,' but that is dishonest. They voted for Obamacare, and they hid its true costs for years by offering ever more generous subsidies. And, they voted to allow those subsidies to expire. The cost of continuing those payments would be some $350 billion over 10 years, not including interest payments; the Trump administration wants to find a better path forward.
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