Advance Morning News
It's Thursday, February 20, 2025. Today, school closings and virtual classes, squeezing the wrong end of the tube to fix healthcare, and is it time to buy a new car with tariff's on the table?
BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUOTE
“My alma mater was books, a good library… I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
— Malcolm X
COMMENTARY: To Attack Waste, Go After the Source, Not the Patient
By Jay Brock
It looks like President Donald Trump has given the world’s richest man, Elon Musk—whom some are already calling co-president—the responsibility for cutting government spending. If Musk were serious, he would start with eliminating the roughly $1 trillion we will waste this year running our very broken health insurance system. It would save the government money, and it would save every taxpayer and consumer money.
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EYE ON AUTOS: Should I Hurry Up and Buy?
By Martin Davis
Cars are a major purchase. Be cautious before jumping into a purchase based on a fear of what might happen.
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