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ANOTHER VIEW: Call it MABA: Making America Broke Again
By Jack Bernard | Only one president in recent years accomplished the goal of balancing the budget. That was Bill Clinton. He had budget surpluses for fiscal years 1998–2001, the only such years from 1970 to 2023. Donald Trump’s record from 2017-2020 conclusively illustrates the fact that he supported excessive spending.
ANOTHER VIEW: On the problems retaining doctors
By Jeff Gorke | This is written in response to Jack Bernard’s Sept. 27, 2024 perspective, “Full Medicaid Expansion.” I appreciate Jack addressing a confounding issue that has plagued the United States since employer-sponsored healthcare began. He makes some good points. But as someone who’s worked in healthcare for more than 30 years, the remedies suggested don’t cure what ails us.
ANOTHER VIEW: 3rd installment on looking at Project 2025
By Jack Bernard | This final article spells out the way that the Trump administration would approach major policy areas. Although the Trump campaign has taken great pains to distance itself from Project 2025, it was written by previous Trump appointees. If he is elected, it will undoubtedly be the basis for quickly seeking to reorganize the federal government, to the detriment of taxpayers.
Gwinnett Forum | April 25, 2025
“It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.”
– Curmudgeon American Journalist H.L. Mencken (1880-1956).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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