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Flood Assistance – Our Neighbors to the North

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:50:09 +0000

As we have seen in the past days, the volunteer spirit is alive and well in Nashville. We hope that none of our members experienced any major loss or suffered significant property damage.

In the efforts to help our neighbors and repair our city, we hope you will all do everything you can. While there are numerous organizations and efforts to which we can donate our time and resources, we wanted to make three particular ones easily accessible to you.

www.hon.org - Hands On Nashville can connect you to volunteer opportunities in and around the city that match your abilities, resources, and location. It’s easy to use and provides many options to serve.

www.nashvilleredcross.org – The Red Cross can accept monetary or item donations and provides opportunities to volunteer in flood-affected parts of our community.

www.tide.com – As the Tide Loads Of Hope truck is coming to Nashville this week, we wanted to remind you that you can support their efforts to provide clean clothes to our neighbors in need by purchasing a Loads of Hope T-shirt. The purchase price in donated and matched to help those served by the truck.

In addition to these, remember that most churches and civic organizations in town are still accepting monetary donations, non-perishable food, toiletry items, and other things to support those who lost or suffered damage to their homes. Many of us could walk a block or less and be at a collection site. Please help when you can and reach out to your friends and fellow Nashvillians.

In service,
The Davidson County Young Republican Executive Board

Photo Credit: Tennessean.com

Concealed Carry Class

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:02:52 +0000

The TYRF will conduct in a Concealed Handgun Carry Permit Class during the month of March. In order to conduct a class for our members (and their interested friends and family) exclusively, we need a commitment from at least 12 people.

The two-part class will be held on a Friday evening from 6-10 and a Saturday morning from 8-12. The classroom portion will be held Friday evening at Spring Hill City Hall. The shooting portion will be held Saturday morning in Columbia, about 10 minutes from the Spring Hill location. The cost of the class is $75/person. If you would like to participate or have any questions, please contact Kate at vicechairman@tennesseetomorrow.com

Careless Coercion & Healthcare

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:06:10 +0000

At a July press conference, President Obama claimed that “the average American family is paying thousands of dollars in hidden costs” because uncompensated health care for the uninsured drives up the price of medical coverage. In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, by contrast, he said uncompensated care costs the average family $900.

According to a 2008 report from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, both of those estimates are way off. The foundation’s analysis indicates that the true annual cost per family is more like $200, with uncompensated care accounting for “less than 1 percent of private health insurance costs.”

These numbers are important because the president’s main justification for requiring every American to buy health insurance, a central element of his reform plan, is that uninsured people unfairly impose costs on their fellow citizens. That rationale not only has a weak empirical basis, but it also conceals the real motivation for the individual insurance mandate, while dodging moral and constitutional questions about it.

To read the rest of the commentary by Jacob Sullum, senior editor of Reason magazine.