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VIDEO: Why Are Your Payroll Taxes So High?

Did you know the government deducts money out of every paycheck you get? Do you know where that money goes? Watch this short video on payroll taxes to learn more.

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VIDEO: USS Iowa Battleship

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VIDEO: Don’t Compare Yourself to Others

Have you ever envied someone else’s success? Do you sometimes wish you had another person’s life? Well, comedian Tom Shillue explains why comparing yourself to other people will put you on the fast track to an unhappy life.

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Mixed results for Iowa student achievement as education spending increases

Click here: Mixed results for Iowa student achievement as education spending increases
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Des Moines Public School Board Unanimously Approves “Sanctuary” Resolutions

Click here: “Schools shall not permit ICE officials to access students, their families or district staff and contractors at schools without having first contacted and processed their request and all relevant documentation through the superintendent,” Des Moines School Board Chair Teree Caldwell-Johnson says.
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WBHS Large Group Speech Showcase

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Mason Forquer (top) and Braxtyn Freeman (on back) perform “Improv Tonight!” in the First Annual Large Group Speech Showcase at West Burlington High School Auditorium Thursday night.
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Samantha Myers performs “World’s Worst Nanny” as a Solo Mime in the First Annual Large Group Speech Showcase at West Burlington High School Auditorium Thursday night.
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Adriana Moad with Braxtyn Freeman performs in “Another Hundred People” in the First Annual Large Group Speech Showcase at West Burlington High School Auditorium Thursday night.
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Makenna Brockett with Braxtyn Freeman performs in “Another Hundred People” in the First Annual Large Group Speech Showcase at West Burlington High School Auditorium Thursday night.
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Athena Moad with Braxtyn Freeman performs in “Another Hundred People” in the First Annual Large Group Speech Showcase at West Burlington High School Auditorium Thursday night.
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Eric Fields (far left), HS/JH Language Arts Instructor, addresses the audience after members of the Large Speech Group finished their performance of “Hearing the Silent Cry” in the First Annual Large Group Speech Showcase at West Burlington High School Auditorium Thursday night.
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VIDEO: What’s Holding the Arab World Back?

What’s holding the Arab world back? Why, by nearly every measure, are Muslim nations so far behind the West economically, culturally and scientifically? Bret Stephens, Global View columnist for the Wall Street Journal, explains.

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VIDEO: Why Is America So Rich?

Why is America the world’s richest nation? Is it mostly because of the government, or is it thanks to entrepreneurs and businessmen? Historian Burt Folsom of Hillsdale College explains.

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VIDEO: Paris Climate Agreement Won’t Change the Climate

The Paris Climate Agreement will cost at least $1 trillion per year, and climate activists say it will save the planet. The truth? It won’t do anything for the planet, but it will make everyone poorer–except politicians and environmentalists. Bjorn Lomborg explains.

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VIDEO: History of the Democratic Party

Click here: Walk through the dark history of the Democratic Party and how we must learn from the past to be able to change the future for the better.