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The group, America's Health Insurance Plans, released a report claiming that the new health care reform bill will drive up insurance premiums because not everyone will be forced into the system. Without a very large pool that includes healthy people, the insurance companies insist, they will have to pay out too much. (I'm crying crocodile tears here.) This might bring the public option back strongly if the dems finally say, "Enough of this crap!" We can only hope. NJ ...

Public option vs. bloated insurance companies. Link at bottom, clicky clicky. NJ ...

This is a great way to see the various options - I prefer the trigger option myself. Give the industry some time to prove they can be competitive, but then trigger the safety net when/if they don't (provided for all). http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/26/health.care/index.html ...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/21/health.care.cbo/index.html ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/11/trump-on-venezuela-im-not-going-to-rule-out-a-military-option.html This guy, Trump, is nuts and he is surrounding himself with generals...just like a Third World Banana Republic. He's going to pick war to distract from his absolute complete inadequacy. ...

These are clips from C-Span. They were arguing against what they are now doing. I guess it's not okay for republicans, but it is okay for them. Very interesting. http://video.foxnews.com/v/2859380230001/flashback-senate-democrats-make-case-against-nuclear-option/ ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmPfSIZWwKs&feature=related ...

Big Controversary coming up here in a little town outside Atl about Breast feeding in public What's the deal here ? Do you feel the Breast should be covered or exposed? This is what God gave us Breasts for Mother's to feed our Babies ..... When that milk comes in oh my !I never Breast fed did yall and if you did .... did you you ever have a problem ? It is such a natural thing ! ...

lie that it is the same as reconciliation. why oh why would ANYONE given credence to people that are demonstrably untruthful so consistently? I dont get it. ...

What is this?!?! Why, oh why, do people (men and women) wear these horrible pajama pants out in the world. They're everywhere! Dirty, flannel, ripped, ugly, lazy -- only to be topped off by wearing slippers, too! Making me crazy, but still not as bad as "pants on the ground." whew --- better after vent -- thanx ...

Moderator for having my suspicions about censorship. I received a very nice note from her, explaining problems she's recently been having (which I don't care to disclose), and I appreciate her reply very much. Thank you, Moderator, and I apologize for ALL of the snarky remarks I made. ...

Barack Obama has a reputation for being one cool customer. But underneath that aloof exterior lurks a hot temper and foul mouth capable of hurling obscenities, according to someone who knows him very well. More at link... ...

So many would be impacted. ...

BECAUSE I AM A MANBecause I'm a man, when I lock my keys in the car, I willfiddle with a coat hanger long after hypothermia has set in.Calling AAA is not an option. I will win.______________________________________________Because I'm a man , when the car isn't running very well,I will pop the hood and stare at the engine as if I know whatI'm looking at. If another man shows up, one of us will sayto the other, 'I used to be able to fix these things, but nowwith all these ...

Why are government employees so heavily unionized? Unions exist to protect their employees from the big bad employer, right? So why would we want to trust the government to provide us with their version of health care when their own employees seem to feel they need protection from them? ...

I went to grocery store, stood in line and cashier asks how am I doing? I stated, "DISGUSTED WITH WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR GOVERNMENT." Remind you, this is a very democratic state and democratic city I live in. This good looking guy next to me standing in line holding gorgeous flowers stated, "You and me both." "I am a doctor and I am leaving along with others and we are considering Canada." I looked at him and stated, "I am a medical transcriptionist and my pay h ...

What has your district cut back on? So far we have cut over 250 teachers and nearly 50 admin. jobs, extended the furlough days, cut 4 instructional days out of next school year, increased class size yet again, cut coaches supplements and completely cut out middle school sports for next school year. Elementary PE, music and art are also potentially on the chopping block. ...

Here's a great NY Times article "Even Critics of Public Safety Net Increasingly Dependent on It." It has a lot of information about what's been happening to incomes (dropping), expenses, and population and an interactive map of US public spending. Note, there's lots of information to support different viewpoints here. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html "One of the oldest criticisms of democracy is that the p ...

people came to watch. This inauguration isn't the great landmark in our nation's history the last one was, so "only" about 800,000 are expected to show up. I'd love to be there, but there's just too much going on here to leave. Sigh... Otoh, it might not be one of the better times to try to tour D.C. :) ...

I am appalled that in 2014 this question even is asked. Apparently there are those that do not think the government should be involved in matters of discrimination. If not the federal government, then who? Anti-discriminaton is a federal law and needs to be enforced just like any other law. Below on this board there is a post regarding an article of outrage because the Departments of Justice and Education sent out a letter to schools regarding discriminatory punishm ...

I was brought up in an upper Midwest rural microcosm known as "a small town". In my small town there was culture and economic class that was highly visible in a very personal way. There were the surrounding farms and ranches. These people were hardworking, average, normal people that kept the whole regional economy running. The town had the main street small businesses. The doctors and bankers at the top level, the business owners at the next level, the clerks and w ...

Illinois is broke and continues to flirt with junk bond status. But the state’s financial woes aren’t stopping 63,000 government employees from bringing home six-figure salaries and higher. Whenever we open the books, Illinois is consistently one of the worst offenders. Recently, we found auto pound supervisors in Chicago making $144,453; nurses at state corrections earning up to $254,781; junior college presidents making $465,420; university doctors earning $1.6 million; and 84 small-to ...

A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it. The CEO takes 11 of the cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, 'Watch out for that union guy. He wants a piece of your cookie. Pretty much sums it up. ...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/arizona.shooting/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 ...

Dave Johnson has written a very handy piece called: Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To Election Day: 1) President Obama tripled the deficit. Reality: Bush's last budget had a $1.416 trillion deficit. Obama's first reduced that to $1.29 trillion. 2) President Obama raised taxes, which hurt the economy. Reality: Obama cut taxes. 40% of the "stimulus" was wasted on tax cuts which only create debt, which is why it was so much less effective than it could have be ...

Here's the interesting new twist: "Opponents also are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test." http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUGARY_DRINKS_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-23-06-18-52 ...

Can you handle some good news? Because as part of Public Citizen, you just had a good week. Let me back up a step. In the emails I send you, I often mention that this organization gets a lot of work done. But sometimes even I am struck by the sheer scope and impact of what the several hundred thousand of us who make up this collective project called Public Citizen accomplish together. Take a few minutes to at least skim this update. I think it will make ...

President Obama dismissed the outrage over a consultant's remarks that the Affordable Care Act was passed using a "lack of transparency" that was benefited by "the stupidity of the American voter." At a news conference on Sunday in Brisbane, Australia, Obama was asked by Fox News correspondent Ed Henry whether he misled the American public about aspects of the Affordable Care Act in order to get it passed. “No. I did not," Obama responded, adding, "The fac ...

White House officials tried unsuccessfully to make Americans believe Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl served with honor and distinction because they think the public is gullible, says National Journal writer Ron Fournier."They have a fundamental problem at this White House … of thinking that just because we say something, the American people are going to believe it. We can pretend something is true that is not," Fournier said Wednesday when sitting on the panel of Fox News Channel's "Special ...

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