Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
Monday, July 6th, 2009
For all you deficit hawks out there, fretting that universal health care coverage would bankrupt the country, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post offers an interesting graph, showing what might happen to our deficit situation, if we adopt european-style health care. The rising line — that's the status quo/GOP + ...
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Pardon my preemptive cynicism, but it's looking more and more like our industry-owned Congress will send President Obama a placebo health bill with no public option and not so much as a hint of discussion of a single-payer plan.
So I'm taking a vote on proposed bill names:
No Profit Left ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Hey Lindsey and Jimbo!
You probably missed this lesson in real leadership and courage on health care, offered by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, so here's a clip for your edification:
Exorbitant Pay for Health Insurance CEOs ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
What if we ran fire departments the way we run the health care system?
For a light look at all of the ridiculous arguments against universal health care, check out all of the videos at HAARM.org (Health Americans Against Reforming Medicine).
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Forgive me Dear Reader, it has been 5 months since my last confession post. A lot has happened since AnyIdiot went dark:
My marriage nearly collapsed from neglect, partly because a PIG lives in my head, and partly because I was putting so much time into this blog and posting at ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Jack Clark of Blast The Right podcast recently posted a great list of 5 questions that really drive home the difference between government run by conservatives and that of liberals.
1 - Are you happy that one third of the toys sold in the US are contaminated with dangerous chemicals harmful ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Last Friday Countdown's Keith Olbermann brilliantly cataloged the Real Bush Legacy. The MSNBC crew finally got around to posting the transcript of the Friday (1/16/2009) show - as if they had more important things to do, sheesh!
So print this out and keep it handy when the Republicans skulking around your ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
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I might be mixing metaphors here, but the US economy is shrinking like a popped balloon.
The Federal Reserve reported yesterday that borrowing through credit cards and other consumer loans dropped $7.94 billion in November, the biggest decline in 65 years of record-keeping. That also ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Get ready for a health care industry smear campaign against Obama's anticipated health care plan. President-elect Obama was still 21 days away from office when the Big Health commissioned a Wall Street Journal article by industry shill Sally C. Pipes: Obama Will Ration Your Health Care to start sewing a ...
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Have we already passed the point of no return?
Go to 350.org to get the facts about climate change.
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