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2011-08-12, 12:52 | Link #15722 |
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Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare law
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/appeals-cou...171829777.html
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2011-08-12, 20:39 | Link #15725 | |
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CEOs and tea partiers:
Shut up and pay taxes Quote:
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2011-08-12, 20:41 | Link #15726 | |
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2011-08-12, 21:02 | Link #15727 |
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Google and Facebook face-off in social games
So now there's going to be a social network war for the best game? Interesting enough.
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2011-08-12, 21:47 | Link #15729 | |
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2011-08-12, 21:54 | Link #15730 | |
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... another link that complements the above OP/ED http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/0...58761720110812 |
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2011-08-12, 22:12 | Link #15731 |
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Norway names commission to judge attack response
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...77B2GE20110812 What's the probability than it end up with no real result ?
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2011-08-12, 23:37 | Link #15732 | |
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2011-08-13, 00:35 | Link #15735 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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The "individual mandate" wasn't some "socialist scheme", it was what the insurance industry demanded/lobbied before they'd agree to cover anyone who wanted a policy. The new law means they can't deny you because you have a pre-existing condition and they can't drop you because you actually use the service.
A single payer system could still make them a lot of money... who the hell do you think would bid on contracts to operate pieces of the single payer system?
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2011-08-13, 00:40 | Link #15736 | |
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2011-08-13, 00:58 | Link #15737 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Sorry if I sounded grumpy... yes it would because it would actually be accountable to the public. I was just annoyed because the bill got so eviscerated and hijacked.
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2011-08-13, 02:00 | Link #15739 | |
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Wallstreet owns them, and the Fed Reserve owns Wallstreet. If they were actually serious about creating a government health care system for the poor (since that what Pelosi billed this law as) then they should have just used the old 1778 Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen (warning PDF file) as a foundation from which to build a government program for the poor. Basically just a sales tax of say 2%-5% on goods and services to pay for the poor. If in fact the basic argument for government run health care is true, that being the large number of poor people using emergency rooms causing prices of health care to rise, then providing a government program for the poor seems like a feasible alternative. However, if such a law attempts to mandate participation in such a program by all citizens in the USA, then no way. The corruption, abuse of power, and costs will skyrocket. Hell, the cronyism is already starting with businesses getting exemptions, 1168 companies are already exempt from Obamacare. And on top of that, Obamacare is going to cost far more than first thought. From Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypip...ost-inflation/ The whole thing is a bad joke...on us.
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