Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

07 Oct 2009 19:54

tags

U.S.: The Congressional Budget Office weighs in on Baucus’ health plan

  • $829 billion the cost of the new health care plan over the next ten years source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

29 Sep 2009 22:20

tags

U.S., World: It’s finally official, guys: Canada is now a part of the U.S.

  • For the stimulus plan, “Buy American” can mean Canada, too. The White House will reportedly exempt our neighbors up north from the stimulus provision which favors buying American-made products. It had become a sore spot in Canuck-American trade relations, eh? source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

16 Sep 2009 21:47

tags

U.S.: Today’s poll: Is the Senate health care plan the answer?

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

16 Sep 2009 10:32

tags

U.S.: More on the health care bill to end all health care bills

  • For the uninsured The uninsured will be offered a lower barrier to medicaid – 133% of the poverty line. For those between 100% and 300% of the poverty line, subsidies will be available. Between 300%-400%, premiums are capped at 13% – a little high, but still cheaper than right now. source
  • For the uninsured The uninsured will be offered a lower barrier to medicaid – 133% of the poverty line. For those between 100% and 300% of the poverty line, subsidies will be available. Between 300%-400%, premiums are capped at 13% – a little high, but still cheaper than right now.
  • Paying for it The bill, which requires all families to have insurance (or pay a $3,800 fine), asks for employers to defray costs of government subsidies. High-end insurance plans would also be taxed at 35%, and players in the medical industry would help pick up part of the bill. source
  • For the uninsured The uninsured will be offered a lower barrier to medicaid – 133% of the poverty line. For those between 100% and 300% of the poverty line, subsidies will be available. Between 300%-400%, premiums are capped at 13% – a little high, but still cheaper than right now.
  • Paying for it The bill, which requires all families to have insurance (or pay a $3,800 fine), asks for employers to defray costs of government subsidies. High-end insurance plans would also be taxed at 35%, and players in the medical industry would help pick up part of the bill.
  • What’s missing? The big one: There’s no public option. Instead, it relies on nongovernmental consumer cooperatives. Also, Republicans dislike the way cost has been handled and say issues related to abortion and illegal immigration have not been quashed in this bill. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

03 Aug 2009 10:52

tags

U.S.: Timothy Geithner: Middle-class tax boosts entirely possible

  • We have to bring these deficits down very dramatically. That’s going to require some very hard choices.
  • Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner • Regarding how they expect to pay for all of those deficits the government’s built up over the last year or so. Expect the teabaggers to freak out even more at this news. • source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Aug 2009 02:33

tags

Biz, U.S.: Coming soon: More cash for more clunkers? It’s up to the Senate

  • $2 billion is on the table, but it still needs Senate approval source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 7 Comments • Permalink

22 Jul 2009 21:08

tags

U.S.: Obama’s doing his whole talking to America thing again

Obama is trying to steer the ship of health care back in his favor, giving straight talk to a room full of press people. Good luck, bro. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 

13 Jul 2009 11:09

tags

Politics, U.S.: Oh great. They’re comparing the Bush-era CIA to Jason Bourne

  • A lot of people thought they were Jason Bourne and came up with ideas. There were programs that were kind of wild that were considered in 2001, but to my knowledge, within six months . . . people kind of gave up on those ideas.
  • A former senior CIA officer • Describing the secret program that Dick Cheney told the CIA to hide from Congress. It was there but never became fully operational, according to the anonymous source. OK, we like the movies. Matt Damon’s never been better (if you forget that he was in “The Departed”). But it’s still not what we should be comparing our covert operations to. There’s a reason why those movies are such good entertainment. They’re not real. (And co-star Julia Stiles is kinda cute.) • source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

11 Jul 2009 17:35

tags

Politics: More penny math, this time on Obama’s health care plan

  • OK, another interesting animation, but we wonder: Is this guy fiscally conservative? He doesn’t mention a political persuasion in any of his videos but they mostly seem to be anti-Obama. For our curiosity, we just want to know whether they’re pushing an agenda. No matter which way you lean, keep making them. They’re good.source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

16 Apr 2009 18:50

tags

U.S.: The Obama administration wants to fix our sucky rail system

See those red lines? They go faster than the grey ones. If they do it right, Amtrak might finally have a better rep than Amway. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
<< newer 
top tags
older >>