Category: Politics & Government

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Healthcare has passed and the GOP is pissed

And so it begins…. GOP.com is now redirecting to this:

Are there any constructive ideas coming from today’s GOP party? Any? Are there any alternative proposals? Is there anything that the GOP is offering to do for the people other than spit on the opposition, spread hate, vandalize Democratic representative offices and spout general bull shit lies?

Let’s all step back and look at this from 10, 20 or even 50 years out…

Whether you are D, R, I, G, or whatever political party, Obama has sealed his legacy as a President of importance to the nation of Americans. He’s brought back the economy from the brink of collapse, started to wind down 2 wars, returned international respect by the rest of the world powers and has now passed historic legislation to improve the health and financial well being of millions of Americans. Historians will not care how the legislation was passed but that the Democrats and Obama were able to do it for the people in the year 2010. Whether it stays intact, remains to be scene but this is a historic positive to be attributed to a president.

However, the questions still remain. Does anyone really know what was passed or needs to be reconciled? No, of course not – who has time to actually read sources; certainly not politicians, bloggers, Fox or protesters. I found a very good breakdown from the NY Times on each step that’s being proposed. I’ve read through most of this and even I can say I’m not satisfied with all the proposals (mandates, taxes, and how will the insurance firms respond to the increases they’ll have to pay are some of them) but I’m happy to see something come to resolution. Ted Kennedy is proud.

Maybe the people we hired to run our government (all the GOP and those Dems that voted NO) can CONTINUE to turn inward and throw up a big enough mirror to the GOP to show that their efforts are not contributing to a better society. The GOP is in fact creating this:

Is this the type of leadership they would like us all to believe they stand for? I surely hope not.

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The Top Ten Immediate Benefits You’ll Get When Health Care Reform Passes

As soon as health care passes, the American people will see immediate benefits. The legislation will:

  • Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans;
  • Provide immediate access to insurance for uninsured Americans who are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition through a temporary high-risk pool;
  • Prohibit dropping people from coverage when they get sick in all individual plans;
  • Lower seniors prescription drug prices by beginning to close the donut hole;
  • Offer tax credits to small businesses to purchase coverage;
  • Eliminate lifetime limits and restrictive annual limits on benefits in all plans;
  • Require plans to cover an enrollee’s dependent children until age 26;
  • Require new plans to cover preventive services and immunizations without cost-sharing;
  • Ensure consumers have access to an effective internal and external appeals process to appeal new insurance plan decisions;
  • Require premium rebates to enrollees from insurers with high administrative expenditures and require public disclosure of the percent of premiums applied to overhead costs.

I’m not seeing listed is Rush Limbaugh leaving the country…. but these all benefit the country and the well being of the American people… even if it’s not the perfect bill (no such thing), get some positive out of this year long process.

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Robin Hood is a Socialist

Ah wonderful… The wingnuts have found another characterchure to link Obama with and this time an Englishman. Only I don’t know if they fully understand (again) the implications of the link.

Robin Hood, as the legend goes, robbed from the filthy rich and gave to the poor which was generally thought to be a good thing for all the “working” man and “black collar” people out there (riff on blacksmith? no?). Robin Hood was the Hero of the day!

The Tea party peeps have seen through this scam, and they don’t want any of that dirty rich people money (that they paid for through taxes). Right my fellow Englishman! Check out the new campaign Bill Nighy appears in for the English Robin Hood Tax.

Yeah it will never work right? The elitist minority of the Rothschilds, Morgans and Rockerfellers will fund the masses to block it. More socialism….

Even if the banks were to pump £100 billion back into the economy it would wipe out the national debt, fund every major service and ultimately lead to a reduction in the need to tax the citizens. Of course if the citizens have more expendable income in their pockets, they may pay off their debt quicker, get liquid faster, and would have no need for credit cards or loans. That might just fuck over the Banking industry that much more!

Fuck, I just circled my own argument. Ah well, life in debt servitude is just much safer… At least then I have a master to report to daily…

Check out this band of “Merry Men” cleaning the sidewalks in Bryant Park and giving back to the citizens of New York City. City Parks workers paid by the tax dollars of the citizens who live and visit here.

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The Revenge – “Forever In Their Debt”
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