So McCain is proposing a $5000 tax credit to help people buy health insurance. “The goal is to move the health care industry away from job-based coverage toward competition among health insurance companies on the open market.”
a few thoughts:
Tax credits only offset income tax that you pay. Most people without insurance [...]
What he said
There is truth in the idea that soldiers are our designated warriors. But the accidental revelation in these attitudes is the bizarre concept that by soldiers choosing a life of taking risks on our behalf, these war supporters are somehow absolved of any responsibility to them other than emotional support and approval. There [...]
Write, call or email your senator this week to tell them to vote no on the Enzi bill, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005. Like most bills in Congress, it does the exact opposite of what the title says. Just like Medicare Part D, this is a [...]
Congress is about to vote to allow the telcos to create a multi-tiered internet. As you can read here, the telcos and cable companies want to give preferential access to their own services and those who can afford extra charges. You can read more at Save The Internet . com.
Write [...]
On one of the opinion pretending to be news shows, Dick Morris said “The way to stop illegal immigration, which is part of the House bill, is a wall, a border fence. That’s the only thing you need to have, a fence.”
The general consensus is that currently there are 11 million people who have moved [...]
I’ve been asked to write more, even if it’s of stuff of no importance. So here goes.
Congress has passed a bill authorizing new dollar coins one for each presidents (dead ones only), four per year, like they’re currently doing with the states on the quarters.
I think this is great. I wish people would [...]
Well, my book didn’t arrive in time. Made the mistake of ordering it from amazon along with a PHP manual that was back-ordered. Will take the latest scifi from Dan Simmons instead on my trip to México D.F.
I’ll leave you with this article, excerpted from Bill Moyer’s address at the Union [...]
We take care of our own. This is true for everyone, no matter one’s race, class, political orientation or outlook on life. The difference is in the “our own”.
Fortunately, in times of crisis such as recently with Katrina, Americans are very generous on who they consider their own. Even [...]
So its been a week since the election. Like most of the people I know, I was crushed by the reelection of George W Bush. Perhaps living on the margins of the country (along with 48% of the population of the USA) made us too isolated. After everything that has happened in [...]