Submitted by letsgetitdone on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 9:19pm
Alan Grayson's e-mail on Moody's warning that it might reduce the US's AAA rating, suggested that Moody's was either threatening a downgrade because it wants to get the Bush tax cuts for the rich extended, or, alternatively, that “Moody's is living in what Aristophanes called "Cloud Cuckoo Land."” He says this because Moody's is upset about the possibility that the US may go over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” even though if it did, it would theoretically result in $560 Billion of deficit reduction annually, without further legislative changes, and it makes no sense on the surface for a rati Read below the fold...
Submitted by letsgetitdone on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 10:15pm
It looks like the Democratic Leadership will get its wish, a sprawling “health care reform” bill, mostly focused on changes to the health insurance system that deliver many millions of new customers to the health insurance industry. The Democrats are making many upbeat claims about this bill, calling it historic and claiming that it will produce affordable “universal” health care coverage for Americans, and for 32 million more than are covered by insurance today, while blithely ignoring the contradiction between these two statements. Read below the fold...
Submitted by madamab on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 9:00am
With all the differing ideas about what we should do about health care, and the vote on the Health Whatever Bill coming soon (or not), one idea has always caught my attention: Medicare for All. But what I'm not sure about is, how would we pay for it? Read below the fold...
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Submitted by DCblogger on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 12:03pm
Massa joins Obama’s health-care coalition
Democrat Eric Massa, the apparent winner to represent the 29th Congressional District, joined other newly-elected congressmembers Friday in promoting Health Care for America Now. The national grassroots campaign is focused on guaranteeing quality, affordable health care for every American in 2009.
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