The federal government, as I’m sure you all know by now, was forced to shut down today, over conflicts arising from the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, better know as Obamacare. All government services deemed “non-essential” in accordance with the Antideficiency Act, were suspended, and more than 818,000 federal workers were furloughed, meaning that […]
Tag Archives: compromise
You say Shutdown. I say Treason.
Posted in Health, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged big government, Bill Clinton, call Congress, Congress, debt limit, economic recovery, federal budget, government is never the answer, government shutdown, health care reform, hostage tactics, hostage taking, insanity, Iraq war, John Boehner, Mars, monkey brains, NASA, NASA funding, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, prion disease, Ronald Reagan, sequester, tea party, Ted Cruz 34 Comments
Bernie Sanders and the beginning of the end for Social Security
Last night, I was fortunate enough to find myself on a conference call with Senator Bernie Sanders. From what I understand, over 2,000 people were on the call, which was organized by the Vermont-based progressive advocacy group Democracy for America. While I’m doubtful that Sanders, who self-identifies as a Socialist, will have much success in […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged asshole Republicans, Bernie Sanders, Bush tax cuts, corporatocracy, deficit, Democracy for America, hostage situation, Joe Scarborough, Jon, Keith Olbermann, national debt, Obama, Paul Krugman, Plutocracy, Rachel Maddow, social security, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, unemployment 32 Comments
It’s time to peel off the Obama decals and set the lobbyists on fire
According to Reuters today, Obama is urging “a new spirt of compromise on healthcare.” What might that mean, you wonder. Well, Senator Jay Rockefeller seems to think it means big payoffs to the healthcare industry, in exchange for a hollow legislative victory. He estimates that, in the current draft of the healthcare reform bill being […]
Posted in Health Also tagged burning things in effigy, call to action, change, Change decals, corporate socialism, corporate subsidies, corporate welfare, corruption, Daschle, Elmendorf Strategies, Frank Rich, Gephardt, healthcare reform, Heather Podesta, Jay Rockefeller, lobbyists, money in politics, Obama stickers, Senate Finance Committee, special interests, the public option, Thomas Frank, UnitedHealth, Wall Street run healthcare, “I intend to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over.” 27 Comments