Health Care Bill Controversy Continues

This is a comment from Mike, one of our readers. It is simply too well presented to appear in the comment section so I have decided to post it. This response is to comments made by another reader Bridgid. Bridgid is a regular reader of this blog and presents very well researched and intelligent comments [...]

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New Letter to the Honorable Charles Gonzalez, 20th Congressional District

This is my latest communication with my Congressman. I truly believe the one thing that will lower the cost of coverage is competition. The fact that the health insurance industry enjoys an exemption and is allowed to establish monopolies is ridiculous. The fact that one Senator had it removed from the Senate version to enhance [...]

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Health Care Reform, Where’s the Reform

I wonder what you think of the current progress towards health care reform. I think the health insurance companies are poised for record profits. I think the average citizen is poised to pay more in premium costs and much more in taxes and get less for it. According to most of the Democrats, we are [...]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE US SENATE

Nice gift this year, a stripped down expensive do nothing health care plan. What’s next? Oh I know an expensive Cap and Trade bill designed to make your friends richer. This is a short blog today because I am just too frustrated to comment. So let me just say get ready for higher taxes, higher [...]

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Health Care Reform What IS IT Really?

I have been watching our Senators debate the health care reform bill for a while now and wonder what we are really getting. Do you know? If so would you tell me? All I see is the insurance and the pharmaceutical companies getting richer, the congressmen and women getting deals for votes and 45 thousand [...]

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Taxes explained in the billions

How many zeros are in a billion??? This is too true to be funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good [...]

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OUR CONGRESS AT WORK

This is one of their THREE-DAY WORK  WEEKS that we all pay for.  I am ready to  start from the beginning by voting out all  elected officials and not letting any of them  stay in office for more than two terms.  No  more lifelong healthcare, retirement, voting in  their own pay raises, taking perks on [...]

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Cap and Trade, Climate Change The Next Big Bill

Why don’t we start with the obvious? We do need to develop and implement alternative energy. We are going to run out of oil sooner or later. We need to be energy independent. Oil and coal are pollutants, we all need and want clean air and water, we all want a clean environment. Can we [...]

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Lord Monckton, Cap & Trade, Copenhagen

Lord Christopher Monckton Gives a convincing presentation on how the Copenhagen Treaty  will affect the United States. Lord Monckton has the experience and credentials to speak to these issues and concerns on Cap and Trade and the treaty. He believes that upon signing this treaty the US will cede sovereignty and we well send billions [...]

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Health Care Reform? What Happened to Lower Cost

I am confused, it strikes me that the original plan was to get more affordable health care for all of us. The original plan was to insure the uninsured. The original plan was to reform the system and prevent folks from abuses by the health care system and insurance companies. Is that how you remember [...]

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