HMO Overhead v. Medicare, 2011
How do you measure administrative bloat? Keep in mind these figures don’t include the paperwork inflicted on hospitals and doctors by the private insurers. An improved Medicare for all would be very efficient indeed.
Category: Issues
Mitt Romney’s Career of Shipping American Jobs All Over the World
Tell the EPA: Ban the pesticide that’s killing Bees!
In the next week, the EPA is expected to issue a decision on the pesticide Clothianidin — which scientists believe is a major factor in the alarming decline in U.S honey bee populations, known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Since 2006, one third
President Obama’s Immigration Executive Order
Last Friday, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new policy to make our immigration policy more fair and efficient. President Obama said, “This morning, Secretary Napolitano announced new actions my administration will take to mend our nation’s immigration policy, to make
Spending Growth by Presidency
Mitt Romney claims on his campaign website: “Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.” The truth is, the President’s supposed “spending binge” is nothing but a myth, repeatedly debunked
White House White Board: Refinancing
In this installment of the White House White Board, Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, explains how President Obama’s plan would make it much easier for millions of American homeowners to refinance their mortgage and save hundreds of dollars
How Will Heller Vote Tomorrow?
NRSC communications director Brian Walsh went of the attack against Democrats and the Paycheck Fairness Act saying, “This pathetic political attack is just the latest effort by Senate Democrats to distract Americans from their failed leadership on the economy and it simply
Media Fail To Fact Check Romney’s Solyndra Speech
It never ceases to amaze me how Republicans can tout their religious superiority yet neglect to follow its teachings. Were all those now in leadership members of the “Let’s play hookie from Sunday School” club the morning they covered the 9th Commandment
Yesterday: The Lowest Interest Rates in History
— by Alan Grayson Yesterday, the 10-year Treasury note hit its lowest interest rate in history. For the third day in a row. How did the main stream media miss that? I didn’t hear that reported. Did you? Treasury notes started trading in
Paycheck Fairness up for a vote NEXT WEEK
When you walk into a grocery store, the prices for milk and bread are the same whether you’re a man or a woman. Women pay the same amount to put gas in their cars. Women pay the same amount to keep a