This from a new CBS/New York Times poll is stunning: The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down health-care costs than the private sector. [SNIP] The national telephone survey, which […]
Last night Bush gave his farewell address and during it he gave himself an awful lot of pats on the back. Here’s one part that really got me: A new Medicare prescription drug benefit is bringing peace of mind to seniors and the disabled. Really? Someone should have told the seniors and disabled about this […]
Everyone got their drinks ready for the night? Wonkette has the rules up for tonight’s drinking game, so let’s get ready to debate! 9:03 Where do you stand on the financial recovery plan Obama: This is the final verdict on 8 years of Bush and McCain’s economic plan. Fundamentals of economy must be measured by […]
Bush’s veto of the Medicare bill early has been overridden by Congress. Here are the numbers: House: 383-41 Senate:70-26 Not sure if McCain showed up for the vote, but I highly doubt it.
The bill does have a veto proof majority in both houses, so it might get overturned. The big question – will John McCain show up to help insure the veto gets overturned, or will he miss it and try to claim victory if it succeeds? This is what he did on the original vote – […]
Republicans have filibustered another bill (though the media refuses to use the F word). This time it was a bill to block the decrease in Medicare payments. Just more evidence that the Republicans hate our senior citizens and want to see them all suffer. What monsters.
We all know billions of dollars have gone missing in Iraq and Bush hasn’t batted an eye about it. I suspect we will see the same lack of concern over the billions wasted in Iraq: After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military […]
That is what this administration has been good at. The latest comes in the form of Social Security: Come January, the nation’s nearly 50 million Social Security recipients will see the smallest cost-of-living increases in their monthly checks in four years, even though they are paying significantly more for such items as food, energy and […]
That is what Boehner called GOP Senators who are against the “surge”: Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) called for comity Wednesday during a meeting of the Republican Conference after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) referred to Senate colleagues who have begun to favor a change in course in Iraq as “wimps.†Wilson declined to comment […]
According to the federal law, not that much – a law upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday: The nation’s home healthcare aides are not entitled to minimum wages or overtime pay under federal law, even if they work for private employers, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 9-0 decision, which keeps in place a long-standing […]