Barack Obama in 2007: “The growth in the cost of drugs has slowed in recent years, in part because of greater use of generic drugs. But given the price tag, and the financial challenges of our health care system, we can – and must – take additional steps to curb how much we are spending […]
So John Ensign decided to pay his booty call $25,000? That sure sounds like prostitution, but may have other legal implications instead: Hampton said Ensign paid the woman $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for the senator. If true, Ensign faces a possible felony violation of campaign finance law if he paid the severance […]
That is how much a new healthcare proposal would cost – one that would cover 97% of the country: The plan carries a 10-year price tag of slightly over $600 billion, and would lead toward an estimated 97 percent of all Americans having coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and […]
The idiot employees at Verizon who decided to snoop around Obama’s cell phone records are now on the unemployment line: The curiosity in President-elect Barack Obama’s phone records came with a high price tag for Verizon Wireless employees. According to CNN, the workers who snooped on Obama’s phone records have been fired. Glad to see […]
That’s where the price tag is heading on the bailout plan. This is getting beyond absurd. Part of the problem is that all the lobbyists are in full force now trying to get their little piece of this gift from the Bush administration and Congress. RIP America 1776-2008
If I were a shareholder of a corporation and heard news that the corporation paid a CEO $14 million to be fired (this is what the Gap just did), my stock would instantly be sold. Sadly this is something we hear about more and more. Luckily we have a Democratically controlled Congress, and one Representative […]
A true look into the current chance of Americans rising to the top has taken place and what we use to say about our land is no longer true: America may still think of itself as the land of opportunity, but the chances of living a rags-to-riches life are a lot lower than elsewhere in […]
Last week Newsweek ran a poll asking if Congressional races were hold right now would they vote for the Republican or the Democrat candidate. 50% said they would go Democrat while only 38% would go Republican. Hopefully this will send a message of hope and vision to the Democratic leadership. Democrats have not held control […]