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• The President Gets It Wrong On the Excise Tax

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  The President came close to endorsing the so-called "Cadillac tax" when he was interviewed about health reform on NPR . Heres what the President said when the subject came up: "Im on record as saying that taxing Cadillac plans that dont make people healthier, but just take more money out of their pockets because ...
  14 hours ago

• Q&A With Responsible Pension Investment Expert Thomas Croft

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Leo W. Gerard: Tom, your new book, Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative, provides both cautionary tales for those responsible for investing workers’ pension funds and a field guide of practical assistance for institutional investors who want to use responsible investing (RI) techniques. ...
  18 hours ago

• An Exchange About the Excise Tax With Ezra Klein of the Washington Post

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Ezra Klein has responded thoughtfully to my criticism of him.  I felt he should have mentioned the numerous studies which challenge the assumptions behind the excise tax, given his strong support for the tax. Im glad hes done that.  After all, the tax is expected to affect one in every five benefit plans (by 2013 ...
  5 days ago

• Comfort & Joy: The Non-Profits of 90042

  
  90042 — Authority: 417
  Gotta hand it to ALZA, hes down with the Burrito Project. Life is a gift. All that we ask is that you leave this planet better than how you found it. Make your millions. Amass stability, safety, and security. Give away what is left.  –Because in the end, you cannot take it with you. This zip code is home to ...
  5 days ago

• Robbed By the Banks

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Was there once a time when people robbed banks, instead of banks robbing people? Okay, maybe not, but it sounds like thats what Chase Bank did to Trina Lee — a nurse in Arizona who was laid-off two years ago, then had medical problems that keep her from working full-time, and thus keeps a sharp eye on her bank ...
  5 days ago

• The Gift America Needs Most: Manufacturing

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  In Columbus Ohio, a 5-year-old girl jumped onto Santas lap last month and asked if he could give her dad a job as an elf. Mike Smith, who works the Santa station at the Polaris Fashion Place in Columbus, asked why, the Wall Street Journal reported. The little girl in the Dora the Explorer sweatshirt responded: ...
  5 days ago

• Progressive Breakfast: Health Care Reform for the Holidays

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Depending on your outlook, its either "Bah Humbug" or a "Happy Holiday," as Senate Democrats approach a historic Christmas Eve vote for the biggest expansion in health care since Medicaid. The particulars of the health care reform package will be the subject of debate (and revision) for sometime to come. Some of the ...
  6 days ago

• The 2010 Elections: Bring ‘em on!

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  I’m looking forward to the 2010 elections. We need them. Many dread how badly the election is shaping up. Commentators predict double digit Democratic losses in the House and further retreat from the sixty vote threshold in the Senate. We fear a progressive era strangled in its infancy. But there’s a sunny ...
  6 days ago

• A Respected Actuary Says the Excise Tax Is Unfair, Wont Work

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Nothing brings the readers a-runnin like the word "actuary" in a headline - especially at holiday time! Well, maybe not ... but this is important: An actuary with the respected Milliman firm has analyzed the excise tax and come to some striking conclusions. The tax may "sound reasonable," he says, but will have ...
  6 days ago

• Theocracy in America

  
  xpostfactoid — Authority: 429
  A lot of people are angry that Senate rules and Republican intransigence give Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson life-or-death power over the health care reform bill.  I am angry that the Catholic Church also has a near-veto : Leadership aides say progressives are prepared to take it on the chin and will vote for a final ...
  6 days ago

• 10 Questions for the Deficit Commission

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  It is possible that there is going to be a “deficit commission” to look for ways to reduce our country’s budget deficits. I have some questions for them to ask to help get things started in the right direction: 1) President Reagan increased Social Security taxes, but used that money to cut the very top tax ...
  6 days ago

• Progressive Breakfast: Signs Staggering Economy Could Stumble

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  More proof this morning that the economy needs a new jolt of government intervention to keep it growing out of the Great Recession: The Commerce Department announced this morning a 2.2 percent increase in gross domestic product during the third quarter of 2009. CNBC reports : The U.S. economy grew at a much slower ...
  1 week ago

• Dont Kill the Health Reform Bill. Improve It.

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  The blogosphere is aflame with debate over the Senate health care bill. Ive just been sent 10 reasons (in one blog post) why progressives should kill the bill and start over in the battle to really reform health care. Administration spokespeople add fuel to the flames when they lecture critics on the left about how ...
  1 week ago

• Where Health Reform Stands: Senate vs. House

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Last month, history was made. The House of Representatives passed a health care bill that gave the American people what they want. In poll after poll , people wanted most of all to have the choice of a public health insurance option, to keep their health care benefits untaxed, and to have affordable health care ...
  1 week ago

• What Your Favorite Blogger May Not Be Telling You About Health Reform

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  The progressive  "journo/blogospere" is sharply split over the Senate health bill.  Some, like Jane Hamsher and Matt Taibbi , are saying "kill it."  Others, like Paul Krugman, Ezra Klein, and Jonathan Cohn, are saying "pass it" - as is.  Steve Benen says " its worth appreciating the vibrancy, energy, and ...
  1 week ago

• Progressive Breakfast: The Senate Passes Health Care Reform

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Twas the weekend before Xmas And all through the Senate, There was talk of a bill With some health care reform in it. With Nelson and Lieberman Both finally placated, All thats left, it seems, Is for the bill to be debated. Progressives may grumble, But with no worries about Snowe, Passing a bill ...
  1 week ago

• Progressive Breakfast: Health Reform Passes Key Senate Vote

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Twas the weekend before Xmas And all through the Senate, There was talk of a bill With some health care reform in it. With Nelson and Lieberman Both finally placated, All thats left, it seems, Is for the bill to be debated. Progressives may grumble, But with no worries about Snowe, Passing a bill ...
  1 week ago

• The Senate Health Bill: The Price of Everything

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Our new piece on the politics and policy of the Senates health reform deal is up at The Huffington Post, and it addresses the excise tax at several points: "if you take that new revenue, add the unfair tax on higher-cost benefit plans (studies demonstrate its unfairness), throw in the pay cut for doctors, and toss ...
  1 week ago

• Pass the Best Health Reform Bill - And Keep Fighting for More Reform.

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  Heres my position. In these final days of the health care fight, progressives should work hard to improve the health reform bill in the Senate and in the conference with the (better) House bill. But we should support the passage of the best bill we can get - and then keep fighting for more and better reform. We ...
  1 week ago

• Were Not Switzerland (expanded)

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 654
  The pro-Senate health bill contingent keeps trotting out the example of Switzerland to buttress their arguments.  The comparison doesnt work, and the excise tax would make the differences even greater.  First or all, Switzerland is a wealthier country: OECD figures show that the median household income there in ...
  1 week ago

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