Safety Net

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• Calif. Dems plan to address govs Medicaid worries

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Californias Democratic congressional leaders said Wednesday they hope to address concerns raised by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about the cost of health insurance legislation moving through Congress. Schwarzenegger wrote members of the states congressional delegation this week and asked them for more flexibility to ...
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• Christmas in the Senate

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  In passing the health care legislation tomorrow, the Senate is calling for a significant redistribution of purchasing power in health care toward lower-income Americans, an economist writes.
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• Christmas in the Senate

  
  Economix — Authority: 721
  In passing the health care legislation tomorrow, the Senate is calling for a significant redistribution of purchasing power in health care toward lower-income Americans, an economist writes.
  2 days ago

• Maybe Jean Valjean Was Right

  
  Economix — Authority: 721
  The Associated Press reports on the moral relativism inspired by economic hardship.
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• No, they insist on statism

  
  Libertarian Blog — Authority: 136
  http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/12/community-as-safety-net/#comments Not only are centrists, liberals and progressives determined to find a better way for government to fix our problems, they insist on statism, and they continuously find reasons why the private sector is not an alternative. If the current ...
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• What We Need

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 127
  On Wednesday, December 16, it was hard to see that there was anything else to talk about but Joe Lieberman and how he had decided the way healthcare should be reconfigured in America, as he had the one and only mother of all swing votes, and a giant chip on his shoulder and the mother of all grudges against anyone who ...
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• House Passes Jobless Benefits and COBRA Subsidy Extension

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 151
  Both of these programs are so overwhelmingly popular that even Republicans voted for them, the vote was 395-to-34 .
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• No More Safety Nets!

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  The office of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has sent around a document preemptively attacking a new stimulus bill. This objection is perfectly in line with Republican thinking, but I’m still surprised to see it: The bill includes $79 Billion for safety net programs (more than is actually supposedly dedicated to job ...
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• Ellison’s Jobs Plan Typical DFL Thinking

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  After reading Keith Ellison’s latest e-letter, the first thing that popped into my head was that it was typical of DFL economics 101. Here’s part of Rep. Ellison’s e-letter update: One of the top priorities I have in the Congress is building lasting prosperity for families in the Fifth Congressional District ...
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• House to vote on jobless benefit extension

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 150
  The House plans to vote Wednesday on measures that would extend the safety net for the unemployed and spur job creation.
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• Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It

  
  United Professionals Blog — Authority: 116
  This is a brief summary of a study done by the Institute for Policy Studies. Click on the link to download the entire study.The economic crisis is still on the rise for millions of Americans, while at the same time the social safety net is failing to support many of them.The national study, Battered by [...]
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• Do you need a safety net?

  
  Jackie Cameron - Coaching and Communication — Authority: 114
  I had a great meeting with Diane this morning. One of my favourite places to meet is the local Swanston golf clubhouse - which sits at the foot of the Pentland Hills and from its vantage point  and has wonderful views over Edinburgh  ( take a look at the link to see what I mean!).  As [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Exclusive: Longview hotel operator took tenant’s rent in December

  
  Politics is a blood sport — Authority: 122
  An informed source in Cowlitz County updates me on a couple of facts, not mentioned in The Daily News article , regarding the Smallwood Hotel eviction.  Specifically, the landlord collected December’s rent from the tenants, knowing full well that the eviction proceedings were in the works.  Additionally, he moved ...
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• City of Longview to evicted residents: Drop Dead

  
  Politics is a blood sport — Authority: 122
  The Daily News in Longview reports : Kimball and Katie Wilson were running out of time Tuesday. For just more than a year, the couple have lived in the former Smallwood Hotel, a run-down tenement in downtown Longview that has been known for years as a drug house. On Monday, the city of Longview declared ...
  2 weeks ago

• Senate Democrats cause me to reach for my Pepto-Bismol

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 433
  This could be so simple. We can provide a safety net for all Americans. Medicare for all. Unfortunately, life isn’t simple. Whenever you get 50 or more folks together in their newspaper reporters and cameras and peoples jobs at stake, it isn’t that simple. So we been playing around with the public option. ...
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• If Food Stamps Have Overcome Social Stigma, Why Hasnt TANF?

  
  From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign — Authority: 418
  As the recession relentlessly marches on and its economic impact infiltrate households across ethnic, socioeconomic and regional lines, more people have resorted to safety net programs to sustain their families. The New York Times reports that now one in eight Americans, and 25% of all children, access food stamps. ...
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• Obama’s Jobs Speech: Multiple Programs, Paid for Indirectly Through TARP Savings

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 729
  (photo courtesy of the White House) President Obama’s speech on job creation today defined three key areas where the Administration wants to indirectly devote part or all of the $200 billion dollars in unexpected TARP savings – small business job creation, infrastructure investment, and “cash for caulkers” ...
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• Group Health Insurance

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 158
  To discuss the terminology Group Health Insurance , we must first familiarize ourselves with the concepts Insurance and Health Insurance . Insurance is a kind of protection, a safety net against unforeseeable losses. No one knows what the future holds, and insurance is a good way of preparing for what may ...
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• Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?

  
  Economix — Authority: 721
  Some charts that help provide the answer.
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• We’re Doing a Heckuva Job Helping Those Devastated by the Economic Meltdown

  
  United Professionals Blog — Authority: 116
  This is an excerpt from an article on Alternet. Click on link to read entire piece.“The levees failed residents of New Orleans when Katrina battered their city. The safety net is failing Americans battered by the most recent Category 5 storm—the “Great Recession” of 2008-2009.Category 5 storms are ...
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