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• Repeal of health care will need a 2/3’s vote of Congress

  
  yeah, right — Authority: 129
  Redstate has a must-read article posted about Harry Reid’s repeated violation of Senate rules as he’s directed the juggernaut of public health care, public be damned.  Included in his “manager’s amendment” is the following: Section 3403 of Senator Harry Reid’s amendment requires that “it shall not be ...
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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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• Community as safety-net

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 642
  One of the most common arguments against my call for better, more effective state-provided safety nets is that these safety nets somehow replace those provided by families and close-knit communities.  Apparently if people are provided with health insurance by the state they will no longer have any need for ...
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• Copenhagen Talks End With Agreement, But No Binding Deal – AlterNet

  
  Quick Take - As It Happens — Authority: 128
  Too much money ... creating too much of maya Environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben of 350.org voiced his disapproval. (and) summarized what Obama accomplished: He formed a league of super-polluters, and would-be super-polluters. China, the U.S., and India don’t want anyone controlling their use of ...
  4 days ago

• Reimagining the welfare state

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 642
  I have come more and more to believe that America is need of a stronger set of safety-nets and public investment in general.  Beyond the need for a more robust safety-net apparatus including some form of universal health coverage, we’re badly in need of infrastructure investment.  Water lines across much of the ...
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• Why American Health Care Reform is So Tricky

  
  German Joys — Authority: 425
  Cohu, who took a break from eating chocolate isopods (Cymothoa exigua can keep you slim during the holidays by eating your tongue!), practically challenges me to do some good old-fashioned two-fisted Texas policy analysis: I was hoping youd have an...
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• A Sheepish Convert to Socialized Medicine

  
  German Joys — Authority: 425
  Matt Welch is the editor of Reason magazine, whose motto is free minds and free markets. Reason represents the libertarian trend in American political thought, which has no real counterpart in European polities. Think of it as the FDP on...
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• Domestic violence murders: Community and victims cry out for solutions

  
  Family Court Crisis-Abusers Getting Custody..!! — Authority: 144
  Domestic violence murders: Community and victims cry out for solutions By Guest Columnist December 12, 2009, 9:13AM By BRUCE GOLDBERG, ROBIN CHRISTIAN and SYBIL HEBB http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/12/domestic_violence_murders_comm.html The domestic violence murders ...
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• Domestic violence murders: Community and victims cry out for solutions

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 441
  Domestic violence murders: Community and victims cry out for solutions By Guest Columnist December 12, 2009, 9:13AM By BRUCE GOLDBERG, ROBIN CHRISTIAN and SYBIL HEBB http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/12/domestic_violence_murders_comm.html The domestic violence murders ...
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• New Deal in action

  
  Benefit Scrounging Scum — Authority: 121
  The Future Is Uncertain . Another insightful post from Brainblogger. Copyright to BenefitScroungingScum (c) 2007 (c)If you wish to repeat, use, or quote any aspects of this site, permission MUST be asked first and a copyright credit to me should be acknowledged at all times. Thank you.
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• Protecting Ourselves From Our Masters

  
  ThinkMarkets — Authority: 550
  by Mario Rizzo   I have previously blogged about healthcare “reform.” (One example is here .) Both the House and Senate bill attacked the tax-advantaged flexible spending account for healthcare expenses. Now there seems to be a move to reinstate it with a maximum of only $2,500.  I understand why the first ...
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• The “Practical Christianity” of the Welfare State

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 642
  Via First Things , The Acton Institute’s PowerBlog discusses the Christian origins of the welfare state: The church helped to bring about the welfare state in two ways. First, the Church embodied the idea of loving self-sacrifice in service of others. “The Word which the Church proclaims demands charity ...
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• By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...

  
  Benefit Scrounging Scum — Authority: 121
  Earlier this year rumours started to circulate about New Labour plans to abolish the two main disability benefits, Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) . AA is a benefit for those over 65, DLA for those under 65. As these are benefits intended soley to cover the additional costs of ...
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• Pre-Budget report: Ignore the promises of cuts - the state is set up to spend

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 968
  Fifty years ago, we made the choice to be a high-tax nation. Now we have a golden opportunity to change that, says Philip Johnston
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• Ignore the promises of cuts - the state is set up to spend

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 968
  Fifty years ago, we made the choice to be a high-tax nation. Now we have a golden opportunity to change that, says Philip Johnston
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• ATOS flouts Disability Discrimination Act

  
  Benefit Scrounging Scum — Authority: 121
  via Dont get mad, get equal treatment It wont come as a surprise to many disabled people to hear that ATOS* are flouting Disability Discrimination law by insisting the £60, 000 pa they pay for doctors to assess benefits claimants** only go to doctors who are free of General Medical Council Conditions. There are ...
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• Time to give flat tax concept a decent burial

  
  Alliance Party of New Zealand — Authority: 116
  Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray says it is time for National and ACT to get over their fixation with flat tax and return to reality. “Flat tax is an outdated idea of the 1980’s. All flat tax does is give the already wealthy a license to print money while destroying the living standards of low to middle ...
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• Do obese people deserve medical treatment? (smokers, drinkers, hang gliders, homosexuals)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Faced with an “obesity epidemic“, that has dramatic consequences for medical costs, pundits have proposed different solutions, ranging from excluding obesity from health insurance, government-run prevention campaigns, higher taxes on junk food, or higher premiums for fat people. The possibility of greater government ...
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• Latte Links (12/4)

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 139
  Some miscellaneous items from around the net. Rasmussen Reports: 62% Oppose Single-Payer Health Care System Big Hollywood: Review: ‘Going Rogue’ Reveals Palin’s Ready to Lead by Brigadier General (Ret.) Anthony J. Tata (USA) The Spyglass: Politics and the Christian tongue WSJ: The Welfare ...
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• Friday night funny: Pork flu, food stamps, birth certificate

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 554
  All from ECM. Granite Grok : IOwnTheWorld : IHateTheMedia : And here are some more from iPandora . Happy Friday! Posted in Humor Tagged: Bankrupt, Birth Certificate, Deficit, Food Stamp, Government Spending, Japanese Beef, Kobe Beef, National Debt, Obamanomics, Pork, Pork Barrel, Porkbarrel, Welfare, ...
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