December 2009

At around noon on Sunday, the world stopped turning for me. I was listening to the Senate debate on CSPAN on my phone and what I heard made me stop everything and just listen. I’ve watched the video twice since then and listened twice without the visual. I recommend you listen without the visual first, [...]

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The MyBarackObamaTax Credit

by Karoli on December 20, 2009 · 11 comments

(or alternative title: What’s in it for me and why it’s affordable) Marcy Wheeler over at FireDogLake has done a couple of great posts illustrating what costs for insurance might be for different income levels. Her numbers are solid and argue for subsidies based on something that comes closer to the real-life experience those of [...]

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The Senate bill, universally despised by the left and the right and likely about to be by those learning about it via any mainstream news channel, will head to conference committee after three cloture votes and one up or down vote. Rather than indulge in criticism, it might be better to think about what key [...]

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