April 2011

To AngryBlackLady, Joan Walsh and their supporters: You’re big players, and the team needs you.

by Karoli on April 10, 2011 · 41 comments

I’ve been afraid of this for awhile, but it’s now erupted into a full-scale blog war which I would stay the hell out of if I had more than a small pea brain and an overwhelming desire to fix that which probably can’t be fixed. Chalk it up to my childhood, where I learned to [...]

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Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap”, Outlined

by Karoli on April 10, 2011 · 3 comments

Health Health Insurance For Those Not Covered by Medicare/VA Repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will include rollback of prohibition against pre-existing conditions Continue corporate tax deduction for employer-sponsored health insurance plans Refundable tax credits of $2,300 (single) $5,700 (family) to pay for health coverage. The credit may be applied against the costs [...]

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Last week was just the beginning

by Karoli on April 10, 2011 · 1 comment

Ditto John Cole: Last week’s budget nonsense was not grounds for being disheartened. It was, however, grounds for getting pissed off, that is, unless you really, really love hostage-taking and wedge issues used as a political tactic. If you do, then just stand down and hang tight, because there’s plenty more where that came from. [...]

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