The “Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Exist” Act

I LOVE this idea. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I) has proposed a bill requiring the government to identify the corporations and entities it considers “too big to fail”, or requiring of a taxpayer bailout to keep the economy stable. The bill then gives the government a time-line to break up these entities into smaller firms [...]

Medicare for Everyone

Major revelations and victories this week in Health Care Reform! Simply changing the name of the ‘public option’ to ‘Medicare Part E’ – (the ‘E’ being for ‘everybody’) – has brought yet another Blue Dog Democrat (Mike Ross – AR) behind the push for a public option. Also, the House Judiciary Committee has [...]

Wall Street Corruption and the Taxpayer

After the horrendous economic implosion of last year, we were promised that increased regulation and oversight would be put in place, that the financial sector would be reformed to eliminate the reckless behavior and predatory lending that sparked the crisis in the first place. Over a year later, nothing has changed. The Treasury Department, [...]

Health Insurers: “We Will Raise Rates, Regardless”

On the Eve of the final committee vote on Health Care Reform in the Senate Finance Committee, the Health Insurance lobby (AHIP – America’s Health Insurance Plans) has released a propaganda-esque ‘report’ in conjunction with PriceWaterHouseCoopers. In an attempt to sway the vote, the report states that Insurance Companies will dramatically raise their [...]

The Irony of “Socialized Insurance”

Conservatives often state that they are philosophically opposed to the concept of government-run insurance, and use this philosophical stance to justify their opposition to public health care. But is that really the case? In 2007, Republicans broadly supported the expansion of a national government-run flood insurance, one that is both taxpayer subsidized and [...]

Buy Private Insurance or GO TO JAIL?!?

In the true spirit of the increasingly corrupt Baucus Bill, today the Senate Finance Committee debated an amendment that would have imposed CRIMINAL PENALTIES on those choosing not to buy private health insurance under the new mandate system. This outrageous proposition, put forth by a Republican Senator, comes one day after the Finance [...]

De-funding ACORN is Unconstitutional!?!

Here’s a blindside – you’ve surely heard by now of the recent scandal involving the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and the advising of fake pimps and streetwalkers for the laundering of prostitution income. This was followed by an enormous uproar (from the right in particular) that led to the [...]

Inverse Stock Market Debauchery?

“As the markets go down, their clothes come off” – so says the makers of The PUMA Index, a new iPhone application put out to promote PUMA underwear. I chuckle at this app, not just because it’s probably the silliest thing ever, but also because the DOW, the DAX, and the [...]

YOU LIE!!! – Joint Session Drama

Okay, the media won’t SHUT UP about this, so I felt I needed to blog, which I guess contributes to the amount of coverage this gets. Damn.

Anyone else think Nancy Pelosi looked totally pissed shocked and appalled?
In case you don’t know, last night at Obama’s speech to the joint session of [...]

The Compromise that Satisfies no one?

The issue is presented to the public as complex and divisive, with differing opinions on the various nuances threatening to undermine the whole process. I am of course speaking of healthcare reform. Odds are, five years from now you won’t have the same coverage you have (or don’t have) now. Congress, under pressure from President Obama, is [...]