The Economist explains how Paul Ryan's health care plan saves all that money. It's easy if you eliminate Medicare! The first [idea], put forward by Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican member of the budget committee, is the "Roadmap for … [Read more...]
Archives for March 12, 2010
The Dark Side of Government: The Patrick Administration Closes Tufts Dental
So, while the Patrick Administration is closing down Fernald, claiming "community first" as it evicts profoundly impaired people from their homes....he fails to provide relocation funding for Tufts Dental, which provides ....are you … [Read more...]
This is a Great Depression for blue collar workers
More about the Blue Collar Great Depression : SUM: I've never seen, Dan, in any postwar recession such a one-sided, lopsided view of who has been affected. Sum heads the Center for Labor Market Studies at Boston's Northeastern … [Read more...]
Hooked on prison: the case for drug sentencing reform
In December the non-partisan Crime and Justice Institute noted that over the past 10 years, the budgets for the state's prisons and jails have grown at a faster rate than the budgets for most other state services. Indeed, the budgets … [Read more...]
Solar Garden Plantings
Here's a short instructional video on how to make a recycled solar cloche: cross-posted to dailykos, greenmassgroup, globalswadeshi.net, and eurotrib.com … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
Obama chia pet: HuffPo's highlights of Glenn Beck's hour with Eric Massa (tickle fights, a book of Navy pictures that Beck said would 'make blood shoot out of his eyes' and stories about a naked and aggressive Rahm Emmanuel). Jon Stewart … [Read more...]
Why Are People Saying This Is Bad?
He's telling it like it is. This is how a football coach at a top tier program should be yelling. F-bombs and all. I Love It! … [Read more...]