Another Greater Boston Interfaith Organization .pdf, drawn up in conjunction with the Business Leaders for Real Health Reform, describes the employer mandate thusly:The $160 million employer tax is eliminated.Firms with 10 employees or … [Read more...]
Travis retires
Well, conservative ol' cuss Rep. Phil Travis (D-Rehoboth) is out next year. He was one of the major opponents of gay marriage, and is throwing in the towel.My favorite Phil Travis moment came this summer, when he defended the proposed … [Read more...]
Health Care: Gut check for the Guv
So, Our Guv has decided to postpone his decision about whether to run for re-election until after the health care debate shakes out. Supposedly that makes him "more relevant" to the discussion. But as the Jim Braude interview made … [Read more...]
national health care ideas
Ezra Klein at TAPPED bla blah blah … [Read more...]
Health care: GBIO’s Senate vs. House comparison
The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) has written up a nice comparison sheet (.pdf) between the House and Senate health care plans. The third column is apparently what GBIO plans to push for in conference committee. Their … [Read more...]
Give me death or give me death!
So, the lege is taking up Romney's Extra Cuddly Death Penalty? tonight. Won't pass. We're too busy trying to keep people from being killed in the first place. Somehow that's not cuddly enough for Our Guv.Yawn. Wouldn't it be great to have a … [Read more...]
kos dummy post
Health Care: From Despair to HopeHealth care seems to be the juggernaut issue for the next several years -- one which both parties have tried to avoid. It's closing in on all of us, one way or another: Costs continue to spiral upwards to … [Read more...]
This one hit a rib going in
Joe Keohane, Editor of the Weekly Dig, writes about seeing Good Night and Good Luck in Cambridge. (I'm a recent Cambridge expat, with mostly fond memories.)After having lived in the storiedIsle of Cantabrigia?oftentimes several hundred … [Read more...]
Slow weekend roundup
sco's got the scoop (a week late, but earlier than us = scoop) on the special elections for the the 1st Bristol, 27th Middlesex, and 2nd Worcester state rep districts. Primary January 10, election February 7. We got elections year-round in … [Read more...]
Coward
Sorry, no policy analysis in this post.George W. Bush is a coward. To hide behind "the troops" to try to deflect criticism from his own dishonesty and lousy judgement, is despicable. To use Veterans' Day as the occasion to shift … [Read more...]
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