Well I’m finally back here at work after another recent series of personal adventures; in the middle of all the fun I’ve been finding time to get down to my local “Occupy” event, and for those of you who have not been keeping up I thought … [Read more...]
Bonzo Goes To Bitburg, 2011
Schenectady, New York, was -- and is -- a GE town, rising and falling at the whim of its largest employer like some Depression-era cartoon of fat-cat captitalist evil. For many years, what was good for GE was good for Schenectady -- until … [Read more...]
Medicare Part E (Everyone in, no one left out) is finally on the table
June 10, 2009 The United States Congress finally puts "single payer"--improved and expanded Medicare-for-All--health reform on the table at the HELP Subcommitee (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) hearing. Click link to view hearing on … [Read more...]
Financial Crisis in Laymens Terms
This was forwarded to me and appears to be a pretty good description of how the Wall Street geniuses got us into this situation. Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Berlin. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal … [Read more...]
Massachusetts health care debacle continues to unfold–r/t $897Mil in new state spending in Chap58
btw I'm a nurse and a healthcare justice activist who's been involved in health system reform efforts for 20 years. In the spirit of full disclosure I've shared some observations about MA BCBS and Partners Healthcare that are germaine to … [Read more...]
Another Monday Financial Meltdown, Where is this plan OOPS!
Ok here we are on another Monday Morning with Thousands of foreclosures going on daily coast to coast and we are bailing out another one of the big banks with cash and insurance way beyond the bailout provisions layed out in the … [Read more...]
#2 in per capita income, #47 in taxing that income – the reality
Go to: http://www.urban.org...Download the ENTIRE study if you wish.There appear to be two views on taxation:1. The "no new taxes" view: "What is mine, is mine. If you don't have enough to meet your needs, I don't … [Read more...]