By Karl Reiner The healthcare provided to Americans has gotten increasingly more expensive. During the last 40 years, healthcare costs have risen faster than the economy has grown by about 2.5% per year on average. Although most Americans with health insurance are satisfied with the care they receive, healthcare is now consuming around 16% … Read more
by David Safier It's rare you get three items like this in one news cycle. Where to begin. Brit Hume said on Fox that Tiger Woods should become a Christian instead of a Buddhist, but that's old news. Pat Buchanan commented on Hume's statement on MSNBC. He said of Hume, "I think he means well." … Read more
by David Safier Mohur Sidhwa has put out a press release announcing the campaign kickoff party for her LD28 House race Thursday, January 7, 5:30pm. All LD28 residents are welcome. To RSVP and to get address and directions, contact Mohur at 445-0008 or email her at mohur@mohur2010.com. From the press release: “I do not choose … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The initial economic stimulus package was too small and too heavily weighted towards tax cuts and tax credits which do not produce an immediate jolt to the economy. This was the result of Republican obstruction in the Senate and the Obama administration's quixotic quest for bipartisanship. Another stimulus package is going to … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have written about this several times before, but the Washington Post is just catching up: there was zero net job growth over the past decade. Massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy failed to grow the economy and to create jobs, disproving and discrediting the almost religious faith of "supply-side" … Read more