by David SafierThe House health care bill proposes a tax — or surcharge, take your pick of terms — on people with incomes above $350,000 to help pay for universal health care. Citizens for Tax Justice has figured out how many Americans would have to pay that tax. Watch out if you're in Connecticut, which … Read more
by David SafierHere's a quote every Democrat playing duck-and-delay games with health care legislation should keep in mind. Republican Senator Jim DeMint said if they can delay health care legislation until September, they can kill it. "If we’re able to stop Obama on this it will be his Waterloo. It will break him," he said. … Read more
by David SafierI posted about a Howard Dean interview where he said, I believe that if we don’t pass the health care plan with the public option, it won’t be health care reform, and we’ll lose a tremendous number of seats in 2010. My point was, Giffords, Mitchell, Kirkpatrick and other Reps in swing districts … Read more
by David SafierWe've had a bit of back-and-forth in the comments about whether the Friday anti-Cap and Trade protest at Giffords' office should be called a Tea Party event. Based on a comment from flounder, I went to the professional looking Tucson Tea Party website. Here's what I found on the subject. Arizonans Setting Energy … Read more
by David SafierHoward Dean has one of those very short interviews they run every week in the front pages of the NY Times Sunday Magazine. He makes two comments that are among the most thoughtful I've heard lately on the subject of health care legislation. The first: I believe that if we don’t pass the … Read more