The second Obama term
Obama: Congress? Fuck those guys.
It's fucking law now. If you work full-time, no poverty.
Yet.
“Let’s declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour,” the president said to applause in his 2013 address.
It's fucking law now. If you work full-time, no poverty.
But the president is reviving the issue as he tries to focus again on the economy. Obama, who does not have the power to unilaterally raise the minimum wage for private sector workers...
Yet.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
If he weren't invoking echoes of the Four Freedoms from the FDR era, I wouldn't mind so much.TheCatt wrote:I would rather increase minimum wage than have more taxes.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Gitmo Bay is not going anywhere. Nor is anyone inside it. I'm sure Hillary will promise to close it in 2016.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The green prez.
Thank Christ the evil pachyderms with their ties to big oil aren't running things.
The heads of 18 environmental groups went public recently with a complaint they have privately pressed the White House on for months: Obama's support of expanded oil and gas production doesn't make sense for a president who wants to reduce global warming pollution.
Thank Christ the evil pachyderms with their ties to big oil aren't running things.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
22K health care website appeal transactions. Nothing exists to process them.
One assumes carrier pigeons will soon be used.
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Those 22,000 appeals were submitted through the mail, since the computer and phone systems for filing appeals have yet to launch. The appeals were transferred to a computer system at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), but the program to process those appeals does not yet exist, unnamed sources told the Post.
One assumes carrier pigeons will soon be used.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Holy shit. That interview had to hurt to watch.
Congressional Budget Office on health care. But it's totally cool because...
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Congressional Budget Office on health care. But it's totally cool because...
The White House pushed back against the Republican attacks, citing the report’s finding that the law will have no effect on the total demand for worker hours.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
It's a feature, not a bug. "It" being "job loss."
By providing insurance that’s not tied to a job, it “allows Americans to choose to spend more time with their family or pursue their dreams. And that is not a bad thing; it is a good thing,” he said.
And Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., said “The fact that Americans won’t be tied to a job they don’t want or need solely because it is the only way for them to get affordable health care is a feature of Obamacare, not a bug.”
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
More bipartisan cooperation.
Yep, nothing but donkeys bending over backwards here. Totally not demanding anything.
“I’m sorry to say that it appears Senate Republicans appear poised to filibuster this important legislation a second time, despite the fact that we have compromised on every one of their demands,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
...
But Reid has not agreed to Republican demands for an open, unlimited amendment process on the legislation. And since Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have been unable to strike a deal on considering a finite list of amendments to the bill, Reid has choked off the consideration of alterations to the legislation, rankling GOP senators who want consideration of their unemployment ideas on the full Senate floor.
Yep, nothing but donkeys bending over backwards here. Totally not demanding anything.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Watch a company tell its employees about how their health care is changing due to Obamacare.
Article w/videos
Article w/videos
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
That's a feature. It encourages people to get higher paying jobs.Leisher wrote:Watch a company tell its employees about how their health care is changing due to Obamacare.
Article w/videos
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Five million can't get health insurance.
For now, nearly five million people ages 18 to 64 get no financial help to buy coverage because of the gap, according to estimates by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Many of those people are clustered in the South, living in states where income limits for Medicaid coverage have historically been among the lowest in the U.S.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Obama ripped Bush for using too much power and bypassing Congress. Promised to reverse that.
At this point, I think it'd be easier to list the things he promised and stuck to rather than promises he broke, so here goes:
1.
At this point, I think it'd be easier to list the things he promised and stuck to rather than promises he broke, so here goes:
1.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Some people aren't paying on their Obamacare policies.
Up to 1/5th of all policies.
Up to 1/5th of all policies.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Biden hits on one half of the truth. Accidentally.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."