Health care reform means more power for the IRS

Under the various proposals now on the table, the IRS would become the main agency for determining who has an "acceptable" health insurance plan; for finding and punishing those who don't have such a plan; for subsidizing individual health insurance costs through the issuance of  …

ObamaCare supporter bites off 65 year-old opponent's finger

about 100 people demonstrating in favor of health care reforms rallied Wednesday night on a street corner.

Sentenced to death on the NHS

In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death. Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff deal with dying patients, they can then have …

Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks

The program, known as Conficker, uses flaws in Windows software to co-opt machines and link them into a virtual computer that can be commanded remotely by its authors.

Kennedy's Letter to the Pope

At  Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's request, President Obama last month delivered a letter to Pope Benedict XVI. Until Saturday, at Kennedy's burial, when Cardinal Theodore McCarrick read aloud from it and from a Vatican response, the letters' contents were not publicly known.

New York gov OKs OTB bankruptcy filing

New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday signed an executive order that will enable the troubled New York City Off-Track Betting Corp to file for bankruptcy as a municipality.

Abusing School Kids With Pro-Obama Propaganda

On September 8th (the first day of classes for many school kids) the President will address them live about the importance of education.

Obama in the classroom: President to address school students September 8

There's quite a buzz going around about Tuesday, September 8th.  That's the day President Obama will address PreK-12 students via televisions and screens in public school classrooms, auditoriums, and 'cafetoriums' across the nation.

Complaint filed on Carhart clinic

Dr LeRoy Carhart this week laid off nearly half the staff at his Bellevue abortion clinic, which is the subject of a complaint filed with the state about possibly unsafe conditions. This week, Carhart said he didn't know about the complaint, filed by several anti-abortion groups.

As a Foreclosure Judge, Arthur Schack Tosses Out Cases, Brooklyn Style

Every week, the nation's mightiest banks come to his court seeking to take the homes of New Yorkers who cannot pay their mortgages. And nearly as often, the judge says, they file foreclosure papers speckled with errors.

Burt Rutan: engineer, aviation/space pioneer, and now, active climate skeptic

one of the foremost and world famous engineers on the planet, Burt Rutan, has become an active climate skeptic. You may be familiar with some of Rutan's work through his company, Scaled Composites:

Health-Care Anger Has Deeper Roots

At August's town-hall meetings, voters often started with complaints about health care, only to shift to frustrations about all the other things President Barack Obama and the Democrats have done or tried to do since January.

Car Dealers Still Waiting On 'Clunkers' Cash

Here's the figure: $2.878 billion. That's how much money the government owes car dealers for the "Cash for Clunkers" program.

Dealers Still Waiting For Clunker Cash

While the Cash for Clunkers program is getting all the credit, local car dealers are still waiting for their cash.

Ex-Employees Note Unsafe, Illegal Conditions at LeRoy Carhart's Abortion Center

Earlier this week, Nebraska-based late-term abortion practitioner LeRoy Carhart laid off nearly half his staff as he faces a potential investigation from state officials.

Real US unemployment rate at 16 pct: Fed official

The real US unemployment rate is 16 percent if persons who have dropped out of the labor pool and those working less than they would like are counted, a Federal Reserve official said Wednesday. "If one considers the people who would like a job but have stopped looking -- so-call …

Medicare Will Be Bankrupt by 2019 - by Tom Schatz - Budget & Tax News

The trustees estimate the fund for hospital bills in the Medicare program will run dry by 2019, seven years sooner than predicted last year, largely thanks to the new Medicare bill. Medicare begins dipping into its trust fund for the first time this year.

France Fights Universal Care's High Cost

soaring costs are pushing the system into crisis. The result: As Congress fights over whether America should be more like France, the French government is trying to borrow U.S. tactics.

Fixing health care: 4 hidden costs - Aug. 27, 2009

Health care is by far the most cartelized, anti-competitive big business in America. The market is crippled by a web of quotas, entry barriers, monopolistic licensing laws, and discount limits that wouldn't be tolerated in any other industry.

A free-market proposal for reforming health care - Aug. 19, 2009

Unlike the House bill that fills 1,100 pages, my proposed health-care plan can be expressed in four simple bullet points. The marketplace, with more than 100 million consumers writing their own checks, will take care of the rest.

Designing the ideal health care system

Let's dream for a moment: Imagine that our nation could start with a clean slate and invent the best possible health care system to replace the current wobbly machine -- one that everybody agrees needs fixing.

Exposed: The Swine Flu Hoax by Andrew Bosworth

The alarm has been sounded. Politicians, pharmaceutical executives and media conglomerates would have us believe that a 1918-style pandemic is a real threat. The 1918 pandemic, however, evolved out of conditions unique to World War I, for four specific reasons.

Surrendering to the status quo | SocialistWorker.org

Will liberals in Congress refuse to let Obama off the hook and fight back? Or will health care--like the trillions of dollars in giveaways to the banks, the escalation of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, and the maintenance of George W.

Secret process benefits pet projects

A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.

Some Surprised By 'Clunker' Tax

Many of those cashing in on the clunkers program are surprised when they get to the treasurer's office windows. That's because the government's rebate of up to $4500 dollars for every clunker is taxable.

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