Deficit high
Short term loans are a popular option with Americans as the deficit reaches record highs. Budget deficit totals were released, and the federal deficit has surpassed $1.8 trillion, according to the White House. That’s more than four times last year’s high. It’s reached this level because the stimulus package [...]
Health Care Reform and Debt Relief are Connected
In the midst of the health care reform, many Americans are worried about debt relief. High medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the nation and many see it as the biggest “ignored necessity.” Housewife Brandy Giant of Littleton Pennsylvania stated, [...]
Will Obama push finance reform through after health care?
Health care reform may be in the political spotlight right now, but there’s a crisis of another color that hasn’t disappeared. It bears the color of money, a color that many believe President Obama has fed Wall Street but kept from the [...]
A haymaker against humanity
Ever heard the expression “Great White Hope” before? The phrase entered popular culture when boxing promoters in the early 20th century where desperately searching for a white fighter who could defeat African-American heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. Yet it has so many other applications.
If you squint hard enough, [...]
Know how you’re most likely to die and be happy
Death by ferrets may be in your future, or cardiac arrest. Admittedly, it could be a freak game show accident. Whatever the case, you’re going to want to know what your risk of dying is, because it always pays to be [...]
Use common sense regarding section 1233
Just when I thought people were getting the story straight about section 1233, the section of HR 3200 that addresses end-of-life consultation, another round of strange interpretations and accusations has started flying around. I came across an article on LifeNews.com, a pro-life web site, that [...]
Reality Check addresses health care concerns
While the old “fight fire with fire” saying doesn’t really make any sense, it does make sense to fight the internet with the internet. In response to all of the outlandish rumors and lies surrounding health care legislation, the Obama administration has launched Reality Check, [...]
We await the Senate vote on Cash For Clunkers
Sen. McCain has already made it known that he didn’t approve of the original $1 billion allotted for the Cash For Clunkers bill, so he definitely doesn’t approve of funneling $2 billion more into it. He will do all he can short [...]
Health care . . . ad nauseam
Forty-six million Americans are without health insurance. For many uninsured people, emergency cash loans and payday cash advances take the place of health insurance. Health insurance premiums, co-payments, and deductibles are on the rise. Medicare will be a financial disaster within [...]
Some worry move would hurt charities
President Barack Obama has made several bold proposals in his budget plans. His biggest project is a plan to put $634 billion toward health care reform. It’s a spendy project, and it’s Obama’s job to figure out how to fund it.
Among his budget proposals, he has [...]