It’s a shame that so many Obama voter are suffering the consequences of their vote. But, then again, being a “low information voter” is a choice. The information was out there, freely available. People could have looked up the facts and known that they were in for it if the voted Democrat. But, too many listened to the MSM, or their union boss, and now, they are paying the price-literally and figuratively. FOX News has the latest example, the Regal Entertainment Group, The nation’s largest movie theater chain has cut the hours of thousands of employees, saying in a company [...]
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Military Tuition Assistance becomes a casualty of the “Great Sequester Scam”
Many members of my Air Force family are feeling the pain of the sequester. A benefit they receive for their military service has been suspended due to sequester “cuts.” The Military Tuition Assistance program helps members of our Armed Forces offset the cost of college and helps them achieve their educational goals. I myself used the program to complete my degree program while I was active duty and was grateful it was there. Yesterday those educational goals were put on hold for many after the Air Force announced it was suspending its popular Tuition Assistance program for the remainder of [...]
Sequester Madness: Tired of Being Tired?
Mastadon Army has a new video out that attempts to cure sequester madness. Take a look… It’s amazing what could happen if the Senate would only pass a budget! Perhaps, simply doing THEIR FREAKING JOB could cure sequester madness! Related posts: It’s Sequester Madness! Sequester Madness: Maxine Waters Claims that Sequester will Cost 170,000,000 Jobs Worst Case Scenario of Sequester is Far Better Than the Porkulus American Hero 2012 I’m Talking To You – Treasury Secretary Geithner admits he doesn’t have a plan… Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
It’s Sequester Madness!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m getting a tad bit tired of all the sequester madness. What? You don’t know what sequester madness is? Oh dear, let me fill you in. The sequester is automatic spending cuts that happen id the Republicans in the House fail to compromise give in to every Democratic whim or demand. However, the cuts in the sequester itself represents only the tiniest fraction of government spending. In fact, there was probably more Porkulus money that went to places that don’t exist, than are in the sequester. To further educate the good [...]
I Had A Dream … A Conservative Dream!
My wife is one of those people who has long vivid dreams and she remembers in minute detail. Her dreams range from bizarre to weird, but they always involve the family. Me? I rarely remember dreams ( my wife thinks I am weird because of that). The occasional dream that I do remember usually involves me at a much younger age and people I do not know. My memory of the dream is always sketchy, at best. What I remember about last night’s dream is also sketchy; but what is interesting is that I was only an observer and not a [...]
Welcome to the World of ObamaCare: The 29er’s and the 49er’s
As ObamaCare continues to hit the country, we are seeing some new terminology emerge. To get there, here is more from the WSJ… Welcome to the strange new world of small-business hiring under ObamaCare. The law requires firms with 50 or more “full-time equivalent workers” to offer health plans to employees who work more than 30 hours a week. (The law says “equivalent” because two 15 hour a week workers equal one full-time worker.) Employers that pass the 50-employee threshold and don’t offer insurance face a $2,000 penalty for each uncovered worker beyond 30 employees. So by hiring the 50th [...]
Small Business Owners Explain Why ObamaCare Causes Cuts in Hours and Layoffs
As the layoffs continue to mount, and the left continues to blame everyone/everything but Obama’s policies, business people continue to attempt to explain the situation. FOX News has the video. Why FOX News? Because the other networks won’t cover it! Of course, leftists will probably promise to boycott these businesses, and try to put them under. Because, as we all know, putting all of the workers in the unemployment line is far better than some of them losing their jobs. As far as I can ascertain, it must be a twist on the normal liberal fairness meme. You see, if some losing their jobs, and others [...]
Kroger to Slash Hours of Workers to Avoid ObamaCare Penalites
If you are an hourly worker at Kroger, there is a good chance that your hours will either cut, or your chances of becoming a full time worker are nil. And the cause for this? ObamaCare! Dung Ross (no relation), has more… To give you a sense of Kroger’s size and importance, its sales last year were $90 billion and it employs nearly 350,000 people. Most of its jobs are hourly and the vast majority of workers are neither millionaires or billionaires. Faith is a mid-level manager at Kroger and reports the dire news: Last week we found out that, [...]
Why Obama and the Democrats are going to lose the Medicare debate…
Nancy Pelosi once said of Obamacare that we had to pass it so we can find out what’s in it. Well one of the big stink bombs that the Democrats don’t want to talk about is the massive cuts they made to Medicare when they passed Obamacare. These cuts were designed to keep Obamacare deficit neutral and was a key provision that helped both the House and Senate pass the the bill in March 2010. In fact in the below video President Obama stated that he would veto the bill if there was any attempt to undo the cuts to [...]
Is Obama propping up Medicare Advantage until after the election?
The Democrats are screaming that Paul Ryan’s plan to save Medicare will gut Medicare and kill grandma and grandpa. The problem with that argument is that the Democrats have already dealt a serious blow to Medicare Advantage when they rammed Obamacare through Congress back in March 2010. The American Healthcare Education Coalition (AHEC) is a national non-profit, public-interest organization that pushes for free market solutions to our healthcare issues. They analyzed the impact Obamacare would have on Medicare Advantage and below is an except from their study. The cuts to Medicare Advantage begin right away, with payment rates frozen in [...]
A Tale of Two Stories: Electronic Medical Records Costs Jobs, Doctors Losing Money
For our latest rendition of A Tale of Two Stories, we need to look at what is happening in with ObamaCare. One of it’s requirements is for providers to convert to a electronic medical record, or EMR. While this, on the surface, would allow for some advantages, like making it easier to get records from distant providers in the event of a medical emergency. However, with government involved, the law of unintended consequences always rears it’s ugly head. Big Government has the details… Last week, layoffs were announced at the University of Mississippi Medical Center due in part to the 80 million [...]
Some Thoughts on GOP Candidates: Is it now Romney vs. Gingrich?
Are we now stuck with Romney the waffler vs Newt the neocon for the GOP nomination? Herman Cain is under sustained attack, and is slipping in the polls. Bachmann is teetering on irrelevance. Ron Paul is great, but has little chances. Santorum is running as a Social Conservative when people care more about the economy. Huntsman is irrelevant, as well as being all but a Democrat. As we speak, Gingrich is on the rise. I did watch his debate with Cain, and was impressed with his speaking ability. Let’s face it, he’s incredibly intelligent, and can speak, with authority, on nearly [...]
ObamaCare Damage: So much for keeping your plan
Remember this? Well, just as it is with your General Motors warranty, the real answer is, “not so much.” For the hows and whys, here is some more from Hot Air… …CBO’s initial ObamaCare score assumed that only four million, or 2.5 percent, of the 162 million workers who have employer-provided health insurance would end up switching to the new taxpayer-subsidized exchanges once they go online three years from now. What happens to deficit projections if it turns out that that estimate is wildly, wildly low? We can guess, but we don’t have to. Looks like we’ll find out. Nearly one in [...]
Graph: Results of Tax Cuts on Revenue to the Federal Government
Democrats, led by President Obama, frequently advance the argument that the deficits that the federal government has been running since 2001 (~$500 billion under Bush’s 8 years, ~$1500 billion during Obama’s 3 years) are the result of the Bush Tax Cuts (which Obama and the Democrats continued and extended), thus it is the Republicans and George W Bush’s fault for the current nation-destroying federal debt. Let’s look at the data: Drawing on data provided by the White House’s Government Printing Office, we can see here a history of the revenue or money collected by the national government since 1980. I [...]
Debt Deal Reached: Who Wins and Who Loses?
I just saw that a debt agreement had been reached. So, rather than quote just the usual sources, I thought I’d tale a look at what a liberal sources had to say. First off, here are the details of the agreement from Talking Points Memo… The deal works like this: It guarantees the debt limit will be hiked by $2.4 trillion. Immediately upon enactment of the plan, the Treasury will be granted $400 billion of new borrowing authority, after which President Obama will be allowed to extend the debt limit by $500 billion, subject to a vote of disapproval by [...]
MSM Mentions ObamaCare Damage: Points out the Exploitable Crisis
The USA Today had a story confirming the fact the doctors are turning away Medicare patients in record numbers. Here are some details from Richard Wolf. • The American Academy of Family Physicians says 13% of respondents didn’t participate in Medicare last year, up from 8% in 2008 and 6% in 2004. • The American Osteopathic Association says 15% of its members don’t participate in Medicare and 19% don’t accept new Medicare patients. If the cut is not reversed, it says, the numbers will double. • The American Medical Association says 17% of more than 9,000 doctors surveyed restrict the [...]
