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Medicare And Medicaid - Can We Make them Affrordable?
The President and many prominent economists have said the deficit numbers will not go down until we get into the entitlements and make meaningful changes. I think you can interpret "meaningful changes" to mean reductions in pay or services the recipients are getting. Among all of the entitlement programs, the most expensive and fastest growing programs are Medicare and medicaid. These multi--billion dollar programs have been in fiscal free fall for most of the years since they were created. The powerful AMA has resisted any type of change to the programs for fear their physicians would suffer large losses. The even more powerful drug/pharmacy businesses has resisted any change to these… [more]
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Individual Liberties Versus The Needs of Government
I want the society I live in to be as free as possible. You should be able to live with as little government intrusion in your life as possible. However, the governments around the world differ widely on what constitutes individual liberties and your right to personal liberties. Lets us discuss this ever increasing debate about individual liberties and the needs of government. First of all, this should not devolve into a Republican VS Democrat because both parties will be changing their basic positions on many issues in the coming decade. With the advent of our continuing financial difficulties and unusually high unemployment, the general population is rethinking their positions on man… [more]
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Gulf Oil Leak
The Gulf Oil problem is in the news and deserves comment across America. While the worst part of this fiasco is off the coast of Louisiana, it will impact all of our lives for 2-3 decades into the future. The Valdez incident in Alaska is still remembered and occasionally revisited to this day. You can still find oil clumps washing up on the Alaskan shores today. In fact, a news channel had a guy out on an Alaskan bay picking up one just last week. Lets put some of the more unusual comments and statements to rest: 1. President Obama and his administration did not cause any part of this mess. Obama replaced the head of the agency that houses the sub-agency which licenses and monitors un… [more]
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fredsedge
This is my first attempt at the art of blogging! I am a political person and enjoy the issues involved in running the country. Personally, I am a center of the road Democrat, despite my having worked 35 years in a union environment in Oregon State Department of Employment. I expect to comment on many different issues that affect you and me. If you agree, or do not, I would appreciate hearing from you. Let me begin by stating I feel President Obama has done as good a job as we and events would allow him to do. On the election trail he promised health care reform. Upon election, he immediately immersed the country in a debate about the values of such a program. His administration su… [more]
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