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• Insurer denied needed medical tests, Senate finds

  Fri Apr 15, 2011
  • It sounds like many here expect health care to be a right -- it is clearly a privilege, and one the wealthy and Republicans want to keep that way. If you stop and think about it, the Ryan plan makes sense -- provide vouchers for health care starting at age 55 so you can buy your own insurance.

• Budget deal reached, government shutdown averted

  Thu Apr 7, 2011
  • Ideology vs Ideology - its no wonder Congress can't come to an agreement. They have no concept of what compromise means. It would be interesting to see what would happen if our Representatives and Senators didn't get paid, nor had any money to run their offices during the "shutdown".

• GOP, defiant, blames Obama, Dems for potential shutdown

  Wed Apr 6, 2011
  • Finger pointing, blaming, grousing and griping. If either side, and preferably both, could own up to some degree of integrity - which I realize is asking ALOT - perhaps they could actually do their jobs. Politics is about polarization, governing is about compromise.

• Wake up! Sleeping tower operator spurs FAA policy shift

  Wed Mar 23, 2011
  • One question - is Reagan National a for profit facility or not for profit? The difference may point to part of the problem.

• School cuts raise doubts among some GOP voters

  Thu Mar 24, 2011
  • You will always be able to find something that is "waste" no matter how much you cut, unless there are no funds at all.

• School cuts raise doubts among some GOP voters

  Thu Mar 24, 2011
  • You don't say how you are involved in kids education

• School cuts raise doubts among some GOP voters

  Thu Mar 24, 2011
  • Cut the Bloat - start with your daily cappacino, gas to get to work when you drive yourself alone, clothes that are not patched and repatched, have you darned your socks lately? Until you start doing your own "pinching" so you spend no more than $800 a month for mortgage, food, transportation and …

• Health care -- one year later

  Wed Mar 23, 2011
  • Since we refuse, as a nation, to reconcile on health care and taxes I propose we eliminate all funding for healthcare, ban health insurance, and maintain that status for at least 10 years. And while we're at it, let's eliminate ALL taxes in any form and the programs they support.

• Wis. governor refuses to budge on budget bill

  Mon Feb 21, 2011
  • Bl;ack and white/all or nothing thinking. It may be that spending cuts need to be made AND taxes raised to balance the budget.

• Wis. governor refuses to budge on budget bill

  Mon Feb 21, 2011
  • Does Walker realize that busting the union may make his budget deficit worse? Some Federal programs require that collective bargaining rights be and remain in place to access the funding.