Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ACK! I edited, right away. I swear.
I started to write it out "ita, megan, sumi," and then realized I was quoting back you, and wanted to have it in the right order, because I'm like that, and well.
I was thinking of it more as a superhero name, though.
What's the correct emoticon for eye's bugging out of your head?
I like o.O
ARGH! The board ate most of my post! What happened?
It separated it into three posts...
The message: too many businesses of all sizes aren't committed to providing insurance coverage regardless of cost. A tax increase would increase the number of uninsured people more than it would offset that number. Also, the hospitals dependent on the federal uncompensated care dollars that Bush is going to propose giving to states will simply reduce their charity care, meaning that uninsured people will have fewer places to turn for health care service.
Finally, federal poverty level for individuals in 2006 was $9600 and for a family of four was $20K. Either way, the $360/mo. number Cindy mentioned for up to 3x FPL sounds terrifying.
It separated it into three posts...
No, I mean my overlong follow-up. When I clicked Post, it came up truncated.
No, I mean my overlong follow-up. When I clicked Post, it came up truncated.
Oh, that's just weird, then.
Increase taxes AND increase the cost of health care and insurance. Another win-win for the Bush White House!
Seriously, can't imagine what they are thinking. They know this won't pass a Democratic Congress. I'd think they have something EEEEvil up their collective sleeves but actually it seems like they're consistently winning the war against minimal political competence.
I'd think they have something EEEEvil up their collective sleeves but actually it seems like they're consistently winning the war against minimal political competence.
That's kind of where I am with the Bush administration now. Instead of a wary, "What diabolical plan is this? I can't parse it at all. It must be ingenious" - now I think, "Sweet Zombie Jesus! They're constipated with stupidity."
I knew stupidity was constipating!
It sounds as though the construction workers are demolishing something large made of concrete directly below my desk. Which might in fact be the case. It is very loud and vibratey.