Republicans are up in arms that fewer Americans were able to sign up for Obamacare than anticipated.
But don’t let the fake outrage fool you. They’d rather see nobody sign up.
Thank you Rep. Mark Takano for submitting this immigration myth vs. fact! Passing Comprehensive Immigration Reform will add $4.6 trillion to the Social Security trust fund over the next 75 years. Source: Wall Street Journal
Support ENDA. End Discrimination.
The Senate just passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act on a bipartisan vote of 64-32.
I call on Speaker Boehner to bring ENDA up for a vote in the House. Discrimination does not belong in the workplace!
Help me welcome Congressman Jim McDermott to Tumblr by following his new page: The Medicine Cabinet, for all your health reform needs…
When asked during an appearance on ABC about charges of plagiarism in his speeches Senator Paul said: “I think I’m being unfairly targeted by a bunch of hacks and haters.”
If someone criticizes you that does not automatically make them a hater.
Urban Dictionary does a good job of offering a clear definition: “Hater: A person that simply cannot be happy for another person’s success. So rather than be happy they make a point of exposing a flaw in that person.”
Comprehensive immigration reform is not a threat to Social Security.
Most immigrants come here between the ages of 18 and 35.
Only 2.5% of immigrants are over age 65 when they arrive.
In 1950, the ratio of workers to retirees was 16 to 1. Now it is under 3 to 1. CIR will increase this ratio.
The Social Security Trust Fund will increase by $600 billion over the next 25 years and $4.6 trillion over the next 75 years. (WSJ 6/13)
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The Republicans may hold a majority in the House of Representatives, but to pass anything with substance, Speaker Boehner needs the Democrats.
The real Governing Majority is composed of nearly the entire Democratic caucus, along with a few responsible Republicans.
The Governing Majority has done its job with the Fiscal Cliff, with aid to Sandy victims, with the Violence Against Women Act, and with keeping our government open.
We are waiting to do our job once again with comprehensive immigration reform, as millions of Americans and aspiring Americans are waiting for the House of Representatives to act.
The Affordable Care Act exchanges have seen some bumps in the road, but all the computer programmers in the world aren’t going to be able to help the working poor in states that refuse to expand Medicaid.
While red states like Kentucky and Arkansas have worked with the federal government to enroll thousands in just four weeks, millions in states like Texas, Florida, Indiana, and others aren’t so lucky. Texas boasts 1,046,430 residents who will fall in the coverage gap. These hard working Americans, who are too poor to qualify for ACA subsidies but make too much for traditional Medicaid, could be covered at no cost to themselves or their home state.
If the GOP is serious about getting people affordable coverage, it’s time to start working together to get it done. Letting millions of people suffer in the name of partisanship is just unconscionable.
More and more states will need to put away their partisan feelings towards Obamacare, and expand Medicaid, or see their residents fall in to a health insurance donut-hole created by their own governors.
The GOP shutdown has been disastrous for many Americans, but has been very good for one man in particular.
I’m pleased to hear that a deal is coming together, but did we really have to waste $4.8 billion and threaten the global economy over the false notion that Members of Congress are “exempt” from Obamacare?
Here’s what the legislation actually says.
Here’s a short and handy video on what a default would mean to you.
I’m not entirely sure Speaker Boehner knows what he’s doing these days, but I do know that it will be catastrophic if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling.
GOP Blog Post: “The Top Ten Reasons The Government Shutdown Isn’t All Bad”
Pro-tip: If you want us to believe you didn’t root for the shut-down, don’t celebrate it when it happens.
Will Speaker Boehner press the button?
Some of the Republican Members of Congress seem to think that the United States defaulting on its debt wouldn’t be a big deal. In the words of John McLaughlin: WRONG!
A new entry for Urban Dictionary regarding the GOP Shutdown.