Why ObamaCare is BAD news.

A recent “Investor’s Business Daily” article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization. Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis: U.S. 65% England 46% Canada 42% Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months: U.S. 93% England 15% [...]

Progressive Vermont’s pension future

Idiocy is it’s own reward. You cannot spend what you don’t have; you cannot tax what does not exist. Alabama Town’s Failed Pension Is a Warning This struggling small city on the outskirts of Mobile was warned for years that if it did nothing, its pension fund would run out of money by 2009. Right [...]

Shummy gets his feelings hurt

He can’t even take his ball and go home, since as a proper Proggy Person, if he had any balls they would be collectively owned. Shumlin Cries Foul Over GOP Ad [snip] Sen. Peter Shumlin on Thursday denounced a new TV ad, paid for by the Republican Governors Association. The commercial opens with Shumlin in [...]

Welcome to Government run health care

Insurance companies that use at least 70% of the premium for medical care in compliance with state law may not be blocked by California regulators from raising rates. They’re looking to change this legislation. Anthem Blue Cross is allowed to move ahead with rate hikes California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue [...]

This is for the Kids?

With budgets crippling school districts, this is difficult to comprehend, unless there is a secondary message being sent. Hmmmm. Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra drug coverage MADISON, Wis. – With the district in a financial crisis and hundreds of its members facing layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union is taking a peculiar stand: fighting to get [...]

Why can’t Vermont get these jobs

Must be these are for profit, capitalist companies that take advantage of the working poor by paying between $13.90 and $14.50 per hour. How can a person in Vermont live on that kind of income. Ethan Allen Adding Jobs In McDowell County The Ethan Allen plant in Old Fort will expand its operations and create [...]

How to become a dinosaur state

One look at California’s budget problems should send shudders through the Legislators in Vermont. Did it give them pause, not a chance. Look at what’s going on in California. [snip] Silicon Valley faces a serious threat, however: the fiscal and regulatory earthquakes rocking California, which verges on becoming a failed state. Measured by per-household state [...]

Keeping your Doctor, Huh?

Remember when good ole Barack told you the ObamaCare would let you keep your doctor and health care plan? Wasn’t he a swell guy, patting you on the back, reassuring you all the time. Well Vermonters, have another cup of Kool-Aid, try the Jonestown flavor… Shocker: Major corporations may dump health insurance, pay penalties instead [...]

ObamaCare = health care insolvency

With something for nothing, you get– NOTHING! Health Care To Cover More, Cost More Overhaul Fails To Control Costs, Economic Experts Say [snip] In particular, concerns about Medicare could become a major political liability in the midterm elections. The report projected that Medicare cuts could drive about 15 percent of hospitals and other institutional providers [...]

ObamaCare for Vermonters

SUCKERS!