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Affordable Health Care for America Act
from smacfarl in Government Docs
/ The Affordable Health Care for America Act [H.R. 3962], which blends and updates the three versions of previous bills passed by the House committees of jurisdiction in July, embodies President Obama’s key goals for health reform. It will slow the growth in out-of-control costs, introduce compet...
Bank of International Settlements Overview of the Financi...
from smacfarl in Business & Law
Financial stability concerns took centre stage once again over the period / between end-August and end-November. In the wake of the mid-September / failure of Lehman Brothers, global financial markets seized up and entered a / new and deeper state of crisis. As money market funds and other investors...
2008 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report
from smacfarl in Business & Law
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company owning subsidiaries that engage in a number of diverse business activities including property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, finance, manufacturing, services and retailing. Included in the group of subsidiaries that ...
Senator Max Baucus - Call to Reform Healthcare 2009
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It is the duty of the next Congress to reform America’s health care system. In 2009, / Congress must take up and act on meaningful health reform legislation that achieves / coverage for every American while also addressing the underlying problems in our health / system. The urgency of this task has ...
MDRLIVINGSTON
scribbled: Duty to reform health care? Perhaps people forget that under Lyndon Johnson health care was "reformed" by Congress and the Senate and now we have the current catastrophic mess. What is the rush t...
davidbkitts
scribbled: Dear Senator,
I was excited by the news in the last two days that you are considering "member-owned" co-operatives" as an option that may be palatable to both sides of the aisle. Very little deta...
lomac9991529
scribbled: This problem is simple-cut costs. Where? insurance companies, pharmaceutical costs, Doctor / Hospital costs.
Where is cost cutting in these areas addressed in your bill???? Too difficult to add...
ralphsj
scribbled: A possible way aroujnd the dilema of Public vrs private coverage would be to allow the governmnet picu up catastrophic caare for all medical expenses that exceed 12%of a famlies annual income. See...
Karl Rove's final 2008 presidential election map
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Rove projects Obama 338-200 / With North Carolina and Missouri in a dead heat.
Kim Cattrall
scribbled: very interesting, thanks for great info. feel free to visit my scribd
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What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next ...
from smacfarl
Recent historical experience argues that the labor-market effects of the next recession will last far / longer than the formal recession itself. This report uses the experience of the last three recessions to / predict labor market outcomes of a recession in 2008. / A recession that is mild-to-moder...
dmunson
scribbled: 8 Months later the current "recession" is almost 200% (in terms of jobs) as this projects. After reading, I got to wonder at the basis of this paper.
Seems that all your projections are based upo...
The Inheritance of Inequality
from smacfarl
People differ markedly in their views concerning the appropriate role of government in reducing economic inequality. Self-interest and differences in values explain part of the conflict over redistribution. But by far the most important fault line is that people hold different beliefs about...
Abdallah Higazy v. FBI Agent Michael Templeton
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Higazy was forced into a false confession of participation in 9.11, because the FBI threatened to have his family tortured by Egyptian security forces. After he was proved innocent he sued the FBI. / The court found in his favor but the FBI got the details that them look bad redacted for Nationa...
The Artistic Freedom Voucher: Internet Age Alternative t...
from smacfarl
The institution of copyrights has its origins in the feudal guild system. Copyrights / provide an incentive for creative or artistic work by providing a state-enforced / monopoly. Like any other monopoly, this system leads to enormous inefficiencies, / and creates substantial enforcement problems. T...
货币战争 (War Of Currencies)
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序言起航的中国经济航母，会一帆风顺 / 么？ / 美国财长保尔森在访华前夕接受美国全国广播公司有线电 视频道CNBC 访问时指 / 出，作为经济大国，“他们已是全球经济的领导者，世界 其他国家不会再给他们 / 很多时间”。毫无疑问，这个“他们”，就是中国。 / 显然，今天的中国，正以惊人的速度，将自己变成全球经 济举足轻重的一部分。 / 一系列的经济数据和迹象都表明，庞大的中国经济航母， 已经起程。 / 如果说，三年前政治局请几位学者进京讲授大国崛起的历 史，还只是在为中国可 / 以预见的发展作准备，那么从“崛起”到“发展”提法上 的变化，就足以看出中 / 国自信心的调整、看出中国经济发展的速度之快，甚至超 过了中央电...
What’s the Matter with What’s the Matter with Kansas?
from smacfarl
• Has the white working class abandoned the Democratic Party? No. White voters in the bottom third of the income distribution have actually become more reliably Democratic in presidential elections over the past half-century, while middle- and upper-income white voters have trended Republican. Lo...
Rich state, poor state, red state, blue state: What’s the...
from smacfarl
We find that income matters more in “red America” than in “blue America.” In poor states, / rich people are much more likely than poor people to vote for the Republican presidential / candidate, but in rich states (such as Connecticut), income has a very low correlation with / vote preference. In addit...
Considering a war with Iran: A discussion paper on WMD in...
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There is considerable international discussion that the confrontation between Iran and / the international community over its nuclear programme may change in character into / a major war between Iran and either US or Israel or both in conjunction with allies / such as the United Kingdom. This study ...
GAO Iraq Report: has not met most legislative, security a...
from smacfarl
In summary, we found / Summary: / The benchmarks were derived from commitments first articulated by the Iraqi government in June 2006. / The Iraqi government met 3, partially met 4, and did not meet 11 of its 18 benchmarks. Overall, key legislation has not been passed, violence remains high, and it i...
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