Posts Tagged ‘ tax ’

The Fair Healthcare Solution

Sep 18th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: Gov't and Politics

With all of the “debate”…with all of the money that’s necessary…when you sit down and crunch the numbers, there are few sensible solutions and only one that is fair.



Health Don’t Care Anymore

Sep 12th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: Gov't and Politics

I have five drafts of healthcare blogs written over the past several months. I decided instead of making researched arguments which were all but impossible to make accessible, I’d just do a quick blog on my thoughts and conclusions.



Some Quick Lobby Numbers

Apr 9th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: Snippets

In 2008, companies and interest groups spent at least $3.42 billion to lobby Congress and the Federal Government. That’s really just another dollar amount to us at this point. Let’s look at it this way: that equates to 68,400 jobs with a gross pay of $50,000.



Bring Back Cyclamate!

Apr 8th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: Gripes, Snippets

Children of the late 60s had a shared habit that was wrested from them by our oh-so-protective government. The FDA banned the additive in 1969. As subsequent studies have not shown there to be a significant risk to humans, there is no reason to keep the substance banned.