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Right Wing Wackiness

Budget Roadmap to Nowhere

So, as for that Republican “budget roadmap...” As it turns out, not only does it call for sharp cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense, and all other government programs combined with privatization of Medicare so that a larger share of your diminished benefit goes to for-profit insurance companies, apparently when the Center for Tax Justice (PDF) ran the numbers, they discovered that most Americans will pay higher taxes under Ryan’s plan than under Obama’s. Only the very richest will pay less. [Yglesias]

Tags: budget, republican, tax reform

Just Plain Cool

Shut Up and Do Your Work

Apparently, if you were born after 1980, your sense of entitlement is making baby-boomer employers CRAZY!

But we'll blame your parents for giving you that 9th-place trophy for that basketball tournament in 4th grade. [Wall Street Journal]

Tags: jobs

Political Junkie

What Filibuster?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pledged on Wednesday to take a serious look at revising the filibuster rules at the beginning of the next Congress, calling the current level of obstruction in the Senate unacceptable.

In a reflection of the party's commitment to changing the parliamentary rules, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) followed the majority leader by saying that his committee would address the topic soon. [Huffington Post]

Tags: congress

Health & Wellness

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The Bottom Line on Health Care Reform

With the constant back-and-forth on health care, it's easy to lose perspective when gauging what the public really wants.  So, plain and simple, no matter what, the American people want a change: A new a new Associated Press-GfK Poll finds that only 4 percent say it the current health care system shouldn't be changed at all. [Associated Press via Huffington Post]

Tags: fun with polls, reform