Flap’s Links and Comments for October 13th through October 14th
Posted by Flap in Pinboard LinksThese are my links for October 13th through October 14th:
- Rick Perry: Playing the victim card – This is not Perry’s worst problem, but it sure is emblematic of his incompetent campaign. Consider the fact that only when his poll numbers have plummeted and no one much cares does he roll out a jobs plan. He allows the Jeffress issue to fester, irking voters who could be receptive to his message. He was unprepared to defend policies like tuition breaks for illegal immigrants and his enterprise funds that bear an eerie resemblance to Solyndra. (As Kim Strassel writes, “Mr. Perry’s response has been to say that ‘the federal government shouldn’t be involved in that kind of investment, period,’ but that it is ‘fine for states’ to pick winners and losers in the economy.”)
A presidential campaign is not the same as the presidency. We sure learned that with Barack Obama. But if you can’t survive criticism by fellow conservative; prepare for debates; extinguish negative stories and roll out policies on a timely basis, how are you supposed to function as president, let alone win the presidency?
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Put a fork in Perry – He's Done
- Obama pulls plug on part of health overhaul law – The Obama administration Friday pulled the plug on a major program in the president's signature health overhaul law – a long-term care insurance plan dogged from the beginning by doubts over its financial solvency.
Targeted by congressional Republicans for repeal, the program became the first casualty in the political and policy wars over the health care law. It had been expected to launch in 2013.
"This is a victory for the American taxpayer and future generations," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., spearheading opposition in the Senate. "The administration is finally admitting (the long-term care plan) is unsustainable and cannot be implemented."
Proponents, including many groups that fought to pass the health care law, have vowed a vigorous effort to rescue the program, insisting that Congress gave the administration broad authority to make changes. Long-term care includes not only nursing homes, but such services as home health aides for disabled people.
Known as CLASS, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program was a longstanding priority of the late Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Although sponsored by the government, it was supposed to function as a self-sustaining voluntary insurance plan, open to working adults regardless of age or health. Workers would pay an affordable monthly premium during their careers, and could collect a modest daily cash benefit of at least $50 if they became disabled later in life. The money could go for services at home, or to help with nursing home bills.
But a central design flaw dogged CLASS. Unless large numbers of healthy people willingly sign up during their working years, soaring premiums driven by the needs of disabled beneficiaries would destabilize it, eventually requiring a taxpayer bailout.
After months insisting that could be fixed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, finally admitted Friday she doesn't see how.
"Despite our best analytical efforts, I do not see a viable path forward for CLASS implementation at this time," Sebelius said in a letter to congressional leaders.
The law required the administration to certify that CLASS would remain financially solvent for 75 years before it could be put into place.
But officials said they discovered they could not make CLASS both affordable and financially solvent while keeping it a voluntary program open to virtually all workers, as the law also required.
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-14 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-14 #tcot #catcot
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – RE: Who cares?
Please……
Care to elaborate on your general class warfare mantra.
- Occupy Wall Street: Who is Behind the Protests? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – RE: Sorry but color me skeptical….looks and smells like astroturf to me.
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– YouTube – RT @google: Give a warm Twitter welcome to @Android… & a new friend who arrived on campus today: - Variations of Oral Bacteria May Signal Pancreatic Cancer | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Variations of Oral Bacteria May Signal Pancreatic Cancer
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Prostate Cancer Experts Condemn USPSTF PSA Test Recommendations – Prostate Cancer Experts Condemn USPSTF PSA Test Recommendations
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 11th through October 13th | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for October 11th through October 13th #tcot #catcot
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