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Grandma’s talking, Mr. Boehner. Listen.

by @Karoli on July 25, 2009 · 0 comments

in GOP, Healthcare

My Grandma’s got a message for John Boehner: Don’t make assumptions about other people’s lives and how they want them to end. The latest asshattery from Boehner immediately sent echoes into my head about how utterly offended my Grandma was to have to fight (and have my Mother fight on her behalf) to die [...]

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What poverty looks like

by @Karoli on May 10, 2009 · 3 comments

in GOP, Healthcare, The President

There’s been an ongoing discussion on Twitter between @kylesellers and me about whether the initiatives being introduced by President Obama are “radical”. The answer? Yes. Radical, as defined by the Miriam-Webster dictionary, is marked by a considerable departure from the usual or traditional.
Here’s another relevant definition: Poverty (a): the state of one who lacks a [...]

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Millions have lost health insurance since 2007

by @Karoli on May 4, 2009 · 5 comments

in #tcot

There are statistics, and then there are scary statistics. The Center for American Progress estimates that 1.3 million Americans have lost their health coverage in the last 4 months.
We estimate that 2.4 million workers have lost the health coverage their jobs provided since the start of the recession, based on data from the U.S. Census [...]

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@Karoli and @dmooney9 take different sides on union card check campaign promise

by @Karoli on March 27, 2009 · 3 comments

in Government Affairs

Here at Bipartreport.com we don’t always agree. When we discussed the question of Obama Admin support for union card check we found ourselves on opposite sides. @dmooney9 opens in opposition to Obama and @Karoli closes with an approving opinion.

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Health Care Reform: Where can both sides agree?

by @Karoli on March 22, 2009 · 0 comments

in Healthcare

@Karoli Why is it that when discussing the need for health care reform, it seems to boil down to a simplistic formula on both sides of the debate? Over and over again, I hear the same tired arguments; namely, that any sort of reformation of our health care system will lead to socialism and the [...]

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