Americans to get $1.3billion in health care rebates – that’s an average of $127 each

The largest rebates will go to consumers and employers in Texas ($186 million) and Florida ($149 million)
Insurance companies must notify policyholders, and the rebates are due by Aug. 1
Advocates say the study shows Obama’s health law is strengthening the health care system
Critics call that wishful thinking

More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, a [...]

Obama Pleads With Congress ‘Pass This Plan’ — Or Else

Pass this jobs bill, and we can put people to work. Pass this jobs bill, and thousands of teachers in every state will go back to work. Pass this job bill, and we’ll cure cancer, sprout wings, and fly.

OK, that last quote wasn’t really Obama’s. But the first two promises—and many more poll-tested pledges—adorned his address to a joint session of Congress [...]

The Great Global Debt Prison

by Giordano Bruno of Neithercorp Press

The Great Global Debt Prison

By Giordano Bruno

Neithercorp Press – 2/4/2011

Tense and terrible times inevitably summon an odd coupling of two very different and difficult human conditions; honesty, and brutality. Certain painful truths are revealed, and often, a palpable fury erupts. Being that times today are particularly tense, and on the verge of being spectacularly terrible, perhaps we should embrace [...]