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The Wall Street Journal headline says it all : Private Jobs Turn Positive for Obama Presidency Private-sector Jobs With the latest report, total private payrolls are now higher than they were in January 2009. The latest count put private-sector jobs at about 111 million in April (reported as 111.02 million), or 35,000 jobs more than Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline Responds to Jobs Report By Promoting Cuts to Woman’s Jobs Program Todd Akin (R-MO-02), a candidate for Senate said during a debate last weekend that government involvement in student loans has given the government a “stage three cancer of socialism”: AKIN: America has got the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : TEA Party, Kline Win Student Loan Battle At an October 25, 2011 hearing of the Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee, Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) and other members agreed that a 6.8% interest rate is too high for student loans. Consider that Treasury bonds are being sold at a 2 percent yield and a 30-year fixed home mortgage is under 4 percent Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline OK With Cutting Women’s Health For Student Loans Why the Right is Wrong about Separation of Church and State, Contraception and Health Care InsuranceThe subject is not over regarding contraception, women’s rights, commerce and the U.S. Constitution. It came up again yesterday on the April 8, 2012 hour long edition of Face the Nation. Cardinal Dolan is wrong. The debate about contraception and the role of the Roman Catholic church in dictating policy was resolved long ago. The Follow this link to read more of: Why the Right is Wrong about Separation of Church and State, Contraception and Health Care Insurance QUERY : Does a newspaper have the responsibility to provide reasonable Fact Checking when publishing a politician’s submittal on its Editorial page ? Recently, a number of newspapers moved cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s Doonsbury series on proposed legislating mandates requiring intrusive vaginal examination from the Comics section to the Editorial section … well, after reading Michelle Follow this link to read more of: MN-06 : Strib Lets Bachmann Cherry Pick First cross posted here Rick Newman, U.S. News writer for MSN wrote an excellent post recently on the issues of Obamacare, more correctly called the Affordable Healthcare Act. Before the darned thing passed, I read it, the whole long legislation. Do I understand it? I think so, reasonably well. But I wouldn’t consider myself expert, Follow this link to read more of: Who Fears Obamacare, and Why? This information was shared with me this morning. Please share this information via Facebook, Tweet about it, and talk about it. FYI, The Service Employees International Union is concerned about health care, economic fairness, and the dignity and worth of workers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Karen Louise Boothe March, 19 2012 Communications Director SEIU MN State Follow this link to read more of: SEIU MN on Dismantling of Affordable Health Care and Who Hurts More in Right to Work States QUERY : Does Freedom of the Press reject “We Report, You Decide” ? Well, the St. Paul Pioneer Press refused to publish Doonesbury (see below) in print because “[t]he editors have decided the commentary in some panels is inappropriate for the comics section in the newspaper” … thus, if they will not report it, you Follow this link to read more of: UPDATE : We Report, You Decide – Do your parents know you’re a slut? QUERY : How should a Congressman be judged … based on attendance or legislative accomplishment ? “If you don’t like what is being said, change the conversation.” – Don Draper – Mad Men- Episode 29 “Love Among the Ruins” With an approval for Congress at 11%, John Kline’s PR machine must be listening to Don Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Op-Ed Confuses “Perfect” John Kline and Gabby Giffords Remember John Kline’s (R-MN-02) call to push the Reset Button on healthcare reform ? “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my concern the consequences of the majority party’s proposed health reform to the members of our greatest generation. As my colleagues have stated over and over today, the bill under consideration in the house Follow this link to read more of: MN-02: Kline’s Failure Results in 12 Million Seniors Getting Lower Premiums Candidate Chip Cravaack has a good story : It was a hot day in August 2009, at the peak of Tea Party fervor. A radio talk show host was railing against the Democrats’ health care plan: Visit your congressman — the talker said — demand a town hall meeting. Cravaack was living the quiet life Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : 265,000 Reasons Cravaack Opposed Healthcare Reform If you want to learn about Rick Perry, then read his 2010 book FED UP ! — Our Fight to Save America from Washington. His views are straightforward … for example, on healthcare check out page six : We are fed up with a federal government arrogant enough to declare it knows more about our Follow this link to read more of: Perry Fed Up and Willing To Put Money Where His Mouth Is Standard and Poor’s rates the following countries with a AAA credit rating : Australia Austria Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland What do all thirteen have in common? All provide National Health Care. The forms may vary by country … some with tiered systems or provide some subsidy, Follow this link to read more of: The S&P Downgrade, Healthcare and the 2012 Election Steve Quist wrote an interesting piece assessing the suggestion that Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is vulnerable for defeat in 2012 … thus prompting the discussion : Who is vulnerable ? Considering various polls indicating that Congress holds a positive view at 13% and President Obama’s approval number dipped below 40, the quick answer is EVERYBODY. Follow this link to read more of: 2012 Minnesota Vulnerability Ratings |
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