Podcast#23, Sat Mar 27 2010
Libertarian GOP governor Butch Otter of Idaho: "Not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act" (reason.com)
Full text of the law
http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/23/the-patriot-act-of-health-care
Big employers rethink their healthcare plans
Firms that offer retiree drug benefits say the U.S. healthcare overhaul -- which eliminates a tax deduction -- could force them to curtail or cancel their benefit plans.
By Jeffry Bartash
March 27, 2010
Washington - AT&T Inc. said Friday that it would record a $1-billion noncash expense in the first quarter related to the newly passed healthcare law, joining a growing list of large U.S. companies.
The AT&T write-down is the largest reported so far. Caterpillar Inc. this week recorded a $100-million charge in the first quarter, and Deere & Co. said it would report a one-time $150-million expense.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-fi-att27-2010mar27,0,3725184.story
CBO says Obama deficits will approach $10 trillion over the next decade. People who biatched over Bush's much smaller deficits can make excuses over to the right (foxnews.com):
Updated March 05, 2010
AP
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that Obama's budget plans would generate deficits over the upcoming decade that would total $9.8 trillion.
CBO: National Deficit to Hit Nearly $10 Trillion Over Upcoming Decade
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/05/cbo-national-deficit-hit-nearly-trillion-upcoming-decade/Social Security is now in the red, and Medicare is sure to follow: Welcome to the start of the massive fiscal crisis everybody predicted but nobody wanted to do anything about (theatlantic.com)
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/social-security-goes-into-deficit/38019/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_re_us/us_marijuana_legalization Hi, I'm George Zimmer, founder and CEO of Men's Warehouse, and if me and my babe busting blunt have anything to say about it, marijuana will be legal in California. I GUARANTEE IT (news.yahoo.com)
Calif. pot vote isn't just hippies versus cops
By LISA LEFF and MARCUS WOHLSEN, Associated Press Writers Lisa Leff And Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press Writers – Thu Mar 25, 7:10 pm ET
China state media says Google 'is not god'
Mar 24 07:04 AM US/Eastern
China's state media on Wednesday slammed Google after it effectively shut down its Chinese search engine, saying the US Internet giant was "not god" and accusing it of working with US intelligence.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.18707598ab36312be1a9311022b92501.3a1&show_article=15 Dystopias Healthcare Reform Could Prevent (And One It Could Cause)
We've heard a lot of hype, on both sides, about the healthcare reform, Here's Dwights view on the issue
http://io9.com/5499549/5-dystopias-healthcare-reform-could-prevent-and-one-it-could-causeWhen drug makers' profits outweigh penalties
Off-label use is the practice of prescribing pharmaceuticals for an unapproved uses.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031905578_5.html?sid=ST2010032003370
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