If you can't read this....

… you should be calling your Rep, right now. This report also says, that if you are a family of 4 with a $102k family income, you will pay $20k in health tax in 2016. Follow the link…

This is from the CBO (Congressional Budget Office), a bi-patrician group. Mind you, this is an “explanation”. Imagine how confusing the legislation must sound.

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To illustrate the effects of those features, the table shows the amounts of income that would correspond to the midpoint of each FPL band, the resulting premiums that single individuals and families of four would have to pay for a reference plan if their income equaled that midpoint, and the share of their income that would be represented by the sum of the enrollee premiums and the average cost-sharing amount at that midpoint. For instance, a single person with income of $26,500 in 2016 (225 percent of the FPL) would pay a premium of about $1,900 (after getting a premium subsidy of 64 percent) and could expect to pay another $900 in cost sharing (net of federal subsidies); thus, the average payment by such a person for the premium and cost sharing combined is projected to be $2,800, or about 11 percent of income. A family of four with income of about $54,000 (also 225 percent of the FPL in 2016) could expect to pay about the same share of its income for premiums and cost sharing. (Because use of health care in a given year varies widely, many people would pay less in cost sharing than the average, but some would pay more—subject to the limits on out-of-pocket costs that are specified in the bill.)

Good News!

GDP rose in Q3 due to government spending! Yahoo!

WASHINGTON – Fueled by government stimulus, the economy grew last quarter for the first time in more than a year. The question now is, can the recovery last?

So let me get this straight. The government wrote checks with money we don't have that reflects in increased GDP. Sound like recovery?

Succinct

"The conformity enforcers of "tolerance" and "diversity" are growing ever more explicitly totalitarian." - M. Steyn

Ripped From the Onion?

Is this a joke?

Lost Ally

Where's the outrage? That's what the Taliban is asking after attacking a remote outpost in Afghanistan, killing 8 US Soldier.

The Taliban did not expect victory in this battle. It was just a small outpost. Their mission was to kill some Americans and make it a big news story in the States. The propaganda machine of the American, anti-war, liberal-left media would do the rest. What the Taliban has failed to recalculate is that the press is more pro-Obama than it is anti-war. The Taliban has lost one of their greatest allies of the war.

NATO says kills 100 fighters in huge Afghan battle

Hat Tip, TW.

Just Say What Ever You Want

Liberalism is all about feeling. If it feels right to say, or sound like something others would like to hear, just say it. It doesn't have to be true. Michelle Obama in her Olympic bid speech:

“Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection.”

How old was Michelle Obama in 1984, when Carl Lewis first competed in the Olympics?

TWENTY.



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Malkin via Graham

NYT: Iran Building a Bomb

NYT: Secret UN Report - Iran building a bomb (HA)

John Bolton: Iran's Big Victory in Geneva (WSJ)

Shame on the NYT

From Michael Graham:

When the NYTimes first reported that Chicago lost its Olympic bid by receiving the fewest votes of any of the finalists, the NYTimes story read like this:

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But when I went to the NYTimes this morning, the story was gone. Poof! Disappeared like a witness against Whitey Bulger.

It’s been replaced by a far less embarrassing tale of President Obama’s arrogant gaffe. As the blogger who caught this re-writing of history notes, “Now there is no mention of BO's 'end of second term' quote or Rahm's 'good seats' quote. There is no mention of Cabinet Members or Dick Durban flying over with BO.”

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Stay out of view of the telescreen...

Are you questioning The Leader?

Jim Geraghty

So, just to clarify, the thinking of the White House is that the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is a complicated, thorny, multifaceted question that is fundamental to matters of life and death for many Americans, so the president cannot be rushed into this decision and has to take his time to carefully and deliberately weigh all of his options.

While at the same time, the health-care bill has to be passed by Thanksgiving.

Guantanamo Failure

President Obama's executive order to close Guantanamo Bay has failed, 3 months before the deadline. And in true leadership fashion, Obama is throwing someone under the bus. Greg Craig was tasked with closing the prison. They claim it was Craig's idea to close it in one year. Why did he think it could be closed in a year? Republicans and Bush told his so. For his failure, Craig is looking to become a federal judge or move into a diplomatic position. Oh, the shame that would rain on this administration if we had a free press. Washington Post.

White House Regroups on Guantanamo

Even the headline is gentle. In a just world it would convey the heart of the story.

Obama Fails to Close Gitmo.