“America can preserve the health and retirement safety net and rein in long-term spending growth by modernizing Medicare and Social Security in a way that addresses America’s new fiscal and demographic realities.” ~Gary Loveman, chairman, president and chief executive of casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. First off – to the CEO of Caesars from the [...]

For those who don’t know what the Heritage Foundation is – it is a conservative mouth piece for the Koch Brothers and other conservative groups trying to influence the debate of the country.  Over the years – the Koch Brothers have given $4.5 million to Heritage (source) and very recently – uber conservative Senator Jim [...]

Have these franchises not learned anything? Despite all the backlash that other restaurants have received…two more fast food franchises are cutting worker hours in order to avoid paying for Obamacare-mandated employee health care.  Franchisee’s for Wendy’s in Omaha, Nebraska and Taco Bell in Guthrie, Oklahoma are joining the list of restaurants that have chosen to reduce hours [...]

“It is a historic decision in so far as it is the first time that a (pesticide) maker is found guilty of such a poisoning.” ~Plaintiff’s attorney  Well this is bad news for Monsanto and very good news for anyone who cares about their health.  Monsanto makes tremendous profits by not only engineering (and placing [...]

Ever since Darden Restaurants — the owner of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains — first announced its anti-Obamacare campaign, the company has had a tough couple of months. Darden admitted as much when it revised its predictions for latest quarterly earnings down in December, attributing the drop to “recent negative media coverage on Darden [...] [...]

“If the increased eligibility age were in effect in 2014, the costs to individuals, businesses, and states would be twice as large as the federal savings.  In effect, Americans would pay $2 to save the federal budget $1—thereby increasing overall health spending.” ~Center for American Progress  It’s interesting to watch the current negotiations over how [...]

America’s broken healthcare system drove one cancer patient to break the law last month. Frank J. Morrocco, 57, who had previously spent 20 years behind bars, claims that he intentionally shoplifted so that he could go back to prison and receive healthcare, the Buffalo News reports. Suffering from a rare form of leukemia, Morrocco said he [...]

“None of Darden’s current full-time employees, hourly or salaried, will have their full-time status changed as a result of health care reform.  In 2014, all of Darden’s full-time employees, including hourly, salaried and executive employees, will have access to the same insurance plan coverage.” ~Darden Restaurants Press Release Darden Restaurants control two of the most [...]

A few days ago – President Obama presented his plan to avoid taxes for every American going up on January 1st – the Republicans said “it was not a serious offer” because it’s essentially what President Obama ran on.  John Boehner was “flabbergasted” by the offer (source).  So – the Republicans finally came out with [...]

You can’t claim you are going to protect seniors one minute and then hold the economy hostage unless the other party agrees to major cuts that affect seniors the next … unless of course you’re a pathological liar.  And if you are a pathological liar – the Republican party is the party for you. During [...]