1. Joseph Klein: MoveOn's Quest to
Outlaw the Term "Illegal Immigrant"
2. Christopher
Markowski:
America, We Have a Problem
3. Steve Gill: Would Condi Rice be
a "Game Changer" As Romney's Veep?
4. Richard Bernstein: Health Law Aims to
Close Gender Gap
MoveOn's Quest to
Outlaw the Term "Illegal Immigrant"
By
Joseph
Klein
A
video posted last week at MoveOn.org’s website charges that calling illegal
immigrants “illegal” fits the definition of a hate crime and calls for the word
“illegal” to be abolished when describing individuals entering the United
States illegally. They would prefer using adjectives such as “undocumented”
immigrants or “unauthorized” immigrants. That is sort of like calling a bank
robber an unauthorized withdrawer. How about working to eliminate incentives
for the illegal behavior itself rather than focus on banning its correct
characterization? [more...]
America, We Have a
Problem
The
high priests of the Social Security and Medicare "trust funds"
(whatever happened to the lockbox?) issued new warnings about the solvency of
the "trust funds" they oversee. The Social Security Disability
Insurance trust fund will be gone, depleted, kaput in 2016, which is two years
earlier than expected. Thank you, masters of the obvious! Matt Rutledge, a research
economist at Boston College's Center for Retirement Research, stated in Investor's
Business Daily: "We see a lot of people applying for disability once
their unemployment insurance expires." Next shoe to drop: The Social
Security trust fund, which goes to retirees, will be exhausted in 2036, two
years earlier than projected last year. This, once again, should not be a
surprise to anyone who pays any sort of attention to our fiscal situation,
because like clockwork, every year, the death date for the lockbox gets moved
closer. [more...]
Would Condi Rice be a
"Game Changer" As Romney's Veep?
By
Steve Gill
She has an 80% approval rating,
according to CNN, and has been dubbed a “game changer” by some pundits. Many
among the GOP elite believe Rice would add some “spice” to the Romney ticket,
but most think he will go the “safer” route with someone like Ohio Senator Rob
Portman. If Romney were to ask, would she say yes? If she said yes, would the
GOP conservative base respond with excitement or anger? There are a lot of
positives to a potential Romney-Rice ticket. [more...]
Health Law Aims to
Close Gender Gap
Florida
women who don't get health insurance through an employer can forget about
finding a single comprehensive medical plan that will pay for their care while
they deliver a baby. Expanded access to maternity insurance is one of the
provisions tucked into the 2,700-page law that is the Affordable Care Act.
Maternity care grabbed few headlines as Congress spent 18 months wrangling over
the legislation and when 26 states, led by Florida, challenged the law. But now
the fate of that rule as well as dozens of others is unclear as the U.S.
Supreme Court decides whether to strike down the law, which requires virtually
every American to buy health insurance. Florida women who want to be mothers
and can't get insurance through an employer or qualify for income-based aid
have no choice but to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket. [more...]
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