Hospital room in America now costs about 20 times as much as in the country boasting longest life expectancy

Do you suffer from a really bad heart, cancer, or need dialysis, and still want to buy health insurance? If you can find a company in the U.S.A. that will cover you, the price will be many thousands of dollars a month with a cap on total payments, plus co-pays through the roof. If you … Continue reading Hospital room in America now costs about 20 times as much as in the country boasting longest life expectancy

If we treat the military budget like Social Security, our Army will consist of only one “Mad Dog” and 3 puppies

The Social Security Trust Fund now totals $2,892,000,000  - just about the highest amount in history, and some scolds are still sad. To promote their austerity charade, the front groups of the Koch Brothers (descendants of the co-founder of the John Birch Society) just released their attack dog, John Stossel. J. S. rants on FOX … Continue reading If we treat the military budget like Social Security, our Army will consist of only one “Mad Dog” and 3 puppies

A half million Americans will sleep on the streets tonight, but nothing seems to wake up Congress to this tragedy

The smoking guns in mass killings may not be just the weapons, but also the danger posed by the untreated mentally ill, who are responsible for ten percent of homicides in the U.S.A., according to the Treatment Advocacy Center. And many of these mentally impaired are nearly dead, forgotten, sleeping in cardboard boxes, homeless because … Continue reading A half million Americans will sleep on the streets tonight, but nothing seems to wake up Congress to this tragedy

Washington’s Band of Bozos agrees to protect foreign-based firms from competition by companies in U.S.A.

It is bad news to uncover a Band of Bozos who are  dedicated to make foreign companies rich at the expense of American workers. Their plan is to prevent any current or future tariffs on goods no longer made in the U.S.A. That would include more than 1,600 products listed by the International Trade Commission, … Continue reading Washington’s Band of Bozos agrees to protect foreign-based firms from competition by companies in U.S.A.