Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Democrats Having Trouble on ObamaCare

Americans are split on whether Obama's first year has been a success or a failure.  His approval ratings are also dropping on health care and the economy.

 

Democrats are having some serious problems with ObamaCare as the House wants more from their version and some House members are blaming the Senate, saying that they are "holding a gun to [their] head."  Meanwhile, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor still believes that this bill can be defeated.

 

The ObamaCare bills would hurt the poor the most, even though Democrats want to tax the rich to pay for it.  On the other hand, they may end up being more lenient than originally thought on employers.

 

Have you seen the new Pepsi Throwback?  It's only relevant because of bad government policies that make it too expensive to use sugar.

 

The White House says that President Obama has strengthened America in their first year.

 

The unemployment rate is expected to exceed 10.5% later this year.

 

A Washington state legislator wants to ban negative language.  She wants to start calling kids "at hope" instead of "disadvantaged" or "at risk."

 

Why have there not been many jobs created by the road work in the stimulus funds?  Because road construction does not require many employees relative to the total size of the labor market.

 

A new economic study shows that countries with large government debts have less economic growth.  In other words, government stands in the way of the private sector.

 

Four Saudi men were taken off an airplane from Amsterdam to Detroit after the federal air marshals on board the plane were alarmed by something they were saying in Arabic.

 

State Republican lawmakers are giving up on a statewide vote for a transportation sales tax.

 

The General Assembly will consider the issue of teachers having consensual sex with their students.  There is also a new gun bill that really doesn't make much sense.

 

The Chancellor of the University System of Georgia says that colleges will have to adapt to tighter budgets while students were protesting a couple hundred dollars in fees.

 

If you're wondering why you haven't seen anything about Governor Perdue's State of the State address, it's because he didn't say anything.  Here's the text; have a look for yourself.

 

The Macon Telegraph has a story today claiming that a donation from the Donald Walker campaign account to Chuck Chalk was illegal, while 13WMAZ says that the law is "ambiguous" and the State Ethics Commission will not start an investigation itself.  Chalk has responded in an e-mail, which I will read on the air today.

 

The Houston County siren system is up and running now.

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