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Written by Janet

The Americans who refuse to sign up for affordable medical insurance could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. It’s estimated these fines could raise $36 billion over 10 years. Senate aides said the penalties would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who refuse to get coverage. Under the federal legislation, families would pay higher penalties than individuals.

People would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. The government would provide subsidies for the poor and many middle-class families, but those who still refuse to sign up would face penalties. This is called Shared Responsibility Paymentsand the fines would be set at least half the cost of basic medical coverage, according to the legislation. The goal is to nudge people to sign up for coverage when they are healthy, not wait until they get sick.

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Written by Janet

President Obama promised voters he would change the way government does business, and turn the page the tired politics of the past. But newly-released documentation of White House employee salaries suggests that his administration has placed a premium on political counsel.

There are 22 staffers earning the top salary of $172,000. One is White House director of political affairs Patrick Gaspard. Michael Dillon, his deputy, earns $113,000 a year. There are also four regional directors in the Office of Political Affairs are paid a more modest $75,000 a year.

Ever since President Reagan, every administration has had an Office of Political Affairs as part of the Executive Office of the President. President Bush employed as many as nine political aides in the White House during the election year of 2004. In 2005, the first year of his second term, that number shrunk to one.

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Written By Rick

To the GOP, Get over it! Barack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States. He may have told lies to get there, but so do all politicians. The birth certificate issue is getting old and is becomming an embarrassment for the GOP. And that says a lot considering it was a Democrat who started the whole thing.

This site has done a number of articles on this issue, the most read one being, Phillip J. Berg, Idiot at large, Berg being the Pennsylvania Democrat who kicked off the Obama birth certificate issue simply because he wanted to help his friend Hillary get the Democratic nomination.

GOPUSA is now seeking donations to pursue this issue. No part of the GOP should even be involved in this silliness. The suits filed do have some value. They will, hopefully, establish a requirement for the individual states to be mandated to verify a candidates Constitutionally required qualifications before putting them on a ballot, but that’s it. If that was the purpose of GOPUSA being involved that would be different, but in their email they say:

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Writen by Janet

On Tuesday, Orange County Commissioners are expected to approve the request of Roy Kronk, who is asking for more taxpayer money for his legal representation in the Casey Anthony case. The commissioners are scheduled to decide on spending an additional $2,500 to pay the lawyer for the former meter reader who discovered Caylee Anthony’s remains while on duty.

When approved, this will total $15,000 in taxpayer money paid to Kronk’s lawyer since December. The item is on the consent agenda and should be approved without discussion. As you may recall, Kronk discovered Caylee’s remains in Orange County woods in December, three months after he made an initial call to authorities about his suspicions.

Caylee’s mother, Casey Anthony, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death. She is being held in Orange County Jail on no bond. Her trial is scheduled to start no earlier than October.  Kronk has faced depositions about what he saw as well as requests from Anthony’s defense attorneys for phone records.

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Written by Rick

A blogger is now reporting that Jordan Chandler, the first to accuse Michael Jackson of molesting him and who received millions for it when settled out of court, is now recanting his story, claiming his father made him do it.

“I want to say that this information it’s for sure (I mess up with the names because i was crying), I don’t really care if you believe it or not, I made a promise to an old friend to tell the truth when Michael will die and that’s what I’m doing. I’m not searching for attention i have enough of it. This is for you Mikey i will always love you…” ( TrashSelector.com ).

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