
28 July 2009 | 6 replies
:cool: A view at the numbers…Democrat Health “Reform†By the NumbersJuly 20, 2009—UPDATEDHere is a compiled a list of important numbers relevant to the House Democrats’ 1,018-page “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act:â€114 million—Number of individuals who could lose their current coverage under the bill, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group4.7 million—Number of jobs that could be lost as a result of taxes on businesses that cannot afford to provide health insurance coverage, according to a model developed by Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer$818 billion—Total new taxes on individuals who cannot afford health coverage, and employers who cannot afford to provide coverage that meet federal bureaucrats’ standards$1.28 trillion—New federal spending in the next ten years, according to a Congressional Budget Office score of selected elements of the bill.6%—Percentage of all that new spending occurring in the bill’s first three years—representing a debt and tax “time bomb†in the program’s later years that will explode for future generations$88,200—Definition of “low-income†family of four for purposes of health insurance subsidies33—Entitlement programs the bill creates, expands, or extends—an increase from an earlier draft53—Additional offices, bureaus, commissions, programs, and bureaucracies the bill creates over and above the entitlement expansions—also an increase from the discussion draft1,683—Uses of the word “shall,†representing new duties for bureaucrats and mandates on individuals, businesses, and States—and an increase of 306 mandates from the discussion draft$10 billion—Minimum loss sustained by taxpayers every year due to Medicare fraud; the government-run health plan does not reform the ineffective anti-fraud statutes and procedures that have kept Medicare on the Government Accountability Office’s list of high-risk programs for two decadesZero—Prohibitions on government programs like Medicare and Medicaid from using cost-effectiveness research to impose delays to or denials for access to life-saving treatments2017—Year Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted—a date unchanged by the bill, which re-directs savings from Medicare to fund new entitlements for younger Americans$2,500—Promised savings for each American family from health reform, according to then-Senator Obama’s campaign pledge—savings which the Congressional Budget Office has confirmed will not materialize, as the bill will not slow the growth of health care costs

6 August 2009 | 11 replies
Chip and a chair and you're still in the game.

9 September 2009 | 25 replies
I had stored several couches, chairs and beds left by previous tenants right under this valve.

20 November 2009 | 20 replies
Not to mention, most poker players don't exercise, don't eat well, and can spend days at a time sitting in a chair under fluorescent lights.

2 June 2010 | 53 replies
Tom.How great it is to sit on your lounge chair on your balcony in Hawaii and see everything through the eyes of FOX news.

11 June 2010 | 114 replies
That's my opinion based on my "air chair" knowledge.

16 June 2010 | 5 replies
Sat in a lawn chair at dark time and was amazed they were coming out from under his shingles.

30 January 2011 | 10 replies
One of the first things you learn as a real estate investor is that you need to pull up a chair, grab your coffee and prepare to listen without interrupting.

3 August 2010 | 15 replies
But also beach chairs, towels and toys.

11 August 2010 | 23 replies
I was the chair of a municipal rehabilitation and revitalization committee, and slumlords are dead in their sights to simply wipe these preditory paracites off the map...literally....off the map!