Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Some late morsels

We went to the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth today. they had a show from The New York Historical Society titled, "The Hudson River School" - great show.

Then went to "Fred's" - a dive cum burger and fries (among other things) joint. It's guilty pleasure food time there. Truly wonderful cheese fries with bacon and onions - and a "Fredburger".

Good golly!!

That's why posting has been slow (nonexistent) today.

Therefore, as a SPECIAL TREAT -- here are a few choice morsels from "Some Assembly Required" (what would I do if other folks didn't work so hard?) - as always, please follow link to original
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The Numbers: Republicans claim that folks over 55 will not be affected by the Ryan plan to gut Medicare. But part of his plan is to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which means re-opening the 'doughnut hole' in Medicare's prescription benefit. This would cost 4 million seniors about $1,700 a year. And it would also do away with ACA's coverage of preventive-care services. Add to this $744 billion in Medicaid cuts and try to figure out if you can keep grandma in long-term care at $4,500 a month or more. And that's what happens to the folks who “are not affected” by the Ryan plan..

Anschluss: In the beginning.... Germany's Deutsche Telekom has acquired 10% more of Hellenic Telecom, leaving Greece holding but 10% of the firm and leaving Deutsche Telekom with a 40% share. (Note that Deutsche Telekom is 30% owned by the German government, meaning the German government has just bought the Greek government phone system.) Next up, the public power company, the natural gas company and the lottery.

Asked and Answered:? Why do we have such high unemployment and underemployment? Because the unemployed have no political clout and no economic importance. Until anger leads them into the streets, the disenfranchised will be ignored.

Multiple Choices: Security forces in ____ fired on protesters again today. a) Israel, b) Yemen, c) Syria, d) Bahrain e) all of the above and more.

Never On Sunday: The stark, cold math facing Greece: In 2012-13 Greece needs to pay its international creditors 84 billion euros. It is expected to do so by borrowing another 65 billion euros and selling off 25 billion euros worth of its assets. What happens in 2014, when the interest payments rise, there are no lenders in sight, and all the islands have been sold to Germans?

Ryan vs. The States: Taking Tennessee as the poster child, here's what Ryan's Plan would do: add $52 million to the cost of prescriptions for 93,000 seniors. Add $2.5 million to the cost of 'wellness' visits to doctors by 23,000 seniors. Medicaid payments to hospitals would drop $2.4 billion – guess who'd have to make that up. And – the biggest savings – just over 1 million people would be kicked off Medicaid. Your results may vary.
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There is a lot more ------- go there!

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