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Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin
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The Elites Are Not Elite - with commentary from Ace
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/03/2017 16:34 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I have ALWAYS cringed when I heard people call ignorant college professors and socialist media propagandists "elites".

Posted by: Tiny and Company8334 || 03/03/2017 23:48 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
AFL-CIO Signals Support for Trump's Legal Immigration Overhaul
[Breitbart] The president of one of the largest unions in the United States is praising President Donald Trump’s plans to reform immigration policies.

During Trump’s joint address to the Congress, he called for a merit-based legal immigration system, saying that the current law allowing extended-family chain migration hurts American workers and drives wages down.

In an interview with the Fox Business Network, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said his union has been talking about this problem with legal immigration for years, hinting at support for the plan.

"This was the first time the president has talked about legal immigration being used to drive down wages," Trumka told Fox Business. "We’ve been saying that for a long time."

Trumka said he was "particularly surprised" that Trump mentioned the problems with legal immigration, as he has in the past largely focused on ending illegal immigration, which is also seen as a strain on the labor market.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/03/2017 01:02 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  To overhaul legal immigration would seem to convey some hope of enforcing the new law. And maybe even the old one.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/03/2017 8:21 Comments || Top||


Krauthammer to GOP: 'Pick a Damn Plan' for ObamaCare Replacement
[FOX] Charles Krauthammer has strong advice for congressional Republicans who are reportedly divided on which drafts of health care legislation would be best to replace ObamaCare.

"The Republicans are missing the point. They need one plan," Krauthammer said on "Special Report" tonight. "So, pick a damn plan, since nobody knows for sure which one is ultimately going to be the best."

Krauthammer said Republicans cannot be "counting your pennies" at a time when they can finally draft a repeal-and-replace bill that a sitting president will sign.

He said they must make sure there will not be very many people hurt by the replacement, in that they would lose coverage.

The issue, he said, "Is so complicated, as President Trump has discovered, that nobody can predict with accuracy which of the plans will produce the outcome you want."

A unified Republican Party with a single plan will produce leverage for a "political case" to be made against the Democrats, he said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/03/2017 00:48 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Krauthammer simply does not understand. Stock brokerage account impacts must be taken into account. Give our congresscritters a bit more time to sort out their holdings.

[bitter sarc]
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/03/2017 5:07 Comments || Top||

#2  What's wrong with Trump's plan? Turn the Obamacare replacement plan over to the States, the laboratories of democracy.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/03/2017 8:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Insurers are national.
Their actuaries can't work with small regional numbers.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/03/2017 9:17 Comments || Top||

#4  He hasn't even finished his first 100 days yet. I know there are fears of McCain and McConnel's rubber spines becoming contagious but they really need to get this right. Give them a bit of time to get it right.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/03/2017 10:58 Comments || Top||

#5  They want to read it before they pass it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/03/2017 11:57 Comments || Top||

#6  Krauthammer wants to rush into it. Bad call. They need to go snow and get it right.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/03/2017 12:07 Comments || Top||

#7  Here's the thing - if healthcare is super complicated then why did they promise repeal by Jan 27? Either they don't know what they are talking about, or they are weaseling out on us. Either way, not good.

I suspect they are also trying to do something that Democrats will sign off on, which is also a mistake. Those are the same folks that passed this in the first place without a single Republican vote.
Posted by: Iblis || 03/03/2017 12:36 Comments || Top||

#8  No longer The Hammer, just a moldy old ham bone...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/03/2017 12:47 Comments || Top||

#9  They should remove the tax penalties associated with Obamacare before Tax season is upon us. The rest can take a bit longer if necessary.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/03/2017 13:00 Comments || Top||

#10  JohnQC, the determine flaw in your argument is just one word.
Illinois
Would you give money to Illinois for your lunch and expect to eat?
Posted by: Hupineper Smith2347 || 03/03/2017 13:02 Comments || Top||

#11  If they are trying to get one (D) on board, that's ... inconceivable.

No matter what the (R)s come up with, the (D)s and their media drones will rip and snort.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/03/2017 13:29 Comments || Top||

#12  Well, nothing stops Trump from rescinding all the EO exemptions (I'm looking at you Congressional staffers). That would create fun was they drag this all out.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/03/2017 13:37 Comments || Top||

#13  The issue, he said, "Is so complicated, as President Trump has discovered, that nobody can predict with accuracy which of the plans will produce the outcome you want."

Jesus H. Christ - these Washington people are so fucking dense. If that sentence right there doesn't scream 'THEN LET THE MARKET HANDLE IT!!!', I don't know what does.

When some people here starts repeating the bullshit about what 'replaces' it, guess what? You just bought their narrative. Laws, laws, laws, just pass a fucking law and everything will be fucking wonderful. Just repeal the old law and keep Democrats away from anything you plan to do to return this back to the market. How god damn difficult is this?
Posted by: Raj || 03/03/2017 13:49 Comments || Top||

#14  Raj, you are right but perception is everything and the media would ensure the airwaves were filled with Trump and Congress are killing old people which would lead to a bloodbath at the midterms.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/03/2017 16:20 Comments || Top||

#15  In that case we should just turn the Federal government over to the media and be done with it.
Posted by: Raj || 03/03/2017 16:30 Comments || Top||

#16  You have to convince voters or they won't vote for you. That's democracy.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/03/2017 17:40 Comments || Top||



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