Placer County program aims to insure kids
Posted by "Pat Buchanan, Jr." on March 30, 2008 at 08:03 PM
“A new program in Placer County aims to ensure that every child age 5 and younger has health insurance.
The First 5 Placer Children and Families Commission this week unveiled the program, which works to enroll eligible children in government-funded insurance programs and offers a new health insurance product for those from families whose incomes are too high to qualify.
Coverage costs between nothing and $15 per child, with a maximum monthly payment of $45 per family. Eligibility is limited to families with incomes less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level, about $60,000 a year for a family of four.”
Who’s the Placer Co official behind this one? Don’t we have enough budget problems in this county? You’re telling me someone making $60K a year is elgible for public assistance? So where were the Placer Co. Stupivisors at when Oracle and HP are paying $30K for most of their lower level employees? I guess these folks should be on food stamps and in public housing.
Buyouts of Sacramento-area public workers called too generous
Posted by "Pat Buchanan, Jr." on March 30, 2008 at 07:56 PM
Any of you “Children First” apologists rethinking your position on education funding yet???
By Deb Kollars – sacbee.com
“If I were to get laid off, I’d get my last paycheck and then get booted out the door,” Young said. “To see administrators soaking up the gravy is really infuriating.”
Young was referring to the March 19 decision by the Grant school board to give big buyout checks to as many as 19 top tier administrators in the district. The proposed individual payouts range from about $100,000 to more than $250,000. If all 19 take the buyouts, it will cost $3 million, according to Dave Gordon, Sacramento County’s superintendent of schools, who is investigating the buyout package.
The retirement deals included $10,000 cash incentives that were required under employee bargaining agreements at the time.
Illegal immigrants may get Bush rebates
Posted by "Pat Buchanan, Jr." on January 31, 2008 at 01:06 AM
Yes, it’s true. More insane policies by the Bush Administration. You’d think we already had Hillary as President with these laws passed of late. When is this country going to finally wake up and see what’s its doing to destroy itself. We need change in this country. I’m tired of the politics as usual crowd.
“In their bipartisan zeal to quickly cut a deal on an economic stimulus bill, GOP lawmakers overlooked something that will certainly inflame the conservative base _ illegal immigrants could receive a tax rebate check from the government.”
Subprime Nation
Posted by "Pat Buchanan, Jr." on January 15, 2008 at 11:21 AM
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Posted: 01/15/2008
Human Events
Since it began to give credit ratings to nations in 1917, Moody’s has rated the United Statesw triple-A. U.S. Treasury bonds have been seen as the most secure investment on earth. When crises erupt, nervous money seeks out the world’s great safe harbor, the United States. That reputation is now in peril.
Last week, Moody’s warned that if the United States fails to rein in the soaring cost of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the nation’s credit rating will be down-graded within a decade.
California has already hit the wall. With an economy as large as a G-8 nation, the Golden State is looking at a $14 billion deficit in 2009 and a $3 billion shortfall in 2008. Gov. Schwarzenegger has called for slashing prison staff by 6,000, including 2,000 guards, early release of 22,000 inmates, closing four dozen state parks and a 10 percent across-the-board cut in all state agencies. The Democratic legislature is demanding tax hikes, which would drive more taxpayers back over the mountains whence their fathers came.
