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Saturday, March 20 2010
You are already paying for it
For Whom the (Health Care) Bill Tolls
by David Katz, M.D.
Huffington Post, March 19, 2010

It comes down to this: people who can’t afford health insurance don’t get any. People who can’t afford health care get it anyway when life or limb is on the line.

Insurance companies generally make …
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Sunday, November 01 2009
California's deficit of common sense
“The state has plenty of money and resources. What we’ve been lacking is a real-world discussion about how we distribute them.”

Los Angeles Times OPINION
by Rebecca Solnit, Nov 1, 2009

California is rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recessio…
Posted at 09:40 AM (View Post) 24 Comments

The Looting of America, Les Leopold
Here is a great article by Les Leopold:

It’s great to know that during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the wealth of the 400 richest Americans, according to Forbes, actually increased by $30 billion. Well golly, that’s only a 2 percent increase, much less than the double …
Posted at 03:28 PM (View Post) 110 Comments

Friday, September 11 2009
City never made a dime from Walmart in ten years!
City never made a dime from Walmart in ten years!

City left to hustle for fiscal fix as Wal-Mart swaps locations

The Desert Sun
September 27, 2005 September 27, 2005

In less than a month, the Wal-Mart in Cathedral City is expected to close and on the same day, a new Super Wal-Mart is se…
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Thursday, September 10 2009
Did Wood Group tell the truth?
Finally an email arrived from Quartz Hill Cares, with the excuse that it has been a busy summer. It says that no suit was filed on the Lane Ranch project.

One of the project proponents stated at the public meeting that he had talked with the leader of Quartz Hill Cares and they could work t…
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