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Walgreen’s Pharmacy 160,000 Employees Latest ObamaCare Casualty

Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

ObamaCare Side Effects: Companies Dropping Health Insurance and Taxpayers Get the Bill –The Foundry/Heritage Foundation

(Forbes) Walgreen’s is joining 17 other large employers that have decided to give their 160,000 employees a subsidy to buy their own health insurance and dump them into the Aon Hewitt Corporate Health Exchange.

In August CNN Money reported that United Parcel Service announced that they would be discontinuing coverage for 15,000 spouses citing ObamaCare as the culprit, which mandates coverage of dependent children until the age of 26 and adds new government fees.

Yesterday I wrote here that Southern California based “Trader Joe’s” announced they will be dropping its company health care benefits for their part-time employees and instead will give them a $500 stipend to buy their own health insurance from ObamaCare/Covered California.

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Southern California Based “Trader Joe’s” Dropping Health Insurance For Part Time Employees

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

ObamaCare Broken Promise –Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC)

(LAist) Southern California based Trader Joe’s has announced that they are dropping health insurance coverage for their part-time employees and instead will give them a $500 stipend to buy their own health insurance from ObamaCare/Covered California.

On the 09 September, I wrote here that IBM citing rising health care costs, plans to move about 110,000 of their retirees off its company sponsored health insurance plans and force them into ObamaCare exchanges.

Obama’s Watch: Median Income Down $2,627 Record 46,496,000 Poor

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ObamaCare Death Panel Begins First in California

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Someone Lives–Someone Dies…Welcome to ObamaCare
Maggie/Twitter

(Bloomberg) The latest bad news from ObamaCare comes to California–a state in which the Obama Administration has consistently pointed to as an important indicator of the federal takeover of 1/6 of the American economy as a success.

President Obama in June was in California claiming that his legislative achievement was already ‘pushing down costs’ for Consumers, unfortunately actuary analyses have recently revealed that because of ObamaCare individual health care premiums are headed anywhere but down in California.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday, “Insurers in California’s new health insurance exchange are–limiting choices, raising concerns that patients will struggle to get care.”

The doctor can’t see you now.

Consumers may hear that a lot more often after getting health insurance under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

To hold down premiums, major insurers in California have sharply limited the number of doctors and hospitals available to patients in the state’s new health insurance market opening on the 01 October.

On the 22 July, I wrote here that Anthem Blue Cross has joined a growing list of other health insurance companies that will not participate in California’s small business and individual ObamaCare/Covered California Exchange.

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California Democrats Redefine “Assault Weapon” and Bans Them

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

American Revolution –Cartoon: Cal Watchdog

(Business Insider) New sales of semi-automatic rifles with removable magazines would be banned in California under a bill passed by the Democratic led state legislature today and those who already have such weapons, will have to register them–I’m wondering how many criminals are going to comply?

“California which has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, already bans rifles with large capacity fixed magazines, which cannot be removed,” writes Dana Loesch of “The Dana Show.” This latest brain-storm by the Democrat controlled state legislature, “adds rifles that accept large capacity removable magazines.”

On the 09 March, I posted here a cartoon which clearly explains the fallacies of gun control legislation that even loony liberal Kool-Aid drinking lefties may be able to understand? Well I thought anyway–it must have been over their heads.

2nd Amendment Rights Prevail in Colorado –NRA

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USDA: June Another Record Breaking Month For Food Stamps

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

Have You Seen This Outrageous Poster at 7-11 in California –Image: Roopa/Twitter

(Daily Caller) The number of households receiving food stamps hit another record high in June according to recently released data from the U.S. Dept of Agriculture, 23,116,928 households participated in the food stamp program in June, up from 23,071,020 in May.

On the 09 July, I wrote here the number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from at least 1 of 15 programs offered by the govt during FY 2012 rose to 101 Million higher than the 97,180,000 full time private sector workers in 2012

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Citing Rising Costs, IBM to Move Retirees Off Company Sponsored Health Care Plan

Monday, September 9th, 2013

Who Would Have Guessed? ObamaCare Train Wreck –Norsu/Twitter

(FOX News) Intl Business Machines Corp (IBM) plans to move about 110,000 retirees off its company sponsored health plan and instead give them a payment to buy coverage on an ObamaCare Exchange, a sign that even large, well capitalized employers are not likely to keep providing the once common benefits as medical costs continue to rise.

The move will affect all IBM employees once they become eligible for Medicare and will relieve the technology giant of the responsibility of managing retirement health-care benefits. IBM said the growing cost of care makes its current plan unsustainable without a large premium increase.

On the 31 May, I wrote here that ObamaCare in California is expected to increase individual market premiums by as much as 146%

Flashback: Remember when Obama claimed that health insurance premiums for a family would be $2500 lower by the end of his first term, they are actually about $3000 higher–a spread of about $5500 per family, thanks to the blizzard of new regulations and mandates that take effect next year.

More here from The Wall Street Journal

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Isn’t it Ironic That Obama Will Be Attending a Democrat Fundraiser During Another Intl Crisis

Monday, September 2nd, 2013

Obama Support of Islamic Terrorists Al-Qaeda Free Syrian Army
HCS/Twitter

(Townhall) Isn’t it ironic that President Obama wants Republicans to support his resolution of ~~War~~ Kenetic Military Action this time in Syria, during the week of 09 September, when Obama won’t even be in Washington burning up the phone lines and the midnight oil to sway undecided Members of Congress to support his latest police action.

Instead Obama will be back in Southern California for the umpteenth time, attending a $32,400 “Off the Cuff” Roundtable/Democrat fundraiser at a time we’re expected to believe is an international crisis in which American Armed Forces should be put into harms way.

Flashback: Remember last year when Obama went to Las Vegas chasing votes while American’s were still fighting for their lives in Benghazi, which American Heroes Chris Stevens and three other foreign service officers died.

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California Economic Recovery? Another 500+ People Lose Jobs in Los Angeles

Sunday, September 1st, 2013

Obamanomics –Image: Ken Gardener/Twitter

(KERO 23 ABC News/Bakersfield) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc has announced the layoff’s of 500 more people in Southern California as it prepares to close Gibson Amphitheater at Universal City.

On the 17 August, I wrote here some 850 people in California were thrown out of work as Orchard Hardware Supply company announced that 17 of its stores were closing subsequent to its bankruptcy.

Earlier last month I wrote here that San Jose based Cisco System’s announced they would be laying off 4,000 employees or about 5% of its workforce in order to manage costs.

More here from California Political News

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What the Dinosaur Media Won’t Tell You About Obamanomics: Foreclosures Up 275% in Maryland

Sunday, September 1st, 2013

Obamanomics Foreclosure

(EpochTimes) Home foreclosures in Maryland have skyrockrted according to Realty Trac which reported that foreclosure starts are up 275% over last year.

Maryland leads the nation in the surge of foreclosures, with Oregon coming in a distant second at 137% over a year ago, New Jersey, 89%

In July, Jacksonville, Florida led the nation in foreclosures according to News 4 Jax.com Florida had the highest number of foreclosure filings and the highest state for foreclosure rate for the third consecutive month in July, with one in every 328 housing units with a foreclosure filing.

On the 15 August, I wrote here all of this dismal economic news is occurring while Obama claims that the economy is improving as personal income dropped 5.3% during the first quarter 2013 and California lenders filed 25,747 notices of default between April and June an increase of 38.7% from the previous quarter.

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Woops! Los Angeles Times Claims Democrats Led to Passage of 1964 Civil Rights Act

Friday, August 30th, 2013

Republicans, Democrats & Blacks –Image: PoliNation

(Breitbart) In a stunning historical error Los Angeles Times ~~reporters~~ history revisionists Kathleen Hennessey, Richard Simon and Alexei Koseff claimed, reporting on the 50th Anniversary of the Martin Luther King March on Washington this week:

“Since Democrats led the passage for Civil Rights legislation that marchers pushed for in 1963, Republicans have struggled to recover with black voters, leaving a stark racial divide in American politics.”

Flashback: On the 10 June, 2012 Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit correctly noted “On this day in history in 1964, Democrats filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act.”

GOP Senate Leader Everett Dirksen (R-Illinois) condemned the Democrats 57 day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Leading the Democrats in their opposition to Civil Rights for Black Americans was KKK Member Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) which Democrats to this day still refer to him as “the conscience of the Senate.”

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