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Hope 'n Change

So...let's hope that this is a hugely misguided trial balloon. According to Reuters...the new JOBS bill coming out of congress will likely carry a $80B price tag ($$ to be taken from those with jobs). If you read the details below...it reads EXACTLY like what you would expect when one attempts to create jobs....you know...stuff like extending "jobless payments and healthcare subsidies for the unemployed". Correct me if I am wrong...but how exactly does giving money to unemployed people create jobs (or incentive to find a job)? Oh, that's right...they are just following Doogie's guidance. Let's just hope that this will change...

Senate jobs bill extends Medicare payment rates -text

Tue Feb 9, 2010 2:44pm EST

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WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A jobs-creation bill that could pass the Senate this week would delay a scheduled 20 percent reduction in doctor payments under the Medicare health-insurance program, according to a copy of the text obtained by Reuters.

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The bill also extends soon-to-expire jobless payments, healthcare subsidies for the unemployed and highway-funding programs, according to the text of the bill, which has not yet been introduced

And there she goes...

Table Talk

There is a standing tradition in our home...we eat dinner together and say a prayer together. But this is usually where all our allusions of great parenting stop. Tonight was no exception. You see...we have been having a particularly difficult time with Kade and Payton lately ... and their unending desire to make everyone laugh at the table through making bodily noises. We usually let the first offense go with just a warning but the second lands their butts in time-out. Tonight Kade fell victim to the 2-strike policy. Upon returning to the table from timeout:

Dad: "Kade, why did you go to time-out?"
Kade: "Because I burped at the table."
Dad: "What do you say?"
Kade: "Excuse me."
Dad: "I think you should say that you are sorry to the table."
Kade: Immediately looks down at the table and says with a straight
face...you guessed it..."I am sorry table"

Ahh...I should have known that was coming.