#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Stein & Dine April 27 to Support The Shepherd Express http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/04/stein-dine-april-27-to-support-the-shepherd-express.html On Saturday, April 27, The Shepherd Express will put on a party sure to impress any Wisconsinite! Enjoy a vast selection of delicious beer, tasty cheese and mouth-watering sausage while supporting Milwaukee’s locally owned alternative newspaper. The Shepherd Express is free and provides independent, in-depth coverage of Wisconsin elections, the economy, and important labor issues. We need to support this independent voice for working people. The Shepherd Express has been a valuable source of reporting on issues that we care about from a point of view that we won’t hear from corporate-backed media outlets. …http://www.twitpic.com/ck3coc
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty How Do We Control Rising Health Care Costs? It's Medicare, Stupid http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/How-Do-We-Control-Rising-Health-Care-Costs-It-s-Medicare-Stupid Americans overspend 0 billion in health care each year. One-fifth of our economy enriches very few at the expense of everyone else. Labs, drug companies, medical device makers, hospital administrators and purveyors of CT scans, MRIs, canes and wheelchairs are some of the entities and people reaping the financial rewards by gaming the health care system, writes Time magazine's Steven Brill in a fascinating, in-depth look at why health care prices are just “too damn high” in Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us. Brill says too often in the health care debate, we argue over who should pay. …http://www.twitpic.com/c5r648
WHY AMERICA IS SEVERELY BROKEN… #p2 #ows #tcot YES YOU DO WANT TO KNOW THIS! Are Corporations and Big Banks Making a Windfall From Food Stamps? How much food stamp money are Coca-Cola, General Mills and Walmart getting? The government isn't telling. Perhaps you've heard: At a time of record need for food assistance among America's poor, the U.S. Senate is poised to cut roughly .5 billion from food stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which 46 million Americans — one in seven of us — rely upon. While Congress is obsessed with saving money by cutting assistance to our poorest citizens, there's been nary a peep about how major banks and food corporations profit from food stamps, and what that means for recipients and the rest of the taxpaying public. With minimal oversight or accountability, banks such as JPMorgan Chase administer SNAP in each state, reaping big contracts that reveal little about how they turn a profit off these public benefits. You'd think the austerity-minded Congress might want to know. Consider a few facts, revealed in an in-depth report released Tuesday by California-based Eat Drink Politics (of which Michele Simon is president and Christopher Cook a contributing researcher): JPMorgan Chase holds contracts in 24 states to administer SNAP benefits, indicating concentrated power and a lack of competition; In New York, a seven-year deal originally paid JPMorgan Chase 2 million for EBT services, and was recently amended to add .3 million–an increase of 13 percent. Read More: http://www.alternet.org/story/155849/are_corporations_and_big_banks_making_a_windfall_from_food_stamps?akid=8941.220629.CB1oeD&rd=1&t=2http://www.twitpic.com/9xn5vw