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*****  Love this article.   It’s an amazing analysis by Les Leopold titled, Why Are We Afraid of Taxing the Super-Rich?   What a great take on the status of the American tax system and how it works in the “real world” economy (a favorite topic for us).  For the entire article, CHECK-IT-OUT.

*****  Here’s an update on the Senate Healthcare legislation as it applies to abortion insurance titled, Pro-life Group Urges Congress to Pass Senate Healthcare Bill, by Thomas C. Fox — an issue we tackled in an earlier post.              

           “Twenty-five pro-life Catholic theologians and Evangelical leaders yesterday sent letters to members of Congress urging them not to let misleading information about abortion provisions in the Senate health care bill block passage of sorely-needed reform.” 

           “Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, a Washington-based advocacy group, said that the Senate health bill upholds abortion funding restrictions and supports pregnant women.”  For the entire article, CHECK-IT-OUT.

*****  Here’s another great example of the infamous Republican hypocrisy.  According to the Republican Party (and their notorious troglodytes, the Tea Partiers) Obamacare is nothing less than a Democratic attempt to implement a socialist, government take-over of our health care system.  If this Democratic plan is a socialist big-government health care plan, then why — oh why, does it look so familiar? 

           Senator Lindsay Graham claimed, on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, that the Massachusetts health care reform plan — which was implemented under Republican Governor Mitt Romney — and voted for by newly elected Massachusetts Republican Senator, Scott Brown — is not similar at all to the Healthcare Reform being proposed for the nation by the Obama administration.  But, as stated at Think Progress:

           “In fact, the plan implemented by former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney in Massachusetts is very similar to the Democratic proposal.  Both plans require people to purchase coverage and both provide affordability credits to those who can’t afford insurance.  Both create insurance exchanges, both establish minimum creditable coverage standards for insurers, and both require employers to contribute towards reform. 

           “Even conservatives see the similarities between the two plans.  The public option has now vanished from the Obama plan.  Which means that the federal plan bears a closer family resemblance than ever to Romney’s idea,” according to former Bush speech writer, David Frum.

           “American Spectator’s Philip Klein said there “Ain’t” any substantial differences between the plans.  The key parts of the Democratic proposal are the same as those elements that formed the core of Romneycare, Klein adds.”  For the entire article, CHECK-IT-OUT.