boy do you have that right. They don't get the harsh conditions and what working America needs in a vehicle and that's why SUVs are so popular. They seem to think it's all about culture and vanity. Uh, no, it's about getting stuck in the snow, needing to haul heavy gear, loads around, having power to get up the mountains.
I have to agree, the market segment is that huge honking SUV but fuel efficient with power and with 4x4 capabilities. That's the break through.
is about to be put through the wringer. All their belief in the Keynesian theory of the "natural rate of unemployment" and government intervention is a load of hooey.
The Great Recession as reported by Bloomberg will leave the US at a higher rate of full employment.
This restructuring -- in what former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker calls “the Great Recession” -- is causing some economists to reconsider what might be the “natural” rate of unemployment: a level that neither accelerates nor decelerates inflation. This state of equilibrium is often described as “full” employment.
Fallout from the recession implies a “markedly higher” natural rate of unemployment, says Edmund Phelps, a professor at Columbia University in New York and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in economics. “It was 5.5 percent; maybe it will be 6.5 percent, maybe 7 percent.”
Each time we have gone through these things there become more and more of our fellow citizens that are left behind. There is a great swath in the midwest were towns once had thriving industries are now reduced to boarded empty shells. The jobs have never returned.
If government policy cannot reduce the unemployment rate what the hell are they doing following a disproved theory. They have not smoothed out the recession one bit.
Think of the credit card industry as legalized loan sharking; a federal offense before the usuary laws disappeared. Small loans and lines of credit dried up as the banksters focused efforts to promote use of one of the worst kind of credit... revolving on compound interest and fee charges. Fees account for trillions in profits. Don't continue to let the banking industry rule global economies.
Get off the credit cards and get an equity line of credit or SBA loan (now guaranteed 90%).
The new American labor force is going to make everyone free lance.
What I don't get is why in the hell the unions aren't taking him on. He has no intentions of passing EFCA; and even if he did, so what.
Largest American Axle plant will close
The company plans to send the work to its plant in Mexico and lay off at least 500 workers.
The move comes a year after workers at the Detroit-based auto supplier accepted wage and benefit cuts in a contract that followed a bitter 3-month strike. http://www.freep.com/article/20090429/BUSINESS01/904290303
Until somebody stops the de-industrialization of this country, there will be nothing but minimum wage jobs and mandated healthcare insurance.
There isn't a doubt in anyone's mind back here in MI that GM will be pushed into bankruptcy by Obama. When they come out, they will be forced to build ONLY tiny little fuel efficient cars that nobody wants. If you look at the price of vehicles, you find zillions of cheap, high mileage little cars made by everyone. What can't be found are cheap, fuel efficient SUVs. Honda is trying to get there, and thanks to Obama, probably will beat Toyota and the Detroit 3. Ford has great products, but they are expensive. Something Detroit has been trying to tell Bush II and now Bush III . If Obama had relieved the Detroit autos of all of their healthcare costs, they wouldn't need his wrong headed bailout.
Sounds like you know quite a bit about it, so writing up the differences between nations on health care, those nitty gritty details which make a difference would be an awesome addition. I've done a few pieces, especially those showing how the US is 8 times more expensive than any other industrialized nation.
Also, here, I have read CIS research and frankly the reports I've read are sound, so as far as I'm concerned if a research paper, the stats, the results are high quality, sound methods, accurate assumptions, etc....
it's fair game to use, regardless of "some groups"
wanting to silence certain think tanks...
(although most think tank research I find to be seriously flawed...but hell, I've read some crap coming from Harvard that is seriously flawed....anyway, I digress, I think many here do read Academic research level papers so if you cite a bogus one, I'm sure we'll read it and respond accordingly. ;))
Corporate cronyism, special interest favoritism, politics...ya know that's a very nice theme to show the parallels to the USSR....cause we assuredly know a lot of what is going on makes no common sense.
and was off topic a bit. But you will owe money to foreign countries. That is why people buy insurance to cover them in foreign lands. The EU does have some reciprocation agreements (not sure if all countries participate). In France you pay first and then get reimbursed, so maybe your home country reimburses. Not sure if there is subrogation between the different countries and plans.
"Regardless on whether you are insured in France or in your home country, you are generally required to pay medical expenses as they occur, e.g. when visiting a doctor, buying prescribed medicines and for medical tests. Then you can ask to be reimbursed by your health insurer.
A general doctor may charge from €20-25 for a consultation, a specialist €25-30. Fees will be higher at night or the weekend - a home visit will also cost more.
Types of payment vary: doctors usually prefer payment by check and some organisations might not accept cash. Only in some cases - such as some hospitalisations or if you are covered by specific heath coverage - you may be exempt from advance payment.
If you are subscribed to the French social security, you need to send a completed form (feuille de soins) to your CPAM (Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie). Reimbursement takes usually 2-3 weeks and you can check on-line on www.ameli.fr (you should receive access information in the documentation provided by CPAM). If you have a Carte Vital and the doctor (or a healthcare organization) is linked to the social security system, it is possible you may only pay the non-reimbursable part instead of having to claim it back afterwards. "
There is just so much going on with the "change" factor that I can rant, get off topic and it is just that I try to cover everything. The government is taking such a large position of ownership in banks, car manufacturing and their next phase will be the insurance business. I have not even begun to touch on the effects that a take over of one more industry will do to the economy of the States. Every little stink'in thing is going to Washington.
To a "T" it is the path that the old USSR followed. Everything was so centralized and the States suffered for it.
really into the details so I don't have a black and white response.....although considering some of the special interests and their demands, I can really understand those who do come up with a black and white policy response because we cannot get policy based on those details that are needing the real change. i.e. China, one minor thing is their truck tariff schedule. Just that would go a long way. On guest workers, one thing, prove that guest worker did not displace a US worker and make it "loophole free" that alone would wipe out so many jobs lost...
can't get those basic changes that are common sense.
In a few months it will become obvious that no million jobs will be created by Obama's speeches. Hopefully unemployed Americans will start to organize and show the evils of free trade and the World Trade Organization. The WTO has treated Americans like cattle that can be disposed of for cheaper labor.
I wish for major items that affect Americans there should be a national vote: for example: (a) Illegal alien amnesty (b) Guest Worker Visas (c) Free Trade. These affect us all and should not be left for Congress, Senate and the President to decide.
which from what I see, especially with people like Summers around isn't going to happen anytime soon, people will still be treated like disposable commodities.
I really think U.S. workers need to organize and that is not necessarily joining the AFL-CIO, but more creation of guilds, of startups, very similar to how you have black business funds and Korean business funds, i.e. these ethnicity based funds....to jump start their own businesses. I'm just looking at what works for there is no doubt U.S. citizen workers, especially those over the age of 35 have been thrown to the dogs. It is a complete waste of ability and talent but folks could put something together if they organized as well as got the funding.
In the IT field, I have all the training and skills to be on the bleeding edge. However, my government and elected officials have decided that I make so much and that we will open the floodgates for cheap foreign labor. Since January there has been no jobs out there. Obama has never made a difference still no jobs.
and that's because one network, literally, I mean literally is coming up with a reality show of small businesses having to pick one person to be laid off.
I put it on EP,somewhere in the labor forum.
In other words, the onion did a spoof but because it's so true to reality....it's not funny...it would be way funny if it wasn't so in reality.
but health care is a good topic for EP, major economic factor.
You know what they are demanding the U.S. cover "non-citizens"....it's simply for the illegal alien special interest lobby. I mean, let's just call it here.
That said, let's say I am in France and get ill. I will be covered and treated, I believe that's true in Canada as well. But, on the other hand, if I try to sneak across the border and get my medical care in Canada, free, I think that is where the ID card comes into play and they wouldn't allow that. I'm reasonably certain in Finland I must prove I am legally in the country and entitled to health care to receive it (free).
I think policies also demand on just how exploitable and porous the borders are, i.e. border hopping to feed off of social services, in other nations.
So, you've kind of mixed topics here. The first is the offshore outsourcing of those supposed Stimulus jobs that we're doing massive deficit spending for....which is a pure, absolute, disgusting outrage and I wish more people were aware of it (so promote the original story anyplace you can so people read those statistics!)
and the 2nd is the illegal alien lobby which demands they are put first and U.S. citizens last in pretty much all policy to the point of insanity. (Sorry, that's how I read most of their agenda, it's just friggin' insane on a variety of fronts, from national sovereignty to costs to labor economics).
In other words, at this point I'm clearly in the "amnesty is the exception" camp and not the rule. That's on top of, if and only if they fix the system itself....which looks bad due to once again the illegal alien lobby and their beyond the pale demands and bought and paid for Congress.
and lest we not forget the Bill Gates cheap labor lobby, flooding the market anyway they can with anyone who can claim professional "skills" (cough, cough).
I don't get this either, unless the illegal alien lobby voted. Voters, members seems to be a huge motivator in a lot of these beyond reason policy agendas.
(I'm a little disgusted by all of it at this point if you cannot tell, so pardon my sarcasm).
Do a net search and see how many "green" jobs are going offshore. Do some research and you'll find the Medicare low admin figures from the gov. are a scam. Hell they don't include Center for Medicare and Medicaid team salaries or the building costs in their expenses (there is more they don't include).
Anyhow on the link at the end of this paragraph, go to page 3, first paragraph, last sentence. You will read "The Proposal would ensure health care coverage for all U.S. residents, including non-citizens." Why must we cover non-citizens? http://www.sharedprosperity.org/hcfa/lewin.pdf
I spent a lot of time researching the National Care plans of most all the big countries. It sure isn't what we are told. In my paper that I wrote on other countries plans you will find things like this: "Ontario Health Insurance Plan." A resident of Ontario must have a health card to show that he or she is entitled to health care services paid for by OHIP. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care pays for a wide range of services, however, it does not pay for services that are not medically necessary, such as cosmetic surgery." Notice the words resident must have a card. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/ohip/ohip_mn.html
Also you will find: "Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP)." To be eligible for Ontario health coverage you must : be a Canadian citizen or have immigration status as set out in Ontario's Health Insurance Act, and make your permanent and principal home in Ontario, and be physically present in Ontario 153 days in any 12-month period." Notice the words citizen or immigration us. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/ohip/ohip_mn.html Immigration status means you are/have applied for some type of status and doesn't mean someone sneaking across the border.
I am not entirely sure what the page 3 non-citizen means but I might guess it means the people sneaking across the border. I will grant to you that the COST IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE “HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA” PROPOSAL is not Obama's but it is what many elected officials are aiming to implement.
I need to polish up my "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about National Health Plans ….and maybe more" and put it on a diary. You will find things like this from Japan: "
1. Amenities in hospitals are far inferior to those in other developed countries.
2. A significant but uncounted number of services are not reimbursed by sickness funds
3. Uncounted services may not be included in national health expenditure calculations.
4. Families often help with nursing in hospitals.
5. There are also some under-the-table payments to physicians for favors such as special attention and treatment, and quick admission. 6. The health plan pays relatively little attention to preventive care.
Preventative care and maternity - Large employers may provide some preventive care Health insurance covers little preventive care
It provides only cash payment for normal pregnancy because pregnancy is not considered an illness in Japan.
Like a Chinese diving bird, I can no longer swallow the BS being put out by the government, I am just fed up. The cheering masses will bow down for the lies and manipulated statistics but not me. I am over and done with it.
boy do you have that right. They don't get the harsh conditions and what working America needs in a vehicle and that's why SUVs are so popular. They seem to think it's all about culture and vanity. Uh, no, it's about getting stuck in the snow, needing to haul heavy gear, loads around, having power to get up the mountains.
I have to agree, the market segment is that huge honking SUV but fuel efficient with power and with 4x4 capabilities. That's the break through.
More highly educated WalMart greeters.
is about to be put through the wringer. All their belief in the Keynesian theory of the "natural rate of unemployment" and government intervention is a load of hooey.
The Great Recession as reported by Bloomberg will leave the US at a higher rate of full employment.
Each time we have gone through these things there become more and more of our fellow citizens that are left behind. There is a great swath in the midwest were towns once had thriving industries are now reduced to boarded empty shells. The jobs have never returned.
If government policy cannot reduce the unemployment rate what the hell are they doing following a disproved theory. They have not smoothed out the recession one bit.
It has always been about class warfare.
of health care in other countries. I'll do it on a multi part/day post. We all know the good and bad of the USA system.
I'll be posting the good/bad of the plans of other countries. Something we in the USA know little about.
Think of the credit card industry as legalized loan sharking; a federal offense before the usuary laws disappeared. Small loans and lines of credit dried up as the banksters focused efforts to promote use of one of the worst kind of credit... revolving on compound interest and fee charges. Fees account for trillions in profits. Don't continue to let the banking industry rule global economies.
Get off the credit cards and get an equity line of credit or SBA loan (now guaranteed 90%).
The new American labor force is going to make everyone free lance.
What I don't get is why in the hell the unions aren't taking him on. He has no intentions of passing EFCA; and even if he did, so what.
Until somebody stops the de-industrialization of this country, there will be nothing but minimum wage jobs and mandated healthcare insurance.
There isn't a doubt in anyone's mind back here in MI that GM will be pushed into bankruptcy by Obama. When they come out, they will be forced to build ONLY tiny little fuel efficient cars that nobody wants. If you look at the price of vehicles, you find zillions of cheap, high mileage little cars made by everyone. What can't be found are cheap, fuel efficient SUVs. Honda is trying to get there, and thanks to Obama, probably will beat Toyota and the Detroit 3. Ford has great products, but they are expensive. Something Detroit has been trying to tell Bush II and now Bush III . If Obama had relieved the Detroit autos of all of their healthcare costs, they wouldn't need his wrong headed bailout.
The fact that Kellermann was an executive at Freddie Mac has to bring into question a variety of conspiracy theories
Krugan has an article on falling wages in the United States and how it actually can cause the entire economy to stay in recession.
Of course he never mentions offshore outsourcing, insourcing ....those are like dirty words sacrilege of some secret religion.
But the article is a fairly well done, in layman's terms (no mathematics) on what happens to an economy with across the board falling wages.
We're not called Populist for nothing!
Sounds like you know quite a bit about it, so writing up the differences between nations on health care, those nitty gritty details which make a difference would be an awesome addition. I've done a few pieces, especially those showing how the US is 8 times more expensive than any other industrialized nation.
Also, here, I have read CIS research and frankly the reports I've read are sound, so as far as I'm concerned if a research paper, the stats, the results are high quality, sound methods, accurate assumptions, etc....
it's fair game to use, regardless of "some groups"
wanting to silence certain think tanks...
(although most think tank research I find to be seriously flawed...but hell, I've read some crap coming from Harvard that is seriously flawed....anyway, I digress, I think many here do read Academic research level papers so if you cite a bogus one, I'm sure we'll read it and respond accordingly. ;))
Corporate cronyism, special interest favoritism, politics...ya know that's a very nice theme to show the parallels to the USSR....cause we assuredly know a lot of what is going on makes no common sense.
Rants with references make great blog posts! ;)
and was off topic a bit. But you will owe money to foreign countries. That is why people buy insurance to cover them in foreign lands. The EU does have some reciprocation agreements (not sure if all countries participate). In France you pay first and then get reimbursed, so maybe your home country reimburses. Not sure if there is subrogation between the different countries and plans.
"Regardless on whether you are insured in France or in your home country, you are generally required to pay medical expenses as they occur, e.g. when visiting a doctor, buying prescribed medicines and for medical tests. Then you can ask to be reimbursed by your health insurer.
A general doctor may charge from €20-25 for a consultation, a specialist €25-30. Fees will be higher at night or the weekend - a home visit will also cost more.
Types of payment vary: doctors usually prefer payment by check and some organisations might not accept cash. Only in some cases - such as some hospitalisations or if you are covered by specific heath coverage - you may be exempt from advance payment.
If you are subscribed to the French social security, you need to send a completed form (feuille de soins) to your CPAM (Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie). Reimbursement takes usually 2-3 weeks and you can check on-line on www.ameli.fr (you should receive access information in the documentation provided by CPAM). If you have a Carte Vital and the doctor (or a healthcare organization) is linked to the social security system, it is possible you may only pay the non-reimbursable part instead of having to claim it back afterwards. "
There is just so much going on with the "change" factor that I can rant, get off topic and it is just that I try to cover everything. The government is taking such a large position of ownership in banks, car manufacturing and their next phase will be the insurance business. I have not even begun to touch on the effects that a take over of one more industry will do to the economy of the States. Every little stink'in thing is going to Washington.
To a "T" it is the path that the old USSR followed. Everything was so centralized and the States suffered for it.
really into the details so I don't have a black and white response.....although considering some of the special interests and their demands, I can really understand those who do come up with a black and white policy response because we cannot get policy based on those details that are needing the real change. i.e. China, one minor thing is their truck tariff schedule. Just that would go a long way. On guest workers, one thing, prove that guest worker did not displace a US worker and make it "loophole free" that alone would wipe out so many jobs lost...
can't get those basic changes that are common sense.
In a few months it will become obvious that no million jobs will be created by Obama's speeches. Hopefully unemployed Americans will start to organize and show the evils of free trade and the World Trade Organization. The WTO has treated Americans like cattle that can be disposed of for cheaper labor.
I wish for major items that affect Americans there should be a national vote: for example: (a) Illegal alien amnesty (b) Guest Worker Visas (c) Free Trade. These affect us all and should not be left for Congress, Senate and the President to decide.
25 year high unemployment, economists predicting (my summation) jobless recovery.
So, of course they refuse, absolutely refuse to mention global labor arbitrage in all of this.
Time for some more posts on just how many jobs have been offshore outsourced and insourced.
which from what I see, especially with people like Summers around isn't going to happen anytime soon, people will still be treated like disposable commodities.
I really think U.S. workers need to organize and that is not necessarily joining the AFL-CIO, but more creation of guilds, of startups, very similar to how you have black business funds and Korean business funds, i.e. these ethnicity based funds....to jump start their own businesses. I'm just looking at what works for there is no doubt U.S. citizen workers, especially those over the age of 35 have been thrown to the dogs. It is a complete waste of ability and talent but folks could put something together if they organized as well as got the funding.
In the IT field, I have all the training and skills to be on the bleeding edge. However, my government and elected officials have decided that I make so much and that we will open the floodgates for cheap foreign labor. Since January there has been no jobs out there. Obama has never made a difference still no jobs.
and that's because one network, literally, I mean literally is coming up with a reality show of small businesses having to pick one person to be laid off.
I put it on EP,somewhere in the labor forum.
In other words, the onion did a spoof but because it's so true to reality....it's not funny...it would be way funny if it wasn't so in reality.
but health care is a good topic for EP, major economic factor.
You know what they are demanding the U.S. cover "non-citizens"....it's simply for the illegal alien special interest lobby. I mean, let's just call it here.
That said, let's say I am in France and get ill. I will be covered and treated, I believe that's true in Canada as well. But, on the other hand, if I try to sneak across the border and get my medical care in Canada, free, I think that is where the ID card comes into play and they wouldn't allow that. I'm reasonably certain in Finland I must prove I am legally in the country and entitled to health care to receive it (free).
I think policies also demand on just how exploitable and porous the borders are, i.e. border hopping to feed off of social services, in other nations.
So, you've kind of mixed topics here. The first is the offshore outsourcing of those supposed Stimulus jobs that we're doing massive deficit spending for....which is a pure, absolute, disgusting outrage and I wish more people were aware of it (so promote the original story anyplace you can so people read those statistics!)
and the 2nd is the illegal alien lobby which demands they are put first and U.S. citizens last in pretty much all policy to the point of insanity. (Sorry, that's how I read most of their agenda, it's just friggin' insane on a variety of fronts, from national sovereignty to costs to labor economics).
In other words, at this point I'm clearly in the "amnesty is the exception" camp and not the rule. That's on top of, if and only if they fix the system itself....which looks bad due to once again the illegal alien lobby and their beyond the pale demands and bought and paid for Congress.
and lest we not forget the Bill Gates cheap labor lobby, flooding the market anyway they can with anyone who can claim professional "skills" (cough, cough).
I don't get this either, unless the illegal alien lobby voted. Voters, members seems to be a huge motivator in a lot of these beyond reason policy agendas.
(I'm a little disgusted by all of it at this point if you cannot tell, so pardon my sarcasm).
but so good. I sent it to my buddy on Facebook who lost his job at at International Harvester when they shut the plant down.
Do a net search and see how many "green" jobs are going offshore. Do some research and you'll find the Medicare low admin figures from the gov. are a scam. Hell they don't include Center for Medicare and Medicaid team salaries or the building costs in their expenses (there is more they don't include).
Anyhow on the link at the end of this paragraph, go to page 3, first paragraph, last sentence. You will read "The Proposal would ensure health care coverage for all U.S. residents, including non-citizens." Why must we cover non-citizens? http://www.sharedprosperity.org/hcfa/lewin.pdf
I spent a lot of time researching the National Care plans of most all the big countries. It sure isn't what we are told. In my paper that I wrote on other countries plans you will find things like this: "Ontario Health Insurance Plan." A resident of Ontario must have a health card to show that he or she is entitled to health care services paid for by OHIP. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care pays for a wide range of services, however, it does not pay for services that are not medically necessary, such as cosmetic surgery." Notice the words resident must have a card. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/ohip/ohip_mn.html
Also you will find: "Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP)." To be eligible for Ontario health coverage you must : be a Canadian citizen or have immigration status as set out in Ontario's Health Insurance Act, and make your permanent and principal home in Ontario, and be physically present in Ontario 153 days in any 12-month period." Notice the words citizen or immigration us. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/ohip/ohip_mn.html Immigration status means you are/have applied for some type of status and doesn't mean someone sneaking across the border.
I am not entirely sure what the page 3 non-citizen means but I might guess it means the people sneaking across the border. I will grant to you that the COST IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE “HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA” PROPOSAL is not Obama's but it is what many elected officials are aiming to implement.
I need to polish up my "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about National Health Plans ….and maybe more" and put it on a diary. You will find things like this from Japan: "
1. Amenities in hospitals are far inferior to those in other developed countries.
2. A significant but uncounted number of services are not reimbursed by sickness funds
3. Uncounted services may not be included in national health expenditure calculations.
4. Families often help with nursing in hospitals.
5. There are also some under-the-table payments to physicians for favors such as special attention and treatment, and quick admission. 6. The health plan pays relatively little attention to preventive care.
Preventative care and maternity - Large employers may provide some preventive care Health insurance covers little preventive care
It provides only cash payment for normal pregnancy because pregnancy is not considered an illness in Japan.
Like a Chinese diving bird, I can no longer swallow the BS being put out by the government, I am just fed up. The cheering masses will bow down for the lies and manipulated statistics but not me. I am over and done with it.
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