Flashback of the Day
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 27th, 2011 5:36 am by HL
Flashback of the Day
“The health bill that Governor Romney signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the American health system.”
— Newt Gingrich in an April 2006 newsletter found by the Wall Street Journal, voicing enthusiasm for Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts health-care law, the same plan he has been denouncing over the past few months.
Growing Gap Between Lawmakers and Citizens
Washington Post: “Between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth of a member of the House more than doubled, according to the analysis of financial disclosures, from $280,000 to $725,000 in inflation-adjusted 2009 dollars, excluding home equity. Over the same period, the wealth of an American family has declined slightly, with the comparable median figure sliding from $20,600 to $20,500, according to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from the University of Michigan.”
