While speaking to a mother whose child has a rare genetic disorder treated by an expensive drug, Rick Santorum defended the high costs of prescription drugs. "People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad," he said. "But paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with -- it keeps you alive. Why? Because you've been conditioned to think health care is something you can get without having to pay for it." read more
One of the great ironies of American society is that most abortions in the U.S. are caused by conservative Christians. Read the statistics: Forty nine percent of pregnancies in this country are unintended, a rate that has been painfully stable for almost 30 years. Almost half of those pregnancies end in abortion. Or, to turn it around, over 90% of U.S. abortions are the result of accidental pregnancy. U.S. rates of unwanted pregnancy and abortion far exceed any other country with similar economic development. So does our rate of religiosity. The fact that we are outliers on both is not a coincidence.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) rejected a federal $37 million grant Thursday to help the state provide health care services, saying he was resisting the "encroachment of ObamaCare." The money would have been used in Wisconsin to implement health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act and pool insurance resources to drive down the cost of policies for individual citizens and people with pre-existing conditions. The American Cancer Society opposed his decision. "A robust, consumer-friendly health exchange designed specifically for Wisconsin would greatly expand access to care to those who need it most, while preserving what already works," a group spokesperson said.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blasted moderators at a debate in New Hampshire Saturday for "anti-Christian bigotry" after they asked several of the GOP hopefuls about gay rights.
"I just want to raise a point about the news media bias," the former House Speaker complained to ABC's Diane Sawyer. "You don't hear the opposite question asked."
"Should the Catholic Church be forced to close its adoption services in Massachusetts because it won't accept gay couples, which is exactly what the state has done?
Tim Russell, an aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) when he served as Milwaukee County executive, has been charged with three counts of embezzlement. Russell, who was Walker's county housing director, allegedly took more than $10,000 from an unspecified business. The arrest comes more than a year and a half after an investigation began into people who worked for Walker in Milwaukee.
Why is no one going to jail? Because the 1% don't commit felonies they just "use poor judgement" or they don't commit fraud they just "have clerical errors". There should be about 100 of these bankers doing 20 to life for this mess.