http://blog.mecep.org From the State House to Your House, the Official Blog of the Maine Center for Economic Policy Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:38:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.mecep.org/2010/03/a-substantial-bond-package-means-jobs-for-maine/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Maine Budget Matters » What would you do to create 3,000 jobs in Maine? Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:38:18 +0000 http://blog.mecep.org/?p=77#comment-104 [...] jobs is an extreme priority for Maine and the nation right now, especially in a time when almost 32,000 Mainers have lost their job since the start of the recession. After all, our economic recovery depends on getting Mainers back to work. The best way to do that [...] [...] jobs is an extreme priority for Maine and the nation right now, especially in a time when almost 32,000 Mainers have lost their job since the start of the recession. After all, our economic recovery depends on getting Mainers back to work. The best way to do that [...]

]]> http://blog.mecep.org/2010/01/health-reform-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2 united health care Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:20:46 +0000 http://blog.mecep.org/?p=17#comment-2 Can we drop the silly catchphrases? "Big Government Takeover of Health Care" is a little tired. Not to mention it provides ZERO information about the bill, one way or another. It may have held some sway when the public option was included (it isn't now, soooo...), but even then the soundbite contained ambiguities that cater to inaccuracy. Republicans better know how to convince the "Average Joe" (read: politically infantile) onto their side of the line. The Dems do it to, but I dare say their constituency demands more substantial content than does the opposition. Start over? So they can obstruct THIS bill for 9 months and claim the congress (funny, they are part of it)is do-nothing? That's classic carrot on a stick. The whole debate has been how to fund the senate bill, not the provisions it ACTUALLY provides. Jeez. 6 years ago we would have passed it unfunded and the public wouldn't know squat. Can we drop the silly catchphrases? “Big Government Takeover of Health Care” is a little tired. Not to mention it provides ZERO information about the bill, one way or another. It may have held some sway when the public option was included (it isn’t now, soooo…), but even then the soundbite contained ambiguities that cater to inaccuracy. Republicans better know how to convince the “Average Joe” (read: politically infantile) onto their side of the line. The Dems do it to, but I dare say their constituency demands more substantial content than does the opposition. Start over? So they can obstruct THIS bill for 9 months and claim the congress (funny, they are part of it)is do-nothing? That’s classic carrot on a stick. The whole debate has been how to fund the senate bill, not the provisions it ACTUALLY provides. Jeez. 6 years ago we would have passed it unfunded and the public wouldn’t know squat.

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