April 24th, 2008
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Bridget from Biz Chicks Rule was surprised that I don’t consider politicains leaders since “they tell us their vision and lay a path of guidance to show how we’re going to get there?”
To me, the ability to articulate a vision and describe a path a leader does […]
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April 17th, 2008
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As I’ve written in the past, I don’t see politicians as leaders, in fact, I find the two terms oxymoronic.
But since society chooses to view them in the light of leadership and they promote themselves in the guise of leaders I think the idea of attack as a […]
By Miki Saxon -- 3 comments
April 5th, 2008
Post from Leadership Turn Image credit: dimshikSorry, I forgot to mention this in the previous post.
I’ve recorded a lot of shows over the years and when I want some company for what I’m doing I pop one in my VCR.
I was watching one recently and realized that there wasn’t even one drug commercial during […]
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April 5th, 2008
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As most of you know I’ve been writing a series on healthcare, linking to articles detailing the actions of doctors/healthcare professionals, insurance companies and financial institutions. What’s ahppening as opposed to political retoric of what should happen.
But last night I got to thinking.
The stuff the artilces describe isn’t […]
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April 4th, 2008
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If it’s not doctors ripping off Medicare it’s disability insurers jacking up Social Security’s overhead in the name of increasing their profits.
According to the New York Times, “The Social Security system is choking on paperwork and spending millions of dollars a year screening dubious applications for disability benefits, […]
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April 3rd, 2008
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Over at Yielding Wealth, Miranda wondered why “universal healthcare” is such a bogyman considering that “Our education system, police force, and even our mail system is socialized…And, of course, one can’t forget socialized capitalism…Society (via taxpayers) provides subsidies for all sorts of companies — profitable Big Oil and […]
By Miki Saxon -- 2 comments
March 31st, 2008
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Kelly over at Tax Girl offers up an interesting stat—it’s costing at least $200 million to publicize and send that exciting, overwhelming, unbelievable, solution-to-the-recession “economic stimulus” check y’all are waiting for with baited breath.
As Kelly points out, “Putting it into perspective, that $200 million would have bought 74 Super […]
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March 28th, 2008
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(Part of an ongoing series)
Those Americans fortunate enough to have medical insurance have long known (if they gave it any thought) that their sensitive medical records are frequently sent overseas for processing right along with most other forms of insurance processing.
Now their bodies are following—paid for by their […]
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March 27th, 2008
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The following story has been told in various incarnations for more than 40 years.
Once upon a time there was a man who ran a hot dog stand. This man ran one of the finest hot dog stands in the whole city and, strangely for a hot dog stand, he […]
By Miki Saxon -- 7 comments
March 25th, 2008
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Aside from tax rebates, has there really been strong economic advances under the Bush Administration?In its current issue, Business Week does a quick roundup of this so-called expansion,
“The expansion almost certainly ended in 2007, seven years after the previous peak in 2000. Unfortunately, this cycle has been lackluster, with […]
By Miki Saxon -- 3 comments
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