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tolls not taxes: how americans want to fix traffic jams
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago quotcommunist china has way more cases where the private sector is involved in building roads than the united states doesquot says reason foundation transportation economist adrian mooremoore sat down with reason to discuss transportation policy in general and the results of the january reason-rupe poll in specific the reason-rupe poll is a quarterly national survey of americans and the latest iteration focused on transportation issuesamong the main results:-nearly 50 percent of respondents say that for them congestion has worsened over the last five years and over 50 percent think it will get even worse in the next five years-only 12 percent use transit with any regularity and the number who telecommute is about the sameas those who carpool-65 percent think the government generally spends transportation funding ineffectively-77 percent oppose raising the federal gas tax-58 percent think new lanes or new highways should be funded with tolls rather than tax increases and 59 percent say they would pay a toll if it would save them a significant amount of timethe full results along with an explanation of methodology and analysis by poll director emily ekins is online hereabout 10 minute filmed by zach weissmueller and sharif matar and edited by matargo to reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live |
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crossroads gps quotthreadquot
Bookmarked 750 weeks ago tell president obama quotno more blank checksquot: wwwnomoreblankcheckscom |
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full show 61112: gop treason
Bookmarked 704 weeks ago thom discusses the new evidence that prove gop leaders only had one goal once obama was elected: destroy the economy and defeat him in november tonight039s political panel discusses federal spending since eisenhower why republicans don039t want workers to have collective bargaining rights and why they don039t want transparency when it comes to political ads in tonight039s quotdaily takequot thom tells us why you should care about marine phytoplankton |
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full show - 12111 gop admits they039re afraid of ows
Bookmarked 731 weeks ago thom speaks with think progress reporter and blogger zaid jilani about the republican039s increasing apprehension surrounding the nationwide occupy movements he then debates a conservative commentator about the republican039s push for the low income home energy assistance program to make spending cutsjeopardizing millions of low income families |
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obama concedes to gop on cuts again - why
Bookmarked 767 weeks ago cenk uygur discusses how president barack obama is about to give yet another concession to republicans on budget cuts despite getting nothing in return is obama the world039s worst negotiator |
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k-12 education funding: most states at levels lower than pre-recession cut spending this year
Bookmarked 739 weeks ago most states have cut state funding for schools this year and a majority of states are funding k-12 education at levels lower than before the recession after adjusting for inflation a survey published thursday by the center on budget and policy priorities examined 46 states -- where 95 percent of the country |
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is obamacare working the affordable care act five years later
Bookmarked 559 weeks ago in which john green pauses five years after the affordable care act was signed into law to consider what we know so far about the law039s effectiveness and repercussions i also look at health care in the united states more generally and the limited scope of the affordable care act relative to the size of the overall health care system in the usi got a ton of help from aaron carroll who hosts the great health care triage https:wwwyoutubecomuserthehealthcaretriage but any errors are my fault and mine alonesources:more than 17 of us gdp goes to health care expenses: http:enwikipediaorgwikihealth_care_in_the_united_statesthe us spends way more on health care than any other country: http:www-tcpbsorgprod-medianewshourphotos20121002us_spends_much_more_on_health_than_what_might_be_expected_1_slideshowjpgand yet our healthcare outcomes are not generally better and are in many cases worse: http:wwwcommonwealthfundorgpublicationsfund-reports2014junmirror-mirror44 or maybe 46 million americans were uninsured in 2009: http:wwwpbsorghealthcarecrisisuninsuredhtmlthis nyt article assessing the aca is excellent: http:wwwnytimescominteractive20141027usis-the-affordable-care-act-workinghtmlunderstanding pre-existing condition exclusions: http:kfforghealth-reformfact-sheethealth-insurance-market-reforms-pre-existing-conditionmedical debt is the biggest cause of us bankruptcy: http:wwwcnbccomid100840148employer-based insurance distorts the labor market in the united states: https:wwwbostonfedorgeconomicconfconf50conf50epdfboth the access and the cost savings parts of the affordable care act are discussed really well at this wikipedia page: http:enwikipediaorgwikipatient_protection_and_affordable_care_actwe are nowhere close to a path to health care spending stability: https:wwwcbogovpublication45471but the uninsurance rate has dropped dramatically: http:wwwgallupcompoll180425uninsured-rate-sinksaspxand more than 12 million people have gotten insurance through the health care exchanges set up by obamacare: http:acasignupsnetthe rollout of healthcaregov was a disaster: http:enwikipediaorgwikihealthcaregovinsurance premiums rising more slowly than before exchanges: http:kfforghealth-reformissue-briefanalysis-of-2015-premium-changes-in-the-affordable-care-acts-health-insurance-marketplacesmore insurance companies are participating in the exchanges this year than last year: http:wwwwsjcomarticlesu-s-states-to-get-more-insurers-under-affordable-care-act-1411495473the law is costing less than expected: http:wwwnytimescom20150310uspoliticsbudget-office-again-reduces-its-estimate-on-cost-of-the-affordable-care-acthtmlis the law actually improving health it seems so at least for young adults and also for colonscopy screening rates but much is still unknown: http:wwwnytimescominteractive20141027usis-the-affordable-care-act-workinghtmlmany are still uninsured and underinsurance is a huge problem: http:wwwnytimescom20141202upshotunderinsurance-remains-big-problem-under-obama-health-lawhtmldon039t get mad at me for linking a lot to the new york times they do way more data analysis and reporting on this stuff than anyone else i039ve come acrossbritons live longer and healthier lives than americans despite being pretty similar lifestyle-wise: http:wwwncbinlmnihgovbooksnbk62373our health care spending will sink us in the long-run but if anything the situation was worse before the aca: https:wwwcbogovpublication45471----subscribe to our newsletter http:nerdfighteriacomnewsletterand join the community at http:nerdfighteriacom http:effyeahnerdfighterscomhelp transcribe videos - http:nerdfighteriainfojohn039s twitter - http:twittercomjohngreenjohn039s tumblr - http:fishingboatproceedstumblrcomhank039s twitter - http:twittercomhankgreenhank039s tumblr - http:edwardspoonhandstumblrcom |
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the smart health plan for canadian incorporated businesses
Bookmarked 603 weeks ago if you are a small business chances are you are either paying out of pocket for health care expenses or not sure if you are even breaking even paying monthly premiums for a traditional health plan eg blue cross there is a much smarter alternative and its called a health spending account the best health spending accountphsp in canada is pretax health at http:wwwpretaxhealthcom |
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the congo dandies: living in poverty and spending a fortune to look like a million dollars
Bookmarked 437 weeks ago la sape is a unique movement based in congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they dont really have on designer clothes dressing in stark contrast with their surroundings these elegant ambiance-makers become true local celebrities but this fame comes at a pricethe republic of the congo in central africa cant boast of high standards of living yet there are men here who are prepared to spend a fortune on designer suits they call themselves sapeurs members of the la sape movement la sape comes from french and stands for the society of ambiance-makers and elegant people for its adherents its all about style and elegance the right combination of colours and textures brand-names and the highest quality materials they derive true joy from showing off their attire on the streets of brazzaville the countrys capital and the centre of the la sape movement walking down dusty streets lined with clay houses they turn h |
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wisconsin governor scott walker on unions and budget cuts
Bookmarked 771 weeks ago http:blogheritageorg20110221morning-bell-gov-scott-walker-answers-the-tough-questions-in-exclusive-interview teachers039 unions and representatives of every liberal interest group in the country may have taken over the streets of madison for demonstrations marches and speeches but inside the wisconsin governor039s mansion its chief tenant remains calm and resolute |
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the cbs evening news with scott pelley - pentagon may scrap traditional military pensions
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago the pentagon is considering a controversial plan to replace traditional military pensions with a 401k-style plan ultimately saving 250 billion dollars over the next two decades sharyl attkisson reports |
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crnc the quotbreak upquot
Bookmarked 789 weeks ago the policies of president obama and congressional democrats have resulted in 20 of young adults being unable to find work seeing the danger these policies pose to our generation 18-29 year olds are quotbreaking upquot with their decade long romance with the democratic party find out more at ourtaborg |
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military math
Bookmarked 764 weeks ago http:wwwmarkfiorecom take a look at the latest quotcutsquot in defense spending brought to you by just about everybody obama congress defense contractors they all get in the act and somehow manage to make an increase sound like cuts after wading into the budget wilderness it becomes a little more clear and yes it is worse than this cartoon depicts a mark fiore political animation |