All Posts Tagged With: "Consent of the Governed"
TGIF: Let's Ignore Congress
I spent a good part of Wednesday night closely skimming — my conscience won’t let me type “reading” — the Republicans’ alternative healthcare “reform” bill. It’s 219 pages of legalese. I know it’s one-tenth the size of Speaker Pelosi’s bill, but that doesn’t make for easier navigation. Figuring out how it all would work is [...]
7Nov2009 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | Continued-
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