tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post3993501017913947946..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: My words but a whisper, your deafness a shoutSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-81979780322761357522010-03-31T10:06:19.175-04:002010-03-31T10:06:19.175-04:00Forgot to mention, you may have missed in all the ...Forgot to mention, you may have missed in all the hoopla that the "massive" jobs bill already passed (in early March, which adds the tax benefits to anybody who will hire me at this point, as of Thursday I will have been unemployed 60 days). I don't blame you for missing it, as much of the space on the news got consumed in the rhetoric surrounding HCR. And now that HCR is passed, we can focus that political energy on to other projects.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-6850138844629500552010-03-31T10:02:44.971-04:002010-03-31T10:02:44.971-04:00Dr. Phil, yes, unfortunately I believe it is. Soon...Dr. Phil, yes, unfortunately I believe it is. Soon we'll have factory towns and stores. Which will be good, because no place else will accept script.<br /><br />Cassie, since in this country the majority of people who have health insurance get it through their job, HCR was about jobs. While not designed specifically as a jobs creation bill, I can tell you the consensus between three counselors at JFS, the two leaders of the Job seekers group I went to and the placement specialist they had as a speaker (not to mention about four or five casual conversations with people in offices), the ice for new jobs broke about two weeks ago. The emails from the job seekers group these past two days have a number of "Success" stories. <br /><br />So even while not all the provisions are enacted yet, I believe the HCR bill helped break the logjam. And with the various pundits are saying (the ones who are screaming about how the sky is falling) when they do future studies with the new HCR bill in place, I believe it's a long term jobs bill. <br /><br />Again, the HCR bill isn't perfect (I'm still pissed about pre-existing conditions not removed until 2014 for adults), and just like Social Security and Medicare I expect to see adjustments made to the bill (there's even talk of bringing back the public option), the security, the relief, and the control of the health care insurance companies will allow productivity to rise faster, and improve the confidence that employers have to increase their payrolls. <br /><br />I know this is a concept that has gotten lost recently, but employees become happier and very productive when they don't have worry about what happens if they get sick (or their kids get sick).Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-57183428381559309202010-03-31T01:32:31.741-04:002010-03-31T01:32:31.741-04:00Maybe Obama should concentrate on jobs instead of ...Maybe Obama should concentrate on jobs instead of health care.<br /><br />Anonymous CassieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-38187974034197032632010-03-30T22:21:34.227-04:002010-03-30T22:21:34.227-04:00Many underemployed jobs don't have health insu...Many underemployed jobs don't have health insurance. So we have people who ARE working and not being deadbeats, and are punished for it. Must be the Republican ideal.<br /><br />Dr. PhilDr. Phil (Physics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11943336276878704753noreply@blogger.com