Health care comparison

I'm always in search of sites that compares candidates plans with as little bias as possible.

PBS's show NOW did such a comparison along with help from the Kaiser Family Foundation. It includes many related links.

Kaiser Family Foundation also posts a side-by-side summary of all the candidates.

Not that anyone would change their mind on a candidate but at least you'll know where he/she stands on the issue. Then we can have a stronger conversation on the topic.

Camp Honor Revisited

Just an Update... After we brought our disagreements over the policy to the camp committee, and after the meeting the Association sent us a letter informing us that the Camp Committee are not making any exceptions to the policy.

Horse Puckey!

So we know a few people on the Board of Directors. So we called them, since they were the ones that approved the policy. We wanted to inform them how the new policy will harm people in the community. Would you believe they were not aware of our situation???? People are not communicating here.....

Let's see where it goes from here. So far all is quiet. TOO QUIET! It's CYA time.

Camp Honor

Found out this week that my youngest will not be able to attend camp due to a change in the rules for camp. He has to be 8 to go. Last year camp was later in the year andthe cutoff was 7, so he went. This year they decided too break his heart and not allow him to attend.

What BS. They are not making any exceptions to the rule. If they make an exception to mine they would have to make it for everyone. Just let him go - he's a child. Who do I have to bribe?

My youngest loves camp. The nurses know it, the Assocation knows it, the camp director knows it. Who made the new rule - why not put a grandfather clause in it. Since he went last year what is the problem. He wasn't home sick, he didn't cause fights, he doesn't eat "that much". LOL

Why can't I just go to the powers that be and request this. "It would show favoratism." Explain that to my kid......! What does he know about politics? He just wants to go to camp, meet up with his friends and HAVE FUN!

Tithe to the Government and the Church

I think Wikipedia will have to update their page on tithing. They say, "A tithe (from Old English teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a (usually) voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a Jewish or Christian religious organization. Today, tithes (or tithing) are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques, or stocks, whereas historically tithes could be paid in kind, such as agricultural products." The United States has never collected a mandatory tithe on its citizens, under the principle of separation of church and state - until next year - IF Hillary Clinton is elected president!

Former President Bill Clinton recently said on the campaign trail that his wife was the only presidential candidate "helping" to get healthcare costs under control. The Clinton's claim that the Hillary Clinton's plan would cap health insurance premiums at 5 to 10 percent of Americans' income. How is that going to bring down cost? How is Hillary going to make sure I only Tithe to the health insurance company 10%? Where would 10% come from in the first place?

The healthcare reform experts note the average price of a family policy offered through the workplace is $12,000 a year. So to afford that type of coverage under Clinton, each of us would have to make a yearly wage of $120,000, on average. Would taxes would be raised to make up any shortfall or should Clinton's plan require more than 10 percent of one's income? I find it hard to believe Clinton's universal healthcare plan is the kind of healthcare reform Americans are talking about when we say we want the system to be "fixed." At least it is my choice to tithe to the church.