Posts Tagged ‘collectivism’

Jun 26

About that taxing of benefits to pay for health care thing

Posted at 10:17 pm in Democrats & health care

It won’t apply to unions. Interesting how the collectivists stick together and watch each others’ backs. Link via Ace.
The U.S. Senate proposal to impose taxes for the first time on “gold-plated” health plans may bypass generous employee benefits negotiated by unions.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, the chief congressional advocate of taxing some employer-provided [...]

Apr 01

When Nanny-Statism kills

Posted at 8:05 am in Freedom & Life matters & government & liberalism

This is totally outrageous. Heads need to roll over this kind of sickness:
A pregnant woman, her husband and their three-year-old son were killed in a house fire early yesterday as police who arrived before the fire brigade prevented neighbours from trying to save them. The woman screamed: “Please save my kids” from a bedroom [...]