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Health care reform

There has been a lot of discussion about the new health care reform bill before Congress and I would like to add my perspective. First I would like to agree with the conservatives that claim that this is a government intrusion into the private business of health care. Second, I would like to assert that this is a good thing, although I think this assertion is a matter of perspective. If you think Social Security is government intrusion into the retirement planning that we should do on our own, then you will hate this type of government action. If, however, you think we are a society that should and can provide for the health of all of our members then you will agree that this bill is long overdue. The simple issue is this: Do we as a society think it is our duty to make sure health care is available to all, or do we believe that those that want good health care should have planned better and gotten a career that provided health insurance for life and that those that didn't plan better, can simply die from lack of services brought on by their own lack of planning, or inability to get such a job? ...more

November 12, 2009

TV Show Takes Look At Redevelopment Areas

Former local television personality Cathy Unruh has not hesitated to volunteer through the years. ...more

March 4, 2009

County Candidate Announces

Land-use planner Linda Pearson, a former county official who is now in private business, has filed to run for the Hillsborough County Commission seat held by Ken Hagan. ...more

March 4, 2009

Whither - Or Wither Go Our Economy?

Speaking not as an economist, but as a lawyer born during the Depression, thus growing up both before, during, and in the shadow of World War II with its economic deprivation and "ration coupon" induced austerity, gives one a considerably different perspective than a "boomer" who hit the ground running in the swinging sixties with its unconstrained counter-culture followed by decades of consumer excess. ...more

February 20, 2009