US gets a Medicare boss during recess
Obama appointed Dr. Donald Berwick to oversee the Medicare & Medicade programs. He’ll direct entitlement programs and play a key role in new the health care legislation.
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The Federal Reserve made up of twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks. Under the new financial regulation bill, they will now be new authority over large financial companies. A central bank will now regulate the smaller banks…
More reading: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_bi_ge/us_financial_overhaul
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Barack Obama stated that the financial industry has a 600 trillion dollar derivatives market. The entire US GDP is $14.59 TRILLION for a sense of scale.
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“ Politicians value staying in office more than they value the long-term health of the country. Spending money in the short-term buys votes. It’s not good politics to take on the obvious long-term insolvency of popular programs that transfer wealth from the young to the old. The elderly reliably show up on Election Day. Children have no voice at the polls. The AARP is an extremely powerful interest group. There is no similar organization lobbying on behalf of ten year olds.
— David Einhorn
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“ Money cany buy happiness, but can make you awfully comfortable while you’re miserable.
— Clare Boothe Luce
