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Raw audio, text on day 1 of O-care oral arguments (plus, encouraging news?)

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off by

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Department of Health and Human Servs. v. Florida
Docket Number: 11-398-Monday
Date Argued: 03/26/12

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The encouraging bit:

SCOTUS skeptical of idea that mandate is a tax

On the first day of …

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Shall We Take the Liberty of “the 1%”?

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off by

By Jane M. Orient, M.D.

For many, “the 1%” are the “super-rich,” the “millionaires and billionaires” (as if it didn’t take 1,000 millionaires to equal a single billionaire). “Occupiers” think that “the 1%” have more money than people should be allowed to have, so our government …

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