Oregon Extends Push To Track, Tax Drivers Per Mile — yro.slashdot.org — Readability

Oregon Extends Push To Track, Tax Drivers Per Mile — yro.slashdot.org — Readability: "Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @01:34PM
from the he-ain't-heavy-he's-a-hitchhiker-who-stalks-and-fines-me dept.
schwit1 writes "Oregon is moving ahead with a controversial plan to tax motorists based on the number of miles they drive as opposed to the amount of fuel they consume, raising myriad concerns about cost and privacy"

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Another Obamacare Success Revealed As “Urban Legend” — politicaloutcast.com — Readability

Another Obamacare Success Revealed As “Urban Legend” — politicaloutcast.com — Readability: "ProPublica reveals “How the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza Became a Mistaken Poster Boy for Obamacare.” Charles Ornstein writes,

Last week, Ryan Lizza, a Washington correspondent with the New Yorker, did what I and many other journalists have done in the past three weeks: He attempted to sign up for an account on healthcare.gov, the federal government’s health insurance marketplace site."

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What a Crock! Regime Predicts Economic Disaster from Two-Week Partial Government Shutdown — conservativebyte.com — Readability

What a Crock! Regime Predicts Economic Disaster from Two-Week Partial Government Shutdown — conservativebyte.com — Readability: "They’re trying to blame all of this economic downturn on the shutdown. We are supposed to believe that employers did not hire in September because they were afraid of a possible government shutdown in October. Yes, you see, that’s how things work. See, everybody’s so focused on government, that they weren’t gonna hire anybody at The ABC Acme Widget Company because there might be a government shutdown in October. So they didn’t hire anybody in September. That’s what we’re supposed to believe."

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Fail: New Obamacare Website Snag 'Dramatically Underestimates' Health Costs — patriotupdate.com — Readability

Fail: New Obamacare Website Snag 'Dramatically Underestimates' Health Costs — patriotupdate.com — Readability: "As President Obama promises to fix HealthCare.gov, his administration is touting what it calls “improvements” in design, specifically a feature that allows you to “See Plans Now.” White House press secretary Jay Carney has said, “Americans across the country can type in their zip code and shop and browse.” Industry analysts, such as Jonathan Wu, point to how the website lumps people only into two broad categories: “49 or under” and “50 or older"

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