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Schiller-Institut: Die Weltlandbrücke wird Realität
Jetzt mit Leseprobe: Vorwort: Das Ende der "freien" Marktwirtschaft: Wir brauchen Gesetze zur Rettung des Gemeinwohls!


Lyndon LaRouche: Die kommenden 50 Jahre

Das Prinzip von Entwicklung: Dynamik, nicht Statistik

Von der Ehrlichkeit gegenüber der Natur

Max Planck zum 150. Geburtstag

Überlegungen zur Klimahypothese:
Von der Physik der Atmosphäre aus gesehen, gibt es kein Klima. In der Atmosphäre spielt nur das Wetter eine Rolle.

+++ 17. Januar 2010 +++

U.S.: Opposition to Healthcare Reform Rises,
Obama White House Panics

Having given up on getting any Republican votes, the Administration and the House and Senate Democratic leadership have been engaged in intensive, extended negotiating sessions, in order to "persuade" House members to submit to the more fascist of the two bills, that passed by the Senate. Among the key measures in the Senate bill, that are not in the House bill, is the Independent Medicare Advisory Board (or the Independent Payment Advisory Board), which would set up a commission independent of Congress in order to determine how to slash the per capita growth in the cost of Medicare spending - a "death panel" that will decide who lives, and who dies, relatively free of interference from the Congress.

Although the Obama Administration claims the bill aims at extending health insurance to more Americans, the overriding objective, stated in black and white, is to reduce costs by at least $500 billion, mainly by denying care to the elderly. Since last Summer, the White House has insisted on the inclusion of this "cost-cutting" item in the bill.

It is, however, very controversial. A letter to Nancy Pelosi opposing any such independent board, initiated by Rep. Richard Neal, has now been signed by 99 representatives, of both parties. Another letter to Congressional leaders adamantly rejecting the IPAB has been put out by 74 medical and patient groups representing 9 million Medicare patients - including the American Hospital Association, the Medical Group Management Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the American College of Surgeons, who are also lobbying Congress against it.

Moreover, several trade unions have stuck to their guns, in spite of White House pressure, in rejecting the tax employers would have to pay on the health benefits extended to workers, if the Senate bill passes. This would obviously lead to less benefits. Those not "bought off" during negotiations last week with the White House include the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, one of the largest in the country, and the Firefighters Association.

Now, the push is on to rush the bill through the Senate before the results of a special election in Massachusetts on Jan. 19, to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, are in, or at least are certified, and the new Senator is seated. The White House has been scrambling to ensure the victory of Democrat Martha Coakley in that race, since, against all expectations, her Republican opponent, Scott Brown, surged ahead of her in polls on Jan. 14, in this state that has been solidly Democrat since 1972.

In a fit of panic, Democratic leaders had Coakley fly into Washington on Jan. 12, for a fundraising event, which was sponsored by the major HMOs and pharmaceutical companies, which had put together the Obama reform!

If the Democrats lose this race, they lose their 60th vote in the Senate, which they need to override any filibuster from the Republicans. Representative Barney Frank was right for once when he said that if the Republicans win, "it will kill the bill". In fact, the whole Administration will be finished politically.



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+++ 19. März 2010 +++

Spanien und seine Banken sind verkracht?

Spanien und seine Banken sind verkracht?
Banco Santander rühmt sich, kaum faule Kredite in ihren Büchern mit zu schleppen. Was jedoch nicht berichtet wird, ist der Fakt, daß dies durch grobe Man... [weiter]

+++ 19. März 2010 +++

Santander and Spanish Banks Blowing out

Banco Santander, nominally of Spain, claims to have one of the lowest rates of non-performing loans (NPL) among banks anywhere in the world. What they don't report, however, is that they come up with ... [weiter]

+++ 18. März 2010 +++

Exposed: the Russian “Traitors” Who Sold out to London

American economist Lyndon LaRouche focussed on a key strategic problem in a webcast on March 13, that of the British influence on a government faction in Russia. "Russia, China, and India, have a vita... [weiter]

+++ 18. März 2010 +++

London's Clique in Russia Seeks to Take Over Economic Policy

The same group in Russia, which, in the 1990s, devastated the country's economy with London-scripted radical monetarism, is now attempting to take over President Dmitri Medvedev's announced policy of ... [weiter]

+++ 18. März 2010 +++

European Monetary Fund Is a No-Go,
Bankruptcy Reorganization Needed

The institutions of the European Union, far from managing the crisis, are making it much worse. No EU government has sovereignty over its own debt and all are at a loss as to how to get out of the eur... [weiter]

+++ 14. März 2010 +++

In zwei Tagen mit dem Zug von Peking nach London

Die Volksrepublik China verhandelt mit 17 Ländern, sein Hochgeschwindigkeitsstreckennetz für Eisenbahnen in den kommenden zehn bis fünfzehn Jahren auszudehnen, sagte das Mitglied der Chinesischen Inge... [weiter]

+++ 14. März 2010 +++

Beijing to London in Two Days by High-Speed Rail

China is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years, according to Wang Mengshu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a senior consul... [weiter]

+++ 14. März 2010 +++

California, a Case Study in Willful Economic Destruction

Although the eighth largest economy in the world, the state of California today is no longer capable of sustaining its over 35 million population. With a deficit of $20 billion and growing, California... [weiter]

+++ 10. März 2010 +++

European Monetary Fund:
Buying up Countries at a Discount

The issue of creating a European Monetary Fund to bail out Greece and other troubled countries in the EU has stirred up a huge debate and a made lot of headlines, but this is just one more supranation... [weiter]

+++ 10. März 2010 +++

Island Sagt Nein zu anglo-holländischem Wucher

Das revolutionäre Massenstreikferment, das sich im Wahlsieg von Kesha Rogers in den USA ausdrückte, wurde auch sichtbar, als am 6.3. in Island eine überwältigende Mehrheit von über 93% der Wähler die ... [weiter]

+++ 10. März 2010 +++

Iceland Says No to Anglo-Dutch Usury

The revolutionary "mass strike" phenomenon which was manifest in the vote for LaRouche candidate Kesha Rogers in the United States on March 2, 2010, was also heard in Iceland, on March 6, when an over... [weiter]

+++ 10. März 2010 +++

European Commission Makes a Grab for Power of Taxation

The EU Commission called for enlarged powers of governance, when unveiling its new "2020 Agenda" on March3. The EU Tax Commissioner, Algirdas Semeta, is planning a "minimum rate of tax on carbon emiss... [weiter]

+++ 10. März 2010 +++

EU-Kommission will eigenes Recht auf Besteuerung

Mit ihrer gerade enthüllten „Agenda 2020“ zielt die EU-Junta darauf, sich mehr Regierungsgewalt verschaffen. Der Kommissar für Steuern und Zollunion, Algirdas Semeta, plant als „Priorität“ schon eine ... [weiter]

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