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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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+++ 29. Juli 2010 +++

Immer deutlicher sichtbar: Obama „dreht durch“

US-Präsident Barack Obama, der schon immer eine anfällige, narzißtische Persönlichkeit war, dreht nun offenbar psychologisch durch. Er und sein engster Kreis brüsten sich zwar mit seinen „erfolgreiche... [weiter]

+++ 29. Juli 2010 +++

Budapest weist IWF zurück

Am 22.7. stimmte das ungarische Parlament mit überwältigender Mehrheit von 301:12 Stimmen (bei 386 Mitgliedern) für das Gesetzespaket von Ministerpräsident Viktor Orban für eine „nationale wirtschaftl... [weiter]

+++ 29. Juli 2010 +++

Hungary Tells the IMF to Get Lost

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+++ 29. Juli 2010 +++

Kesha Rogers Mounts in Polls

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+++ 29. Juli 2010 +++

Russia Funds Ambitious New Cosmodrome

While a certain faction of the Russian leadership around Anatoli Chubais clings to the illusion of creating a new nanotechnology and financial services bubble, others are moving ahead to build up the ... [weiter]

+++ 20. Juli 2010 +++

Obamas Popularität sinkt weiter, die Entscheidung rückt näher

Nach der Verabschiedung von Präsident Obamas Finanzreform in den USA am 15.7. wurde an der Wallstreet und der Londoner City gefeiert. Auch wenn sich die meisten Europäer noch Illusionen hingeben: Die ... [weiter]

+++ 20. Juli 2010 +++

Elite Russian Magazine Features LaRouche's 1995 Speech to Duma

The July 14 issue of the Russian monthly VVP published an article titled, "Endgame for Financial Globalization", written by Alexei Perochinny and other experts in the "Global Adventure" researc... [weiter]

+++ 20. Juli 2010 +++

Obama in the Bunker as Cities and States Collapse

With passage of the Obama financial reform bill on July 15, the champagne bottles were uncorked on Wall Street and in the City of London. Contrary to the illusions of most Europeans, the financial com... [weiter]

+++ 20. Juli 2010 +++

"Strategy of Tension" in Italy Was Made in London

The "unspeakable truths" of Italian postwar terrorism are presented in a new book by one of Italy's most famous prosecutors, Rosario Priore, and journalist Giovanni Fasanella. Over the past 30 years, ... [weiter]

+++ 20. Juli 2010 +++

EU-Rettungsaktionen sind verfassungswidrig -
die Bürger müssen mobilisieren

Am 7.7. stellten die vier „Anti-Euro-Professoren“ Wilhelm Hankel, Wilhelm Nölling, Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider und Joachim Starbatty in Berlin in einer Pressekonferenz ihre erweiterte Verfassungskl... [weiter]

+++ 10. Juli 2010 +++

The EU Bailout Is Illegal and Unconstitutional!
EIR at Press Conference of Anti-Euro Professors

The four “anti-euro professors” in Germany – Wilhelm Hankel, Wilhelm Nölling, Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider, and Joachim Starbatty – held a press conference in Berlin July 7, to announce that they ha... [weiter]

+++ 10. Juli 2010 +++

More Action against the Euro: “The Protective Shield from Brussels Will Not Save the Currency Union!”

The five German plaintiffs in the case against the EU bailout at the Constitutional Court — Wilhelm Hankel, Wilhelm Nölling, Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider, Dieter Spethmann and Joachim Starbatty — ... [weiter]

+++ 10. Juli 2010 +++

EIR Confronts Trichet, Who Defends
Bankers' Law against Constitutional Law

Asked by EIR, at his monthly press conference in Frankfurt, about the Constitutional challenge against the European “financial safety net” filed by the “Four anti-euro professors” in Germany, E... [weiter]

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