JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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Branded,
health outcomes for socialized healthcare are far better than the mixed US model, its not contest. And its usually 1/2 cheaper than the broken US model.
I find that the losers on the right who cry the most about government assitance are usually on the dole of some sort. Its like the teabaggers yelling get government out of my medicare. Beyond that they generally support corporate welfare, like staring wars to make the defense industry rich, but do not support assistance for the middle class or the poor. Its self-centered and frankly delusional.
Posted in: U.S. Congress completes overhaul of health care; more threats come in
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Sushi,
good point, arm chair repubs do cheer on the deaths of GIs for basically no reason what so ever. Its called fake patriotism. "Yes we love you now go die for big oil."
And yes Obama has to clean up again another mess created by the bush invasion happy band of war criminals. There does seem to be some progress being made but in the end the US will leave and the Afgans will be left with the Taliban or something worse in charge.
Posted in: Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
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zurcronium
The hits just keep on coming. Healthcare, deal with the ruskies on reducing the nukes and then flies to Afganistanland and stokes the troops. When he gets the taliban to make a deal with karzai and to give up OBL its lights out for 2012. What bush promised to do and failed Obama may just make happen, that is getting OBL punished for his crimes.
Agree with the above posts, what a difference a competent president makes. Like day versus night.
Posted in: Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
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zurcronium
Mandatory health insurance was a republican idea to start, of course now they hate it.
"The idea of an individual mandate as an alternative to single-payer was a Republican idea," said health economist Mark Pauly of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In 1991, he published a paper that explained how a mandate could be combined with tax credits — two ideas that are now part of Obama's law. Pauly's paper was well-received — by the George H.W. Bush administration. "It could have been the basis for a bipartisan compromise, but it wasn't," said Pauly. "Because the Democrats were in favor, the Republicans more or less had to be against it."
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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zurcronium
wow, mccain proved he is senile in 2008 and now unfortunately you can add pathetic as well.
The best thing for him is to lose. He cannot cut it in politics any longer.
I voted for him in 2000 primaries since I knew that bush was a walking disaster. Too bad bush played the race card on mccain in SC and got the cracker vote (accused mccain of having a black kid, who was really an adopted asian). mccain did not recover from that bashing.
Even senile and sad he is a better republican than 98% of the rest of the imploding party leaders.
Posted in: Her career rising, Palin now gives McCain a boost
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zurcronium
Victory is complete now. What a great leap forward for civil society in the USA. Obama is the new FDR and republicans have become the Tories.
Posted in: U.S. Congress completes overhaul of health care; more threats come in
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Molenir,
as usual you focus on the trivial and a political gimmick. It is another example of the just say no, no ideas of their own dixiecrat republican party.
Posted in: Senate's fix to health care law slowed by snag
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zurcronium
And Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who negotiated the breakthrough on abortion language in the health care bill, has received numerous death threats and faxes with violent images at his office.
Great that pro-life forces in the republicans party and also pro-death threat. Only a republican can make sense of that.
Posted in: FBI investigating threats to Democrats after health care vote
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Sailwind,
polls show majority support for the bill and a relief that the stalling tactics of the just say no republicans is finally ending. Only the fringe losers in their bunkers are still whining. Grab a mirror if you want to see an example.
Posted in: Senate's fix to health care law slowed by snag
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zurcronium
Another huge victory for our intelligent and progressive President. Wow, this is what change really looks like. This one move will do more to increase the security of the USA than all the stupid wars and failed programs of the bush administration in his miserable 8 years.
Thank goodness Lugar is the lead republican on this matter. He is one of the few sane republicans left.
Posted in: U.S., Russia agree to reduce nuclear arsenal
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zurcronium
Americans happy healthcare reform has passed. Only took a day for victory for Obama over the just say no republicans to be reflected in the polls. This is now a loser issue for the republicans in the Fall. Just like when bush tried to destroy social security.
Only hours after the president signed health care reform legislation into law on Tuesday, the immediate political benefits for the Democratic Party are already coming into focus. According to a Gallup/USA Today poll conducted the day after health care legislation passed the House of Representatives, 49 percent of the respondents think the passage of reform is a "good thing," compared to the 40 percent who think it is bad. The numbers are a welcome relief for a party and a presidency that had been bleeding popular support over the course of the past six months. Democrats didn't just get a health-care-related boost in the realm of public opinion. The Democratic National Committee reported raising more than $1 million in donations on Tuesday even without making a direct ask. The money is expected to pour in for other campaign committees as well. Responding to the growing GOP effort to get the legislation repealed, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee launched a new fundraising toolbar on its website, pointing out which Republican senatorial candidates are ready to take away what particular benefits of reform.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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Molenir,
you did nothing to dispute the facts from the CBO. Typical non-response from the lost and increasing lonely crowd of angry teabaggers.
How about these facts, 50 million uninsured in the USA, 45,000 dying annually, 50% waste in the private insurance company, rates increasing for consumers at about 35% per year for premiums. That is what the teabaggers want to continue? That is success? 45,000 people dying because in the richest country in the world we can waste trillions on failed wars but let Americans die in their homes without health insurance? Is that how small the republicans have become?
And none of you teabaggers said anything when the CBO also said bush tax cuts for the rich would cost billions and bankrupt the US budget, which was in the black due to democratic management under Clinton. Not a peep. Or when the medicare reform by bush would cost $450 billion and in the end would leave seniors uncovered for drugs? Not a peep.
The republicans have no credibility on budget matters. None. Nixon, Reagan and Bush all took surpluses and destroyed them.
Only democrats have balanced the budget in recent history. Because they tax the rich while the republicans tax the poor and middle classes to give money to the rich. Its that simple.
This is huge victory for decency, for morality and for the democratic party. Obama and Pelosi were able to do the nearly impossible and are heros for following their principles. The republicans look like out of touch losers who care about money and failed wars more than people.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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zurcronium
The federal debt will explode. It might, but not because of healthcare reform. The Congressional Budget Office--which is probably the most reliable, nonpartisan number-crunching outfit in Washington--says the reforms will reduce government deficits by $143 billion through 2019, thanks to new taxes and fees and cost savings in government healthcare programs like Medicare. But opponents of the bill and powerful lobbying groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce say otherwise, and they seem to have had a stronger influence on public opinion than CBO's methodical analysis. A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, for example, found that 55 percent of Americans mistakenly believe the CBO has said the healthcare legislation will add to the deficit. Only 15 percent know that CBO has said the opposite.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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zurcronium
Come on Sarge, you can do better than that. The debate has been going on for a year and now its finally over with Obama winning and the just say no republicans losing again.
This is what change looks like Sarge. Better get use to it. In three months the healthcare bill will be popular and Obama will be a lock for 2012.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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zurcronium
Poor regressives, their little lives were just improved by the democrats and all they can do is shake their tiny fists in mock outrage.
Why do republicans want to spend trillions on failed wars that supposedly help Iraqis and Afgans but then want to let 45,000 americans die a year for lack of helathcare? With a program that will save money in coming years. Conservatives are just plain stupid.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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This is what change looks like . . .
Once reform is fully implemented, over 95% of Americans will have health insurance coverage, including 32 million who are currently uninsured.2
Health insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny people coverage because of preexisting conditions—or to drop coverage when people become sick.3
Just like members of Congress, individuals and small businesses who can't afford to purchase insurance on their own will be able to pool together and choose from a variety of competing plans with lower premiums.4
Reform will cut the federal budget deficit by $138 billion over the next ten years, and a whopping $1.2 trillion in the following ten years.5
Health care will be more affordable for families and small businesses thanks to new tax credits, subsidies, and other assistance—paid for largely by taxing insurance companies, drug companies, and the very wealthiest Americans.6
Seniors on Medicare will pay less for their prescription drugs because the legislation closes the "donut hole" gap in existing coverage.7
By reducing health care costs for employers, reform will create or save more than 2.5 million jobs over the next decade.8
Medicaid will be expanded to offer health insurance coverage to an additional 16 million low-income people.9
Instead of losing coverage after they leave home or graduate from college, young adults will be able to remain on their families' insurance plans until age 26.10
Community health centers would receive an additional $11 billion, doubling the number of patients who can be treated regardless of their insurance or ability to pay.11
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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zurcronium
Stock market is up today driven by what, healthcare companies. What does Wall Street know that the regressive losers of the republican party does not?
Hint, healthcare reform is good for America.
It is so easy dealing with the mentally debilitated and now demoralized right.
Posted in: Struggle over health care reform tilts Obama's way
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zurcronium
In three months this bill will be seen as a god send.
Even the backward rubes who do not know what is best for them and continue to vote for the rich elite who run the republican party will benefit. The rest of us have to care for our sick and damaged palin types.
Get ready retreads, the Obama machine is just now getting rolling. Next up those fatcat losers who run the economy into the ground while bush and his corrupt cronies did nothing. Until it was too late. Lehman Brothers failure has shown all the criminal nature of the WS fatcat. Jailtime is coming.
This is what change looks like lemmings.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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zurcronium
Depp is the coolest.
Posted in: Heart of the Hatter
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zurcronium
Thanks to Scott Brown and his teabagging just say no republican support for stopping healthcare reform, for a couple of months.
Victory is sweet.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill