2,944 posted on 03/31/2010 7:30:34 AM PDT by JustPiper
(Rearrange the letters in "PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA" and you get "AN ARAB BACKED IMPOSTER"~Coincidence?)
Even before AT&T Inc. said Friday that it will take a $1 billion charge in the first-quarter because of the new health-care law, the issue was front-and-center with key lawmakers.Earlier this week, Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co., and AK Steel Holding Corp. announced their own hefty one-time charges. Almost immediately, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman of California and Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, chairman of the Oversight and Investigations panel, announced plans to hold an April 21 hearing on claims by Caterpillar, Verizon, and Deere that provisions in the new health care reform law could adversely affect their companys ability to provide health insurance to their employees. These assertions appear to conflict with independent analyses, which show that the new law will expand coverage and bring down costs.
2,945 posted on 03/31/2010 7:37:26 AM PDT by JustPiper
(Rearrange the letters in "PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA" and you get "AN ARAB BACKED IMPOSTER"~Coincidence?)