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Compared with 6 other industrialized nations, the U.S. ranks last in terms of care quality, efficiency and access, among other factors.  This ranking is despite the U.S. spending over $7,000 per capita on health care in 2007, versus the Netherlands, who ranks first and spends under $4,000 per capita.

Read More: U.S. Last in Health Care Among 7 Industrialized Countries – Yahoo! News.

Posted under Healthcare, Keeping Informed

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appears on CNBC, and is quoted as having said former President Bush “created a lot of jobs”.

Read More: Think Progress » Steele Makes Up Facts: ‘George Bush Created A Lot Of Jobs’.

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New Wall Street reform in Washington ranges from derivatives, to bank capital requirements and trading-desk spinoffs, to the widely popular consumer agency.

Read More: Wall Street reform’s toughest decisions still to come – Jun. 19, 2010.

Warren Buffet: Why bank reform is needed

Posted under Financial, Keeping Informed

“After the last eight years, it’s great to have a President who knows what a library is,” McCartney quipped.

via Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney takes cheap shot at President George W. Bush at White House event. – HUMAN EVENTS.

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In this article:

• Sen. Richard Shelby, Alabama, the top ranking Republican on the Banking Committee objected on the ban that would keep banks from using taxpayer-backed money for trading in their own benefit.
• Shelby objected to reining in predatory payday-lending practices
• Shelby also objected to a ban on naked default swaps, which were at the heart of the crisis

GOP Blocks Three Key Anti-Wall Street Amendments.

Posted under Financial, Government Bailout, Keeping Informed