Discussion: Senate Democrats Plot Legislative Response To Birth Control Ruling

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here is an idea. provide all gov’t employees a stipend equal to how much you currently provide for health insurance and then have them go to the exchange and buy insurance themselves. this in turn will hopefully stop corporations pimping their employees for health coverage, in addition it will allow wages to rise for the first time in a long time

Much too rational for today’s congress.

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How about stating that only a natural person (not a corporation) is entitled to exercise religion under the RFRA? Until the Supreme Court ruled, nobody thought a corporation could have a religion to exercise.

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They’re not real smart. They should have done that years ago.

Well, since none of this has a snowball’s chance in hell of getting through the GOP House, I say pummel them with the narrow option through the election. Time enough for the (necessary) broader fix once Dems are actually in a position to implement it.

“Plot”??
How about “Plan”??

Plot is what terrorists do.
Type in “plot” on TPM’s own search feature and you get 33,000 hits - and they’re all about bomb plots and terrorists.

CHANGE THE HEADLINE.

Don’t know if this has been brought up yet; didn’t see it in the thread… but your health benefits are part of your total compensation package. You get taxed on the combined value of your salary and health insurance. So when your employer refuses to pay for that BC? It’s actually YOUR DOLLARS he’s deciding about. Dollars that belong to YOU. Dollars you EARNED. What gives him the right to decide how YOUR money is spent, and on what?? “I owe my soul to the company store” may be making a comeback on the music charts soon.