Parsing Obama?s Promise to Lower Insurance Premiums by $2,500 - Barack Obama says his plan to re-tool American health care would ?bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family.? In a page one story this morning, the New York Times digs into the details behind that promise. First of all, the article points out, the $2,500 figure includes not only the portion of premiums paid by individuals, but also the large portion paid by employers and, in the case of Medicare and Medicaid, the government. Given that caveat, what?s the source of the $2,500 figure [
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Parsing Obama?s Promise to Lower Insurance Premiums by $2,500 - Barack Obama says his plan to re-tool American health care would ?bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family.? In a page one story this morning, the New York Times digs into the details behind that promise. First of all, the article points out, the $2,500 figure includes not only the portion of premiums paid by individuals, but also the large portion paid by employers and, in the case of Medicare and Medicaid, the government. Given that caveat, what?s the source of the $2,500 figure [
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Top 12 Money Mistakes Most People Make - Identifying These Money Mistakes Can Help You Achieve Financial Independence Let?s face it. Nobody is perfect, and when it comes to money, we all make mistakes. Our personal finance lessons are often learned through experience, and learning from those mistakes is sometimes the best way to learn. But, learning from your mistakes only works if you can recognize that you made a mistake. If you?re oblivious to the fact that you?re doing something wrong, you?ll never be able to take action to correc [
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Somebody is watching you - Who?s watching, Tell me, who?s watching, Who?s watching me Somebody?s Watching Me, Rockwell, 1984 I love going to church and listening to our pastor?s sermons. Funny, I remember a time when I would literally count down the time to when church service was over. Now that I am older and and a more mature Christian, I?ve really come to appreciate the sermon each Sunday and really get a great deal from them. To be honest, many of the sermons influence articles I write here on Gather Little by [
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Iraqi Government Confirms Preference For 2010 Withdrawal - Iraqi government statements about a time horizon for our withdrawal from Iraq is a big plus for Obama and a big negative for McCain. It might be true, but it does not have to be that way. Since the McCain campaign is seemingly unable to get out of their own way, I offer this simple three step plan for McCain to retake the political initiative on Iraq. First, the campaign should realize that Maliki has served up on a silver platter a perfect opportunity for McCain to undercut Obama?s support a [
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Obama VEEPwatch: Who Is Evan Bayh? - Whether you knew it or not, ObamaBayh.com is up and running in a subtle campaign to keep the public informed about how awesome this dream team is. Once a fiercely loyal Clintonite, the Indiana Senator has instantly thrown his support behind Barack Obama and most recently accompanied the presidential hopeful and Sam Nunn to the Middle East. Could it be a trial run for VP? Congressional Credentials: Indiana Senator (1999 ? Present) Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committe [
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