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This is an interesting article for many reasons.

1. There are two different versions.

    A. There is a detailed version.

    B. Then there is also a "click for summary [here]" to be directed to the

         quick easy read version.

    C.There are different experts rather than one in the full version.

    D. Last but not least many comments are good reads and one points

        out the plan would socialize risky debt but allow

        banks to profit with a capitalistic style loaning to make new debt.

Excerpt from the short easy to read site:

"To battle this problem, the ECB could take a page from Britain, which has used a "funding for lending" scheme to improve the flow of credit to businesses. In it, banks that raise lending to small and medium-size enterprises can go to the Bank of England and swap their relatively risky assets for ultra-safe government bonds. Those in turned can be used as collateral to obtain cheap bank financing. When all is said and done banks should be healthier and the flow of credit to firms should resume."

Mississippi Gov.Bryant fights to keep the vote on Medicare extension from happening and leaves the whole program in the state unavailable soon unless there is a special session called. He says he will rule over medicare needs by executive order if need be. Other states are also trying creative, maybe even childish means to reject Obama care.

Here is an issue both parties all too often seem to have no problem about standing together to achieve. How much and how to spy on citizens? In fairness this article seems to indicate in this current case this involves traditional court ordered wiretapping. Saudi Arabia has threatened to cut off Skype if they don't give them the codes to allow ease dropping that America and some other selected countries possess.

How and when to spy on individuals is a topic every citizen might want to pay attention to because it is our privacy and it is the message we send to the world on how to spy. The opportunity for abuse or misuse of spying technology matters in a democracy and those companies discussed that would be the major players in making all this happen are also major financial donors into the political process. 

We need to follow closely who these reforms would help the most and if that tax reform help is really needed.

I don't live there anymore or his vote would be suffering more. I voted for him often in my younger days. I think we've both changed a lot since then. I grew a bigger heart and mind. He grew a bigger head then it appears failed to fill it with anything other than himself. I will say this it is hard to stay great when you must acquire so many millions and really billions to hold your job. Most likely you have to have something to sale to someone that you can make parting with those funds worth the investment and that leads to bad business on both sides of that fence and poor government  for the rest of us.

Time has come for all of us to wake up, pay attention as broadly as we can and weigh in on the things that matter. With our voices and our dollars we can counter the self interest of those that lay their bets down. We might want to think of who to write in on the ballot though  just in case the game is as it appears.....Rigged on the choices listed on the ballet. Often it feels like those running are prepaid cell plans and none of us can use them because we are not on the account and weren't given a password.

Where is the demand by congress for an investigation into how western companies that allowed this to happen and why we allow charters to those that did? Four died at Benghazi and they can't say enough about that and terrorism. The IRS investigated GOP non-profits that are run to promote political campaigns and lobby officials they then get elected through these corporate welfare organizations made tax-free by calling them social welfare non-profits. 

The towers tumbled and the congress starts a 10 and counting war on terrorism using it as an excuse to invade the privacy of all and throw the rule of law and due process out the window and start another war. Manning is looking at being locked up for life for putting soldiers at risk for leaking the truth. They planned to lock up Aaron Swartz for 35 years for downloading too much and breaking the terms of use rules. They are treating cybercrimes hackers that cause denial of service stoppages with 10 to 30 years in prison… but no big deal here with over 1100 dead not including the many others dead in other such situations…. Let’s just have a have a deal. Something is very wrong with this picture.

There have been industrial fires, explosions and now this collapse that together have killed nearly the same number and perhaps more as the towers explosions. Those in Benghazi new the risk.... They had military and guarded homes. Is this deliberate neglect for greed not just as much terrorism as that? Should it not merit far more response than a friendly or unfriendly debate on rising wages a little and forcing underpaid business owners and workers to do more without enabling funds to do this? Who is held accountable for these industrial deaths…No one saw life in jail for the BP spill and 11 killed and major company leaders or officials in developed countries that allow these businesses to operate seem to face no accountability equal to their terrorism.  I’m not speaking of the Benghazi owners here either. I think we all know who holds the pockets strings and lifelines in the world.

We all love much of what science and discovery has done or revealed to date for us but not all of us share that pride in every situation. What do you think of cloning new life and it appears that includes human life now?

Here's the up side up of inclusive style immigration reform.

This is a topic worth thinking about. I don't remember the part about individual rates lowered to 25%, but I do remeber hearing that is a push from and for the corporate side that would tempt them to stop off shoring their money.

I'm not sure why we have allowed them to offshore their profits untaxed and hold American business charters or haven't auctioned off their assets in the USA for such a practice. Maybe we should also put that on the table.