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To: tejek who wrote (747724)	10/18/2013 1:11:51 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570913

So, who do you blame for the fact that many of those workers are now having their hours cut and instead of $3800/year in average public dole they'll be asking for, and receiving, maybe twice that in the coming year. Whose fault is that? You going to blame McDonalds, or the the Obama administration? The argument is just ignorant.

To: tejek who wrote (747724)	10/18/2013 1:55:55 AM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570913

And all those fast food companies reduce teh amount of public assistance needed, by employing those workers.

To: tejek who wrote (747724)	10/18/2013 7:05:48 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1570913

Obamacare Website Such A Disaster The Firm That Designed It Has Removed All Reference To Its Work From The Site… I'm waiting for Obama to claim it;s unfair to call if Obamacare. Design Firm Removes All Reference To Its Work On Obamacare From Its WebsiteTeal Media was founded by a former member of Obama’s campaign design team.The firm says it took down all reference to its work on HealthCare.gov “in consultation” with the administration. Update: Teal Media put Heathcare.Gov references back on their website following this report. posted on October 17, 2013 at 4:45pm EDT Evan McMorris-Santoro BuzzFeed Staff posted October 17, 2013 4:45pm EDT WASHINGTON — Visit the website of Michigan-based design firm Teal Media today and you’d never know designers there helped create HealthCare.gov, the troubled online portal for Obamacare. Just a few days ago, the site looked very different. Teal Media’s homepage featured its work on Obamacare prominently, placing a link to the firm’s work on one of the most well-known websites in America front and center. Now that link, as well as the page devoted to Teal’s work on HealthCare.gov, have been removed. Here’s a cached version of what the homepage used to look like. And here’s a cached version of Teal’s page devoted just to its work on HealthCare.gov. That page has been deleted. Teal Media doesn’t seem interested in talking about its work on HealthCare.gov. A woman who answered the phone at the company’s headquarters immediately referred BuzzFeed to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department of Health And Human Services (HHS) before a single question was asked. CMS is listed as Teal’s client on the firm’s now-erased HealthCare.gov page. When asked about the changed content on the Teal Media site, the woman said that was done ‘in consultation with HHS,” and again referred a reporter to CMS. A CMS spokesperson declined to comment on the record. Teal Media is led by a prominent former member of President Obama’s celebrated digital campaign team, Jessica Teal. She was Design Manager for Obama’s 2008 campaign, a job that, according to her LinkedIn profile, put her in charge of “the official campaign website and microsites, web/email-based fundraising campaigns, state and constituency literature, large-scale signage and event materials, and special projects.” Teal’s firm lists many prominent clients in Democratic politics and the government, including the Democratic National Committee, EMILY’s List, the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission. Teal Media’s role in the design of HealthCare.gov was heralded when the firm signed on. The Verge described the company as a “hip design house,” and reported that the design Teal and other consultants came up with was one of the few good things about the Obamacare portal. “If the backend of Healthcare.gov reminded us that the government makes terrible websites, the front end actually proved the opposite,” Verge’s Adrianne Jefferies wrote. An administration official praised Teal Media’s work on the site in June Atlantic article. The piece credited Teal with making “a difference in how Healthcare.gov looks and works on a mobile device today.” The Atlantic article got a prominent link on the Teal Media HealthCare.gov page that has since been deleted. Screenshot of Teal’s now-deleted HealthCare.gov client page: What that page looks like now: buzzfeed.com