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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Vosilla who wrote (142117)	2/22/2014 3:23:02 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 149317

Jeb Bush '16, cuz maybe the 3rd time's the charm. Paid for by Hillary for Bush Committee

To: John Vosilla who wrote (142117)	2/24/2014 8:31:27 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

At last. Expect the right wing to go haywire. Easy to guess that war monger McCain will be the leader of the pack. ============================ Hagel plans to shrink Army to pre-World War II level, and more must-reads Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is planning to cut the U.S. Army to its smallest force since before World War II and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets, the New York Times reports. The moves are part of a new spending proposal that officials say is the first Pentagon budget to push the military off the war footing adopted after the terrorist attacks of 2001. The officials argue the military will be able to defeat any adversary, but would be too small for long foreign occupations. The plan will be released Monday. Rep. Dave Camp’s tax plan to be released this week could result in a House-floor vote — or just fizzle. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, tells the Hill if House Ways and Means Chairman Camp delivers on his promise of truly rewriting and flattening the tax code, the rank and file could demand committee action and a floor vote. But if the plan falls short, the appetite could quickly fade. If former U.S. senator from Virginia George Allen were still in Congress, he’d be pushing for comprehensive tax reform. In a Washington Times op-ed, Allen writes: “We need to boost our underperforming economy, thereby creating more jobs. One solution should also be crystal clear: It’s time for a complete overhaul of our complicated, costly tax code.” Part of that, the Republican says, is lowering corporate and business tax rates to a level competitive with major U.S. trading partners, and keeping taxes on capital gains and capital-cost recovery as low as possible. Obamacare is coming back to the center of House Republicans’ radar screens. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said in a memo to members that the chamber plans to bring up a bill to replace President Barack Obama’s health-care law. A replacement is being finalized, Cantor said, and Republicans will in the meantime target the law part by part. Read more from Roll Call. Meanwhile, Politico reports about Obamacare: Nobody has a good, real-time fix on how successful the Affordable Care Act has been in reducing the ranks of the uninsured. The White House hasn’t been able to say how many of the 3.3 million people who signed up for private health-insurance coverage, or of the 6.3 million who have been determined eligible for Medicaid, were actually uninsured in the first place. – Robert Schroeder stream.wsj.com