healthcare
College Students: The lost generation of workers?
We all know the economy have been on a bit of a rough patch to say the least, and as a result of that students across every college campus in the Nation are facing similar worries. Tuition costs are rising, healthcare costs are rising, and really about every other cost out there is rising too. Students have had to increase their work loads and do everything they can to have some extra cash.
Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare luxury and retirement security is something for their parents, not them. In fact, many—younger than 35—still live at home with their parents because they can’t afford to be on their own.
The idea of moving out when your 18 and graduated high school and can start your own life is turning into stay with mom and dad as long as possible until I graduate college and maybe get a decent job.
Healthcare issue on a local scale
Emily & I went to dinner tonight. A local restaurant kind of a “meat & 3” we sometimes frequent for their delicious home made pie. The waitress is also the pie maker. She came over to our table and said, “sorry I didn’t make any pies this week…I found out my husband has stage 4 colon cancer.” She walked over to the register and picked up a picture of her 3 little kids to show us. Emily looked at her and said “how did you even come in here to work?” “I have to” she said, “we don’t have any insurance.”
How many times does this story play out in towns and cities across this country? Hard working people make do and get by until one catastrophic illness wipes them out. We think it’s ok to pool our resources via taxes for government run fire departments to put out a blaze in our homes but if something is attacking our bodies…well, we’re on our own.
Andrew Romanoff for CO Senate 2010
This video is from Andrew Romanoff's kickoff event in Denver. There are some great quotes here on why he is running and why the people of Colorado deserve the right to vote for their Senator - along with quotes from people attending the rally. (Andrew's speech starts at about 1:20 in the video)
(I wanted to capture the people in the crowd speaking, because they are enthusiastic and I believe the majority of the democratic base. There has been a lot of diaries on this primary, and I wanted to convey how the people across Colorado feel about Andrew's candidacy.)
Key quotes from Andrew Romanoff:
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Obama On Labor: Then And Now
As I may have already mentioned, yesterday was the second time I saw Barack Obama address a labor crowd at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. On April 14th, 2008, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton spoke at an Alliance for American Manufacturing candidates forum.
So how does President Obama compare to candidate Obama? Well, it’s a little hard to judge. Yesterday’s speech primarily concerned healthcare, while last year’s speech was more diverse. But there’s still something to be learned here.
More after the break.
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