26 July 2014 - Granite Grok

July 26, 2014

The NEA Exists To Be The NEA

Susan shared this earlier today on Facebook.  It is the 2012 IRS 990 for the NEA – the humongous Teachers Union that is “all about the teachers and the children.” If you’d like to get an accurate sense of what the NEA is really about follow Susan’s directions from Facebook.  Take a look at page …

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GrokTALK! July 26th 2014 with Kevin Kervick and Doris Hohensee

This week on GrokTALK! we are joined by Kevin Kervick and Doris Hohensee.  (Walt Havenstien was schedule but pulled a where’s Walt-o and never showed up.)  Kevin talks about immigration, the culture, marriage, but first–and foremost Beer.   Doris joins us to talk about education, commerce, taxes, and Betty Lasky, the Democrat State Senator she is …

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War is peace. Slavery is freedom. Ignorance is strength. Dave Boutin is a “tax fighta”

Boutin voted to increase the gas tax by 23% – not a NEW tax, just a bigger one. Boutin voted to expand Medicaid – not a state exchange, just greater costs. Mr. Strong Supporter of 2nd Amendment Rights voted to kill Constitutional Carry. Mr. Strong Supporter of 2nd Amendment Rights voted for SB 244, the …

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Obamacare IRS subsidy fiasco shows what happens when legislators punt their responsibilities

An observation specifically about the writing of the Obamacare Law: …So that’s what happened: in between the “conceptual language” and the actual legislative text, some experts who were writing the law thought it was a good idea to try to coerce states into creating their own exchanges by withholding tax subsidies from the federal exchanges. …

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GrokTALK! 7-26-2014 Live Stream

This week our guests are Kevin Kervick and Doris Hohensee and maybe…as unlikely as it sounds, Walt Havenstein. If you don’t see it here, you can always watch it at USTREAM.tv here. Live broadcast by Ustream

Obamacare Architect, Prof. Jonathan Gruber, confirms the DC Court of Appeals decision

that determined that the IRS can only issue tax credit subsidies to Obamacare plan holders IF they purchased their Obamacare plans from an Exchange that was created by a State and NOT the Federal Government.  Here, the Progressive academician from MIT, Jonathan Gruber takes a question and confirms what the language in the Obamacare Law states …

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