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By imposing a minimum amount of insurance coverage, Obamacare limits the freedom of Americans to make their own choices. The government "minimum essential benefits" is denying health insurance to many who would like to have it. That's always the case with government minimums: they hurt those on the bottom the most.
Mandatory Health Insurance
There are many problems with Obamacare, but one of the biggest is the wide array of restrictions it places on insurance policies. It wasn't enough to say that everyone had to have health insurance, and to allow people of modest means to find modest insurance to protect them from financial calamity in the event of a major health event. Instead, the law forces coverage for expensive health conditions regardless of whether they make any sense; like maternity care for men and alcoholism treatment for people who don't drink.
As a result, the law has made health insurance unaffordable.
Now for a couple of hypothetical examples to show why government minimums make things difficult for those at the bottom rung of the ladder.
Minimum Housing
Suppose Congress put into law that rental apartments had to offer two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and had to be wheelchair-accessible. Each would have to be furnished with quartz amalgam countertops, a two-door refrigerator (with ice and water in the door), modern range, microwave oven, and central air.
The cost of a typical apartment would be put out of reach for many people, so of course, a subsidy would then be needed. Knowing their tenants would receive subsidies, landlords would feel free to increase prices.
Suppose likewise that every house had to have four bedrooms, 2,000 square feet of living space, an attached garage with electric car charging station, solar power panels, and associated "green space" including at least two trees shading the part of the roof not occupied by solar panels. All of these mandates would drastically increase costs to the builder, which are then passed on to the potential buyer.
The resulting barrier to entry into the housing market would create an ownership gap and generate a real class divide between those who had been able to afford a minimum essential house and those who could not. Increased subsidies, such as homebuyers' tax credits, would only further increase home prices and ultimately increase the ownership gap.
Minimum Anything
The same principles apply to any government mandated minimum: the minimum denies people the ability to get started in the marketplace, a barrier to entry until they can meet the minimum.
Another real-world example is in the labor market.
Minimum Wage
All of the above applies to the minimum wage. The minimum wage denies people the ability to get started in the marketplace for jobs. It's a barrier to entry until they can meet the minimum level of productivity. It forces employers to hire fewer people and demand more out of them -- and those who aren't yet able to deliver the minimum don't get to work. If the minimum wage were lower, or if it didn't exist, more people would have access to the market and compete in the labor force with their all-important first job.
The minimum wage hits hardest the less educated, the physically or mentally disabled, and those in or near retirement.
Increasing the minimum wage is never a good idea, but it's even worse during times of high unemployment. With too many people chasing too few jobs -- and many giving up the chase entirely -- now is certainly not the time to make it harder to pay people, and thus harder to hire them.
The result of the minimum wage is increased government dependence.
Just as with minimum health insurance, setting a government minimum wage doesn't help the people most in need of help. Instead, both place participation in the economy just outside of their reach, forcing them to continue in the cycle of dependence.
There are but hours left in 2013, which a full two thirds of Americans described as the "worst year ever." Actually, I'm not sure of that exact number, but I was among the ones that did. Thanks, Obamacare!
Anyway, lest you think you're leaving all of the bad stuff behind while you're celebrating the end of the year with stuffed lobster, champagne and terrible decisions, the government has already started in on making your life miserable in 2014. And ready or not, as of midnight, here it comes.
1. The Obamacare Insurance Tax
Those free insurance policies that are now available to every American certainly don't come cheap. I'm not referring specifically to people who are now paying more for sub-par insurance coverage. I'm talking about the brand spanking new "Obamacare Insurance Tax" which is scheduled to hit small businesses at midnight.
At $8 billion in 2014 and $101 billion over the next decade, the insurance tax is larger than ObamaCare's taxes on medical devices and prescription drugs combined. The Internal Revenue Service classifies the tax as a "fee" but it functions like an excise tax on premiums. The IRS collects an annual flat amount specified by the Affordable Care Act to be allocated among the insurers according to market share."
The CBO has already admitted that the "fee" will cause insurance premiums to skyrocket...just in time for the insured to enroll in Obamacare where they can get affordable, comprehensive coverage for a reasonable price.
Oh, wait.
2. The EPA's 2014 Regulation-Palooza
You can always count on the Environmental Protection Agency for a wallop in early January, as in each previous year, the EPA heaps greater and greater regulation on American industry in the name of "environmental responsibility." This year is no exception. Starting January 1st, the EPA will be cracking down on "existing coal plans" trying to get them in line with near-impossible EPA standards (they cracked down on new plants earlier this year, stalling production on new plants across the country), and inevitably raising the cost of electricity nationwide. They'll also be unleashing 133 other major and minor regulations, 76 of which relate to your air alone, and all of which will impact your life.
The good news is, at least one regulation from last year will be rolled back. Since the EPA couldn't defeat the free market for fuel, Ethanol and biofuel's 2013 expectations have been rolled back.
3. Higher Food Prices
Speaking of the Administration's renewable fuel standards, it's possible the cost of your Superbowl chicken wings will be taking a spike as a result of the very standards the Administration is rolling back. Before realizing that mandating higher Ethanol content was a mistake, the EPA drove the price of corn sky high, and it's about to hit you in the pocketbook.
Katie Campbell, a senior policy analyst at ActionAid, said the share of corn diverted from food to fuel has gone from 5 percent to 40 percent since 2000, which has created food price volatility...
Those higher food costs hurt food producers in the way of livestock feed, and also hurt consumers.
"As corn comprises nearly 70 percent of the feed given to chickens, our single largest input cost, rising prices directly affect farmers' bottom lines," Mike Brown, president of the National Chicken Council, said. "Since the RFS was aggressively escalated in 2007, average annual feed costs have skyrocketed by $8.8 billion annually for poultry producers.
It's interesting to note that a Clean Air Task Force paper from April of 2013 says greenhouse gas emissions from corn Ethanol over 30 years will be approximately 28 percent higher than from gasoline.
4. Limiting Your Options in Higher Education
Barack Obama ran on a platform that encompassed higher education reform, so that he could easily win the youth vote and avoid having to talk to people who would require convincing when confronted with the possibility of a larger and more bloated government. He has yet to live up to his campaign promises: the Administration has done little to address student debt except to make more federal money available to incoming students, which provides no incentive to schools to lower tuition to match the market, resulting in students taking on more government debt than ever before. The reason no one has made a move to make education more market-friendly is because student loans are a huge moneymaker for the government, raking in a whopping $41.3 billion in 2013 alone.
This year, government will crack down on options cheaper than a four-year public university, ostensibly to save students money, but probably to make sure higher education remains a steadfast breeding ground for Democratic voters. They will now mandate that vocational schools taking government money in the form of student loans meet a "gainful employment" standard, where a certain percentage of their students find jobs within months of graduation. Seems reasonable, sure. But remember, it's only being applied to privately-run, corporate schools - not the ones the government runs and pays for. Of course.
5. Your Nanny State Is Looking Out for You
Perhaps most importantly, your own state is probably getting ready to crack down on choices you might make, saving you from your own terrible decision making skills - at least, according to your state. NYC's Michael Bloomberg made his last act as mayor a ban on indoor use of electronic cigarettes (which produce no harmful secondhand smoke), Illinois now won't let teenagers use tanning beds, California will clip papparazzi, and the federal government, not to be outdone by the states, will now stop you - by law - from buying incandescent light bulbs. Because, you know, you could put an eye out!
So, America, have a happy and healthy 2014. Or, of course, you might find that your government has a little surprise for you if you don't.
There are but hours left in 2013, which a full two thirds of Americans described as the "worst year ever." Actually, I'm not sure of that exact number, but I was among the ones that did. Thanks, Obamacare! Anyway, lest you think you're leaving all of the bad stuff behind while you're celebrating the end of the year with stuffed lobster, champagne and terrible decisions, the government has already started in on making your life miserable in 2014. And ready or not, as of midnight, here it comes. 1. The Obamacare Insurance Tax
In order to get young people to buy the Obamcare Exchange health insurance plans, the Obama Administration dictated to insurance companies a new deadline of December 24, Christmas Eve, for policies to be effective January 1. At the same time, over the weekend the President went through a botched PR rollout of his own, enrolling in the DC Exchange. These games will continue, and probably become worse, once the law is in full effect next week.
The Obama Administration and other Obamacare backers have been trying for a long time to get young people to sign up for exchange-based insurance. The latest social media push urged supporters to talk to relatives at holiday gatherings.
Never mind, for a second, how uncomfortable that would be -- having cousin Chad show up as the Instant Expert on Obamacare to lay down the White House talking points. Consider when people actually get together for the holidays: it's usually only Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Sure there are extended visits, but the mother lode of extended family interaction is on those two days.
The White House finally figured out that after all of the hype pushing people to talk to their families, they'd be past their already extended deadline by the time most people gathered to enjoy each other's company. Awkward! It would be far better to extend that deadline into the prime holiday time.
At the last minute, they even went to the trouble of enrolling President Obama in the DC exchange, even though as Commander-in-Chief he and his family have a health care staff at beck and call.
The President didn't sign up himself, mind you. His staff did it for him.
"Like some Americans, the complicated nature of the president's case required an in-person sign-up," the official said. "As you'd expect, the president's personal information is not readily available in the variety of government databases HealthCare.gov uses to verify identities."
The only way the President's staff would know that his enrollment wouldn't work is if someone tried it.
The President or his staff must have attempted to sign the President up for the Obamacare exchange and found that they couldn't do it. Just as for many other Americans who face the mandate tax, the President couldn't sign up on healthcare.gov, either.
But it's good to be king; you can sign up in person. Normal people who sign up "in person" are simply walked through the web site or paper signup. Where did this particular "in-person sign-up" take place? It can't be in just some random Navigator's office, since even they just use the web site. Ace guesses White House staff went to Health and Human Services IT offices and had them do it:
And they mean that he didn't use the website, though that's supposedly "fixed" and he's telling everyone else to use it. "Signed up in person" means he utilized top HHS IT officials, entering data directly into the system, to execute this symbolic gesture.
And why is the President's information not available to healthcare.gov? Surely the security at that site is sufficient to prevent disclosure, isn't it?
Actually, it's not.
So while the President waits past the deadline to enroll, extends the deadline again and again, and finally cuts through the bureaucracy in a way ordinary people could not, to sign up for insurance he isn't even going to use, insurance companies have got to be wondering what life will be like once they rely on Obamacare for their income. I'd be worried if I were in their position.
In order to get young people to buy the Obamcare Exchange health insurance plans, the Obama Administration dictated to insurance companies a new deadline of December 24, Christmas Eve, for policies to be effective January 1. At the same time, over the weekend the President went through a botched PR rollout of his own, enrolling in the DC Exchange. These games will continue, and probably become worse, once the law is in full effect next week.
One of the fondest memories of my childhood, growing up in the idyllic countryside of Connecticut, was the crisp air of autumn days, the smell of dried leaves from the maple and walnut trees on our farm, and the crackle of a fire in our woodstove or fireplace warming our colonial era home. Since I've relocated to Oregon as an adult, some of the most epic scenes in this rugged countryside involve giant fireplaces in the great lodges of the West. But if Oregon has its way, you'll be able to warm your bones beside the fire no longer.
The killjoys at the office of Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum have taken aim at woodstoves:
We thought Oregon's offensive against woodstoves reached the apex of its lunacy back in 2009, when the Legislature passed a law that prohibits people from selling a home that contains a stove that isn't certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
We were wrong.
Now, it seems, not even that coveted EPA certification, which was supposedly so vital four years ago, no longer is sufficient.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has joined officials from six others states in filing a lawsuit against the EPA, claiming the agency has failed to adequately limit air pollution produced by new woodstoves.
You read that correctly: New woodstoves, not those old, uncertified smoke-belchers that are the target of the 2009 law (which is still in effect, by the way).
In other words, no woodstove meets muster with the guardians of Oregon's pure air. But the evidence that smoke from woodstoves poses a significant risk to the clarity of Oregon's atmosphere seems to us too scanty to justify spending tax dollars to sue a federal agency (which, of course, will use more tax dollars to defend itself).
"Smoke from residential woodstoves pose a real threat to air quality, in rural Oregon and the Portland area," Rosenblum said in a press release.
Except statistics from another state agency — the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) — suggest that Rosenblum is exaggerating this threat.
Just two Oregon cities don't meet federal air quality standards — Klamath Falls and Oakridge.
As the article points out, it's pretty absurd that a state is using taxpayer money to sue the federal government, defending itself at taxpayer expense. This is the latest twist in the Sue and Settle tactics being used by the professional Left to use the courts to write regulation while bypassing the state and federal legislative process. But instead of the feds coming in and taking over the state agencies in charge of environmental regulation, here the states are forcing the the feds to add wood stoves to their suite of regulations - which they will then turn around and implement on the states without their input. All to create a solution to a non-existent problem.
It's a funny world we're living in these days.
One of the fondest memories of my childhood, growing up in the idyllic countryside of Connecticut, was the crisp air of autumn days, the smell of dried leaves from the maple and walnut trees on our farm, and the crackle of a fire in our woodstove or fireplace warming our colonial era home.
Global warming.... Not so hot.
It's a climate puzzle that has vexed scientists for more than a decade and added fuel to the arguments of those who insist man-made global warming is a myth.
Since just before the start of the 21st century, the Earth's average global surface temperature has failed to rise despite soaring levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases and years of dire warnings from environmental advocates.
Now, as scientists with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gather in Sweden this week to approve portions of the IPCC's fifth assessment report, they are finding themselves pressured to explain this glaring discrepancy.
This puzzle really isn't that difficult to figure out, actually. Much of what has passed for established climate science in the past couple of decades has actually been based on projections and computer models, not on any empirically obtained data. In fact, it's been almost anti-science, with presumptions being treated as fact before being proven.
But the skeptics are knuckle-dragging flat earthers. Sure.
The new IPCC report has the climate hysteria evangelists so nervous that they have begun trying to sweep it under the rug.
Here is their conundrum: for the longest time, they've told us that the IPCC proclamations on climate are gospel. In fact, they are the gospel for the Climate Church. And anyone who didn't listen was immediately branded an anti-science heretic.
Now this very same group is about to say, "Yeah, not so much..." and those who have been holding it up as the paragon of all things climate change are forced to do things like make up a "hiatus".
In reality, there isn't much backing up the claim that this is just a lull. In fact, a noted climate scientist (and IPCC member) says the panel may soon have to throw its projections out the window into the increasingly cool air.
If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally wrong with our climate models. A 20-year pause in global warming does not occur in a single modeled scenario. But even today, we are finding it very difficult to reconcile actual temperature trends with our expectations.
In a sane world, one could reasonably expect that the new evidence would be taken into account before proceding with any burdensome federal regulatory response. However, in a world where most of the federal government arrives at work each day in the same clown car, exactly the opposite is happening.
We know that carbon pollution is the most prevalent heat-trapping greenhouse gas, warming our planet and fueling climate change. In 2011, power plants and major industrial facilities in the United States emitted over 3 billion metric tons of carbon pollution, which is equal to annual pollution from over 640 million cars. Annually in the U.S., carbon pollution from power plants accounts for one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions, or 40 percent of total carbon pollution, surpassing industrial sources or the transportation sector. That means power plants emit more carbon pollution than every boat, plane, train, and car in the U.S. combined.
With these facts in mind, and given our legal obligation to the American people, EPA is releasing a proposal to limit carbon pollution from future power plants.
Today's proposal applies only to future power plants, and sets separate national limits for natural gas-fired power plants and coal-fired power plants.
So, even though the "heat trapping greenhouse gas" doesn't appear to be heating anything up, it's full speed ahead with the crippling regulatory burden.
California has been experimenting with save-the-earth regulation for a long time and that's going-if the polar bears will pardon the pun-swimmingly.
President Obama's first term was devoted to two things, for the most part: passing Obamacare and hemorrhaging taxpayer money on worthless green companies at a time when the economy was doing its Titanic impression. While we are all caught up in the looming Obamacare implementation fight and whatever is happening in Syria at this hour, Team Lightbringer remains focused on getting its executive overreach fix through the EPA.
We also have an immigration reform battle coming up in the near future but the important thing to remember is this: this administration has a blatant disregard for the legislative process and, even when it seems like it is losing a congressional battle or two, it is usually hitting the back alleys to score some steroids for its Executive Privilege.
Global warming.... Not so hot.It's a climate puzzle that has vexed scientists for more than a decade and added fuel to the arguments of those who insist man-made global warming is a myth.
On the eve of this past election, we made a plea to toss-up states that are widely described as residing in coal country to understand that if President Obama were to emerge victorious, the EPA would soon unleash a slew of anti-coal regulations that would absolutely crush the coal industry, and eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs in those states.
Today is the day that this all comes to fruition. Today is the first strike in the war on coal, the first carpet bombing of the industry, and the beginning of the President's long-sought dream to bankrupt the industry and take out numerous employment and economic casualties with it.
This morning, the EPA has released a draft regulation that will require all new coal plants built in the United States to limit their emissions to less than 1,100 pounds of carbon pollution per megawatt-hour, while gas-fired plants would be forced to limit their emissions to less than 1,000 pounds.
The Wall Street Journal reports that even the most advanced coal-fired power plants in the world would fall well below the new standards, with new plants generally releasing roughly twice the emissions. The only remaining options for new plants "is to capture carbon-dioxide emissions and stick them underground—a costly process that hasn't been demonstrated at commercial scale before."
Ben Howe of RedState helpfully translates the EPA's actions into plain English:
Obama is set to ban all future coal-fired power plant construction ... by regulatory fiat.
Howe adds:
Now, of course, the regulation will not actually say "no one may ever again construct a power plant that burns coal to produce electricity anywhere in the United States of America." Instead, it will just say you can't build anything in the future that emits more than a certain amount of greenhouse gas and then set a really low number that is commercially untenable as the relevant highest amount that can be emitted in order for a plant to be legally constructed.
The National Journal explains that the President is executing these regulatory policies in the name of the environment, saying that he "views these regulations as his global warming legacy."
This, despite EPA head Gina McCarthy's testimony earlier in the week before the House Energy and Commerce committee, in which she was unable to cite tangible evidence that regulations had any impact whatsoever on slowing global warming.
In an attempt to appease environmental extremists, who religiously and rigorously develop all of their platforms around the highly disputable concept of man-made global warming, unelected bureacurats are also unleashing collateral damage on the economy that will suffer for decades to come.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has referred to the EPA's plan as a "job-destroying environmental agenda", charging that President Obama's "big government agenda is more important to him than respecting our Constitution and encouraging private sector job creation."
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) previously has declared that the EPA should be trying to work with the industry rather than attempting "to destroy our coal industry." In a just released statement, Manchin confirms the above by saying the administration is holding "the coal industry to impossible standards."
He added, "Never before has the federal government forced an industry to do something that is technologically impossible."
Most Democrats have remained nervous and silent however, having to walk a fine line between pleasing their constituents and remaining loyal to a scientifically-challenged President.
While previous regulations have already killed jobs through the shuttering of existing coal units, the potential remains for many other employment casualties - to the tune of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
The economic impact doesn't end there according to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). They explain that the every day American consumer will also feel the strain of these regulations.
Despite their talk about an 'all of the above' approach to energy, the EPA is banning the construction of modern coal plants resulting in fewer fuel choices in the market. Fewer energy choices could cause American consumers to pay the ultimate price of higher energy bills.
Indeed, the President's war on coal will mark the death of an industry, will result in the loss of a multitude of job opportunities, and could mark the end of affordable energy in America.
But don't say the President didn't warn you of this attack on the economy. He openly dreamed of bankrupting coal companies. He warned that electricity rates will 'necessarily skyrocket.' And coal states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia knew of the damage they would sustain under a second-term Obama presidency.
The question now remains, can the industry and the economy somehow find a way to fight back, or will they have to surrender?
On the eve of this past election, we made a plea to toss-up states that are widely described as residing in coal country to understand that if President Obama were to emerge victorious, the EPA would soon unleash a slew of anti-coal regulations that would absolutely crush t
My sister and I were hanging out one weekend watching the Food Network, eating cookie dough and trying to stay cool; Texas summers are brutal. We ended up watching a food truck special that highlighted some of the best food trucks from cities all over the country. Oh My! Pocket Pies was featured, and as luck would have it, they were based in Houston.
We decided we had to try a food truck pocket pie. I grabbed my laptop to see where we could find the mobile gourmet. Turns out, the only way to locate the food trucks in Houston, unless you happen upon them, is to follow them on Twitter. They post where they are or where they're going to be. I had created a Twitter account, but having no clue how Twitter worked or what to say, I left it to collect electronic dust.
When I finally reactivated my Twitter account, I was required to select a few accounts to follow. I followed Andrew Breitbart and a some news accounts, just enough to get me to the next step of the account set-up, then quickly moved on to search for Houston food trucks. Based on my initial selections, Twitter kept recommending liberty oriented accounts to follow. Having recently become politically active, I kept clicking "follow."
When I logged in to plot our food truck conquest, I got sucked into all of the information streaming down my screen. I started engaging people I'd followed and in no time, was hooked. I loved how much information was available and how quickly I could access it. I felt like I'd stumbled upon a little treasure trove of first scoops; all of the news before it was news. Not to mention an unusual ability to access people I'd under no normal circumstance have access to.
What ultimately drew me to the big, bad world of politics wasn't so much politics, but that the media wasn't telling the stories I thought were the obvious stories to tell. Excited about this new way to share information, I began tweeting stories I thought needed to be seen. Within three months I was invited to write for a blog called The Right Scoop. Since I'd made a few friends online and was officially a blogger, it seemed like a good idea to head to Denver for Blogcon. It was at Blogcon that I learned about FreedomWorks and was first exposed to conservative political activism. You see, before I came to the liberty movement, I was a leftist, but that's a whole other story. In any case, I knew I'd found my place.
That was almost exactly two years ago. I still haven't visited the Oh My! Pocket Pies truck, or any food truck in Houston for that matter. I'm now employed with an independent investigative journalism outfit that tells the stories the media won't. We make news. I also get to share stories with you and when I'm fortunate enough, tell your stories.
This is just my providencial journey, but there is a broader lesson here. You never know what will lead people to activism. More often than not, it's not politics, it's personal experiences. It was the kindness and acceptance of the people I met at Blogcon two years ago that had a huge impact on my perception of the liberty movement. It was understanding that no matter how small my platform or how much time I had to spare, every little thing I was able to contribute to the cause of liberty and freedom actually made a difference. From blog posts, to tweets, to phone calls, to sign waving and door knocking or even just talking to the grocery store checker about the increasing price of groceries - it all matters.
Brazen statism makes liberty increasingly more appealing. As more of our fellow citizens awaken and see the nasty political realities ahead, we should be there to welcome them with open arms, show them the ropes and encourage them with the message of hope intrinsic in liberty and freedom. They need to know they can make a difference. After all, "three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of Liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us," said Patrick Henry.
Eventually I'll get my pocket pie, but for now, I'm content to fight in order to further the principles of liberty and freedom.
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My sister and I were hanging out one weekend watching the Food Network, eating cookie dough and trying to stay cool; Texas summers are brutal. We ended up watching a food truck special that highlighted some of the best food trucks from cities all over the country. Oh My!
According to a company employee, Dutch Bros., the largest privately held drive-through coffee company with over 200 locations throughout 7 western states, is limiting the hours of their corporate staff in order to comply with Obamacare mandates.
In tallying up the casualties in the Obamacare war on jobs, FreedomWorks set up a tip line of sorts, at firstname.lastname@example.com. The Broken Promises line yielded a response from a Dutch Bros. employee stating that the company had announced a reduction in work hours for all corporate employees to 29 hours per week - management excluded.
I was able to confirm the individual is indeed an employee at Dutch Bros.
Here was his initial statement:
The fastest growing drive-thru coffee company in the country, Dutch Bros. http://dutchbros.com/, reduced the hours of all of their corporate employees to 29 hours per week – excluding management – in order to comply with the Obamacare mandates. Since the mandates were pushed back, the company is still holding to the 29 hour work-week.
Some Dutch Bros. locations are franchised owned, but the employee states that "all corporate owned locations are now under this policy."
"It was handled during location based employee meetings by managers with their employees," he added.
Despite several attempts to reach out to the company, a "PR Specialist" I was put in contact with refused to return messages.
A separate representative in the customer relations department finally provided a statement late last week. The company delivered what essentially amounts to a 'no comment.'
We appreciate your interest in Dutch Bros. Coffee. I have been in contact with our Human Resources Team and have received the conclusion that the information that you are requesting is information that we are not disclosing to anyone.
Rather than deny that employee hours were cut, or refute that the Obamacare mandates had anything to do with personnel decisions, Dutch Bros. has decided not to disclose the information?
If the company never made a move to slash the hours of their staff, it would have been a relatively simple denial. Additionally, not disclosing the information to anyone seems to indicate that Dutch Bros. doesn't want to create waves by saying the move was designed to circumvent Obamacare mandates.
A 2009 company profile in Oregon Business indicates that Dutch Bros. employed over 1,500 employees. Since then, the company's franchises have expanded from 135 to over 200, with the number of employees presumably expanding as well. It's not clear how many corporate employees this move would effect, however.
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According to a company employee, Dutch Bros., the largest privately held drive-through coffee company with over 200 locations throughout 7 western states, is limiting the hours of their corporate staff in order to comply with Obamacare mandates.
Twenty states have plans to introduce hemp legalization legislation in 2013, and Tennessee just announced that it will be introducing a bill in 2014. Currently, there are nine states where farming industrial hemp has been made legal, pursuant to meeting state regulations, and only two states are allowing farmers to grow it. Right now, Colorado and Vermont have bypassed federal laws that lump industrial hemp in with marijuana, and are actively opening up industrial hemp as an agricultural and business attractor to their states.
The arguments against legalizing hemp have centered around the relationship to the plant grown specifically for use in fiber and food, and marijuana. There are also concerns regarding possible difficulties by law enforcement in the ability to distinguish between the two plants. Alternatively, there is also an argument that there isn't a market for hemp, and so altering legislation is a wasted effort aimed at appeasing a very small sector of the population.
In consideration of the relationship between hemp and marijuana, many states have specifically defined hemp as containing a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 0.3%. For reference, marijuana typically has a THC concentration of between 5 and 10%, depending on the strain. The plants are similar in appearance, from a distance, and the untrained eye may have difficulty telling them apart. It would stand to reason, however, that a farmer growing hemp legally would plant a straight-line crop, with no reason to hide what he is growing. It is also possible that a farmer growing hemp in a state where marijuana is still an illegal substance, may try to hide marijuana within his hemp crop. This is addressed in ALL of the existing legislation, by requiring state permits to grow hemp, and subjecting farmers to routine inspection. There are also safeguards in place in much of the passed legislation to protect hemp farmers from wrongful prosecution.
As with any good, product or service, creating a market for it is the concern of those wanting to provide it and should not be the concern of the government. Currently, the US imports a substantial amount of the hemp produced in Canada and China. According to the Agricultural Market Resource Center: "The combined retail value of hemp food and body care products sold in the United States in 2010 was $40.5 million, up more than 10 percent from 2009, according to the market research firm SPINS." Kentucky's Ag Commissioner is already reporting a higher than expected response from businesses looking to locate in Kentucky to process industrial hemp.
In the end, the debate around legalizing hemp should center around questioning why it was made illegal to begin with, and if the government really has any role in regulating a crop that is legal the rest of the world over, and is legal to import and already legal to use to produce goods for sale in the US. There are efforts to exclude industrial hemp from marijuana regulations at the federal level, and they are worth watching. In the meantime, if states continue to pass aggressive legislation legalizing industrial hemp as Vermont and Colorado have, federal regulators may have a front too big to fight on industrial hemp.
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Twenty states have plans to introduce hemp legalization legislation in 2013, and Tennessee just announced that it will be introducing a bill in 2014.
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This president has told people that he is better in almost every category than are the experts his administration has hired to support him on policy, strategy, speech writing, and just about every other activity. He is a narcissist. On top of that, he clearly has contempt for military and intelligence professionals. If he is convinced that he is a better intelligence analyst than the professionals in the three-letter agencies, why should he waste his valuable golf-time to sit through a useless daily intel briefing.
As for meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel -- we already know he holds Netenyahu in contempt because he was heard saying as much to French President Sarcozy (or was it Hollande?).
By this time tomorrow, I pray, America will have elected a new president. If not, it will be the death warrant for the United States of America.
Not surprised... hes a douche...
Dude, anyone with good sense knows it's a waste of time talking to the prime minister of Israel. And unless you've been spying, none of us really know what the president is briefed on. For all we know they may have a secret alien city under the white house.
Obama knows that his partners in the media will always protect him.
Sure, go figure. And while you're figuring, THINK!!
yep thats about right
For gods sake would you stop it with all this unsubstantiated bullshite!
Well Israel wants war with Iran I'd also say no and avoid having that conversation, if Israel wants war with Iran let them fight Iran. Why should America have to I mean your country is virtually wrecked at least financially another war would cripple it and just make matters worse.
Why he isn't hearing intelligence briefings is beyond me but I understand not talking to Israel.
He reads his briefings most of the time, as opposed to his predecessor who read them none of the time because he hates reading. Or Palin for that matter.
That just isn't true!
ooh, hey, let's complain about the president! cuz he's so bad! right!?

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Abba's Delight recently posted the billboard in Louisville, which features a sunny sky and the phrase "Not everyone who is gay is happy. You have options."
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Political columnist Kirsten Powers has earned the respect of the Evangelical community. The story of her conversion was an unambiguous home run. She's also responsible for helping raise attention about the atrocity of the Kermit Gosnell case.
She's a sharp, intellectually honest thinker who does a good job of keeping conservative evangelicals on their toes. I don't know Kirsten well, but in October, I was honored to moderate a panel with her and other leading thinkers on the subject of religious liberty.
Her most recent column, though, doesn't fit with her commendable work on international religious freedom. Conflating theological categories, her column missed the concern that Evangelicals have over the creeping hostility to religious liberty, particularly in the context of gay rights. more >>
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State senators in Arizona voted heavily along partisan lines Wednesday in passing a bill that clarifies the state's existing law protecting the religious freedom of its citizens.
With Republicans in the majority, the bill, SB 1062, passed with a 17-13 vote. A companion bill is also expected to pass in the House shortly. more >>
Embattled Republican Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina got an employee at a Myers Park Gourmet food store fired Sunday for reportedly telling him, "thanks for nothing." The cook says McCrory was giving him a hard time because he is gay.
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The upper house of the Indiana Legislature passed on Monday a measure to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage. The proposal, however, won't go before voters until at least 2016.
In a vote of 32 to 17, the Indiana Senate passed House Joint Resolution 3 after a three-hour session.
HJR 3 was originally stated that "Only a marriage between one (1) man and one (1) woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Indiana. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized." However, it was amended to exempt civil unions and with the change in its text became ineligible for the upcoming November ballot. more >>
There seems to be a rising chorus-even among some on the right-that marriage is over and we need to give up on the civil institution of marriage. I'm reminded of the blonde starlet, Mae West. This Hollywood celebrity was asked why she didn't marry one of the handsome young men who always followed her around. "Marriage is a great institution," said Mae, "but I'm not ready for an institution."
Married or not, Mae West understood marriage better than some federal judges and some policy analysts.
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It is the second time that the Real Madrid and Portugal forward - who has featured a record seven times in the uefa.com user's poll for Team of the Year - has contributed to the ICRC's network of seven orthopedic centers in Afghanistan, it said.
"For me it's a great honor to be able to help others, and it makes me extremely happy to do so," said Ronaldo, who is to present the check before kick-off in Madrid on Wednesday night ahead of the Champion's League match against his former team Manchester United.
On behalf of UEFA, he donated a similar amount in 2008 to the ICRC, which has helped more than 90,000 mine victims and other disabled people in the war-torn country since 1988.
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submitted 1 year ago by JoeH33
So I'm going to be moving from Madison to Colorado in a few weeks but before I leave I need to get some repairs done to my 2002 VW Passat. I was trying to save as much money as possible since I will be spending a lot on the move. I was wondering if anyone here had some recommendations as to where I could take my car other than the dealership.
I don't know if it makes a difference, but the repairs I'll need done include: rear caliper replacement, coolant/heater core flush (no heat in my car), and just general tune up work.
[–]swy 7 points8 points9 points 1 year ago
Sure there are indies who work on VW's:
Jerry and his son Pat at Percy's service have been my mechanics for 17 years. I've brought him 3 VWs, a Saturn 2 Volvos, and my Audi. A mechanic who will go to extra effort to make sure you're getting the best value on parts, or overlapping work is a rare thing, but they are.
Ben at Ben's Vee Dub Shop is my second choice- he's just too far from my home to use easily. I'd trust either of these guys before the stealership. I regret letting Zimbrick touch my 92 VW Corrado SLC once- it ended up in a very unpleasant situation.
[–]gfpumpkins 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago
I'm not a VW owner, but I've been very pleased with all the work the guys at Foreign Car Specialists have done on my car. Someone on here recommended them to me a few years ago. A couple of friends have started using them too, and have been pleased. I never feel ripped off, and they always explain the issue to me in plain English. I have a 2001 Civic that is just starting to show it's age (and my driving style).
[–]mgweatherman08 7 points8 points9 points 1 year ago
Zimbrick VW of Madison on Stoughton Road. Ask for Casey Nimmer as your service consultant. When we had some issues with some of the work that we had done to our VWs through Zimbrick, he did a wonderful job getting things corrected and he even gave us discounts on future work. There really isn't too many independent mechanics in town that are willing to work on VWs... Kind of sad considering we are a bunch of hippies...
[–]wisconsingentleman 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago
Casey Nimmer is one of the finest fellows throughout the land.
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Nice try, Casey Nimmer.
[–]Noumenon72 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I had a breakdown once and had an ignition coil replaced in Indiana for $287. When I got home I asked Zimbrick to replace the other three. They replaced the two that needed it and charged me only $144. They also charge the same for an oil change as the Jiffy Lube I went to.
[–]Cessnateur 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Agreed - Casey has always been great to work with.
[–]thekid42 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
I've had several great experiences taking my 2004 Passat to Capitol Tire on Odana Rd near Whitney Way. In particular, they replaced my timing belt for about $200 cheaper than what the Middleton VW dealership quoted me for the same service.
[–]CTC_Dallas 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
I always go to Dunn's import on university avenue. They're great guys and won't rip you off. Not a vw specialist, but they work on anything imported, especially European.
[–]weft_brain 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Percy's on Monroe saved my 1986 VW Fox and gave it a couple more years of life. I was in college at the time, so it must have been affordable. I've also heard great things about Foreign Car Specialists.
[–]PurpleBrains 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Before I tragically lost my 2001 VW Jetta and moved away from Madison, I loved Dave and his guys at Courtesy Auto Service. Totally honest and reliable, alway nice yet no-nonsense.
[–]dev0x 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
I've had my scirocco and my jetta gli worked on by Courtesy. Dave and his guys are great. They also at many times can source parts much cheaper than anyone else. This is coming from a guy that has worked at a vw dealership and a independent vw/porsche shop. I can't recommend Courtesy Auto enough.
[–]phonics_monkey 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Zimbrick gets on my nerves, so I usually go to Ben's on the East Side or do the work myself/ with the help of some VW guys in someones garage.
[–]Marsh67 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
West Side Service Center. 608 271 6867. Two English blokes. Very fair. Very honest. Check them out on Angie's List, etc. Very good work and very reliable!
[–]obrysii 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Ben's VW Shop is a good place to go; it's a smaller shop on the East side.
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Hello everyone,
I hope you have all had a lovely break over the festive season. This year has already kicked off with a Board and Conveners meeting and I can tell you now we have a very busy and exciting year ahead, full of opportunities for our entire membership.
So far, 2014 has been an exciting year for me and an extremely busy one. I've been in two national newspapers, the Daily Record and the Sunday Herald. You can read my Daily Record article on the Independence Referendum here.
I have also started my term on the Procedures Group of the UK Youth Parliament, which will mean strengthening opportunities for MSYPs' involvement and having more responsibilities in their roles as Members of the Youth Parliament. It kicked off with a residential in a haunted mansion in rural Staffordshire.
I will also be looking for a lot of support from the Membership in a project called the League of Young Voters. I attended a meeting in London with a representative from each of the other countries in the UK and we had a look into how the project will run. It ties perfectly with the current work we are doing for the European Elections and the Referendum, where we are encouraging young people to vote. It seems to be an ideal opportunity for SYP.
I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone for all the hard work you have been doing in support of Care.Fair.Share. The campaign has received an impressive amount of attention from MSPs and has been mentioned in the Scottish Parliament. If you are doing positive work on the campaign please get in touch with me so I can celebrate your successes and you can be recognised for your efforts! Don't forget to also inform SYP staff so that they can offer their support to help make our campaign efforts have as big an impact as possible.
Remember to try and get as many consultation cards filled in as possible so young people can have their say in the Scottish Government's carers legislation. A bit like Love Equally, and Bite the Ballot, we want as many responses as possible as part of Care.Fair.Share. Also, if you haven't already, you can pledge your support by joining the online Thunderclap petition here.
For my New Years resolution I vowed not to get stressed or worry about anything and I want to encourage you to make sure you are finding balance with all you are doing throughout this very busy time. It's really important you let us know all the work you are taking on for SYP so that we can support you as much as possible. Good luck to everyone who has exams, and everyone who is waiting for University replies.
So after a very successful 2013, let's embrace the challenges ahead in 2014 and multiply our successes!
Louise Cameron
Check out some of the Care.Fair.Share. campaign activity highlights below from January – February 2014
Member of the Moment – Robbie Nicoll
He has organised a summit between all North East MSYPs and MSPs regarding Care.Fair.Share. and has already gained four MSPs' signatures in support of the campaign. He has been doing work experience in parliamentary offices and has been working on a video diary project, where he has been challenging MPs, MSPs and Councillors on youth issues. Also, he has been doing a consultation with young people in Aberdeenshire, ran through all schools regarding mental health, bullying, sport and much more.


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Warwickshire CCC Contracted Players 2014
Warwickshire C.C.C. have allocated the following players to BDPCL Clubs for the 2014 season:-
Premier Division
Sam Hain (Barnt Green)
Tom Lewis (Berkswell)
Laurie Evans (Dorridge)
Richard Jones (Kenilworth Wardens)
Paul Best (Knowle & Dorridge)
Freddie Coleman (Walmley)
Ateeq Javid (W.B. Dartmouth)
Tom Milnes (Berkswell), Jonathan Webb (Dorridge) and Peter McKay (Walmley) will, also, play for their Clubs as "Home Grown" Players.
Division One
Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Harborne)
Ian Westwood (Moseley)
Recordo Gordon (Moseley) will be playing for his Club as a "Home Grown" Player.


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Hoopeston Area High School homecoming will host a special guest between the girls and boys basketball games tonight.
Chief Illiniwek will perform in the middle school gym, then make a brief appearance with Hoopeston's Jerky in the the high school gym for photos.
"We hope to see our Hoopeston Area fans at the games to support our student athletes, cheerleaders, coaches and school during this special homecoming celebration," said high school principal Larry Maynard.
The special appearance of Chief Illiniwek will end Hoopeston's Homecoming Week on Cornjerker Pride Day.
Coronation of the king and queen and judging of homecoming floats will take place during the boys' halftime game. Candidates for homecoming king are Zach Lewallen, Joe Warner, Ray Tyszko and Conner Cline. Homecoming queen candidates are Ally Verley, Emily Margevich, Devin McFadden and Marita Ibishi.
Freshman class attendants are Ian Simpson and Nora Fourez; sophomore attendants, Keaton Longest and Cayley Martin; and junior attendants, Alex Pickett and Carissa Vaughn.
Following the games with Salt Fork Storm, the homecoming dance will begin at 8 p.m. and end at 11 p.m.
Homecoming was moved from the traditional varsity football season this year to the basketball season due to the cancellation of the varsity football season.
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January 24, 2013
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Two Hearted Ale - Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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4.38/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
I was looking forward to giving this a sample, grabbed one on my last trip out to Minnesota. It poured a hazy, golden-to-straw color with a big beaded bleach white head that is quite substantial and leaves a good, clinging lace. The floral hop bouquet is...lovely! Its almost like potpourri, quite an accomplishment. The body is best described as medium with a mouthfeel that's full of a good juicy malt character. The hop character in the beer itself is a pleasant combo of citrus and floral notes, really the perfect marriage. Also adding to the intrigue is the complex sugary balance, which is outstanding. It finishes with a little lemony pucker but still clings to the rose-like passiveness. An outstanding IPA, best I've had in a while!
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From a 12 oz bottle to a pint glass.
A: hazy gold with a thin one finger head that breaks quickly but leaves behind some lovely lacing and some islands of foam.
S: sweet malts, malts and piney and citrus hops.
T: wow...very well balanced. All the nose comes through and there is very little bitterness. Maltiness on the tail.
M: medium body and carbonation. This beer is very easy to enjoy.
O: this one had so much hype around it, I wasn't sure what to think. I enjoyed the beer after a tough day at the office, and it turned the day around. It is balanced and enjoyable and just a great example of the style. I will get more.
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