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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

Camp calls stimulus a ‘failure,’ sets sights on health care reform effort

By Todd A. Heywood | 07.14.09 | 2:34 pm

davecamprepresentativeU.S. Rep. Dave Camp, a Republican from Midland, came out swinging on Tuesday charging that the federal stimulus has been a failure, and a plan by Democrats to address the health care crisis in the United States will result in lost coverage for Americans.

In a conference call with reporters, the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee accused President Obama of changing his appearance Tuesday in Warren from a town hall meeting to a speech because he wanted to avoid questions.

“I think there are a lot of hard questions we’d all like to ask,” Camp said before launching into an attack on a yet-to-be-released health care plan backed by the Democratic leadership of the House.

“We’ve got to put the brakes on the health care plan,” Camp said after calling the stimulus plan a “failure,” and saying the health care plan will increase the country’s debt. “Nancy Pelosi is jamming this through,” Camp said, referring to the House speaker, a Democrat from San Francisco.

Camp said House Republicans had an alternative plan to address the healthcare coverage crisis. Under the plan he sketched out, Camp called for ridding the country of “junk lawsuits” which he claimed lead to extra testing to avoid legal issues; reform insurance regulations, and end the “waste, fraud and abuse” of Medicaid.

Comments

  • Irish_Wake

    Even a passing familiarity with economics shows that the most efficient path out of a recession/depression is massive government spending. This is a cold, hard fact studied in most high school and all college economics classes. If we are honest, the main criticism with both Bush's and Obama's spending plans is that they are smaller than they should be. This is a systemic problem that has taken decades to get to this point; this cannot be solved in six months, especially without correcting the systemic reasons for the recession.
    I find it interesting that the Honorable Representative Camp chooses to ignore the poor financial instruments that brought on this mess, and concentrate on tort reform. He has used up all his economic ideas with a single talking point, and uses health care to distraction. The ideas itemized by the Honorable Representative are all business wishes, not health care ideas. Yes, I know that the medical system is driven in part by their legal needs, but these things have been put in place in Texas. The health care problems have not been corrected, and victims are denied their day in court.
    I remember the day when the party of fiscal responsibility, a strong military, and economic wisdom was the Republican Party. I voted for them. Here's hoping They will return to these ideals. I will again vote for them, even if a third must take up the standard.

  • Irish_Wake

    Even a passing familiarity with economics shows that the most efficient path out of a recession/depression is massive government spending. This is a cold, hard fact studied in most high school and all college economics classes. If we are honest, the main criticism with both Bush's and Obama's spending plans is that they are smaller than they should be. This is a systemic problem that has taken decades to get to this point; this cannot be solved in six months, especially without correcting the systemic reasons for the recession.
    I find it interesting that the Honorable Representative Camp chooses to ignore the poor financial instruments that brought on this mess, and concentrate on tort reform. He has used up all his economic ideas with a single talking point, and uses health care to distraction. The ideas itemized by the Honorable Representative are all business wishes, not health care ideas. Yes, I know that the medical system is driven in part by their legal needs, but these things have been put in place in Texas. The health care problems have not been corrected, and victims are denied their day in court.
    I remember the day when the party of fiscal responsibility, a strong military, and economic wisdom was the Republican Party. I voted for them. Here's hoping they will return to these ideals. I will again vote for them, or perhaps a third must take up the standard.

  • Irish_Wake

    Even a passing familiarity with economics shows that the most efficient path out of a recession/depression is massive government spending. This is a cold, hard fact studied in most high school and all college economics classes. If we are honest, the main criticism with both Bush's and Obama's spending plans is that they are smaller than they should be. This is a systemic problem that has taken decades to get to this point; this cannot be solved in six months, especially without correcting the systemic reasons for the recession.
    I find it interesting that the Honorable Representative Camp chooses to ignore the poor financial instruments that brought on this mess, and concentrate on tort reform. He has used up all his economic ideas with a single talking point, and uses health care to distraction. The ideas itemized by the Honorable Representative are all business wishes, not health care ideas. Yes, I know that the medical system is driven in part by their legal needs, but these things have been put in place in Texas. The health care problems have not been corrected, and victims are denied their day in court.
    I remember the day when the party of fiscal responsibility, a strong military, and economic wisdom was the Republican Party. I voted for them. Here's hoping they will return to these ideals. I will again vote for them, or perhaps a third must take up the standard.

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