Hard Progs deed auto firms to UAW, healthcare to community organizers• Group named Common Ground awarded multimillion dollar loan from federal government
• That group is an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation, founded in 1940 by Saul Alinsky
• Common Ground is also run by a “professional organizer” attached to the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)
• Alinsky is the radical author of “Rules for Radicals”
Here’s an interesting development to keep an eye on.
“Common Ground, a coalition of religious groups and other organizations, has been awarded a $56.4 million federal loan to start a nonprofit health insurer that would be run by its members,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “The money is part of $3.8 billion included federal health care reform to help start nonprofit health insurers, similar to cooperatives, to compete in the market for individuals and small businesses.”
The loans, which are part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (NB: also known as Obamacare authored by the Chicago socialist, friend-of-Barack and ex-convict Robert Creamer), are meant to help nonprofit health insurers, known as CO-Ops (i.e. Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans ), with start-up costs and to help them meet and maintain the minimum reserves required by insurers to pay for claims.
(full story at
theblaze.com)
Bonus links:
•
Summary of Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals' •
AlinskyDefeater's Blog •
Rules for Radicals at
amazon.com
Obamacare monopolies reserved for community organizersCommon Ground, a coalition of religious groups and other organizations, has been awarded a $56.4 million federal loan to start a nonprofit health insurer that would be run by its members.
The money is part of $3.8 billion included federal health care reform to help start nonprofit health insurers, similar to cooperatives, to compete in the market for individuals and small businesses.
The loans are to help the nonprofit health insurers - referred to as CO-OPs, for Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans - with start-up costs and to meet requirements that insurers maintain minimum reserves to pay claims.
Common Ground, which also includes some unions and a few small businesses, is the Milwaukee affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation, founded in 1940 by Saul Alinsky, the iconic Chicago community organizer. The organization, based in Chicago, bills itself as the oldest and largest community organizing network.
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative initially will operate in southeastern Wisconsin but expand throughout the state in five years, according to a news release from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The goal stated in the federal health care law is to fund one CO-OP in each state. To date, seven nonprofits offering coverage in eight states have been awarded $638.7 million.
(full story at
jsonline.com)
Bill Wilson of Americans for Limited Government responds:
“Only the most naïve would believe that this $56 million injection of money into the political charged atmosphere in Wisconsin is anything more than an attempt to buy votes in favor of the public employee recall election of Governor Scott Walker and to tip the balance in this important swing state in November.
“There are no lengths that Obama won’t go in his attempt to use Chicago-style politics to drive his election bid, and this $56 million to a group with no track record and dubious connections is just one more outrage.”
(full story at
netrightdaily.com)
Bonus links:
•
Summary of Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals'•
AlinskyDefeater's Blog•
Rules for Radicals at
amazon.com
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Lame Duck O-Ruling Class circles the wagonsSecretary of State Hillary Clinton invited U.S. companies to call on Foggy Bottom experts for guidance on increasing their exports, safeguarding intellectual property abroad, and increasing foreign direct investment in the U.S. as part of a new administration effort to promote domestic jobs.
Speaking on Tuesday before more than 200 major U.S. executives operating in more than 120 countries, Clinton laid out the State Department’s plans through a concept Clinton coined “Jobs Diplomacy.” Under this approach, U.S. diplomats will take a more active role in looking out for U.S. business interests abroad, making a stronger effort to share their knowledge of foreign markets with U.S. multinationals.
Although it’s unclear what the exact structure of the State Department-private sector relationship will be, the concept could potentially be a boon to the U.S. economy, said Ted Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “You’ve got in the embassies abroad what really amounts to market intelligence—people on the ground who are familiar with the business environments in the countries in which they are working and companies are looking to break into,” he said.
