Those Extra Twenty Hours

Brought to you by the same people who denied you national health care.

July 23, 2008

1990s: As Golden Age?: I'm trying to find the great economy everybody was talking about in the 1990s...

Clean Gene is Dead: Some passing memories on the death of Euegene McCarthy.

Clinton in Coxscakie: Hillary came to town to ralley Democrats around Gillibrand.

Cuomo on the Mohawk: The man from Guy Park Place has yet to decide to run.

Dick Cheney: Shotgun Bandit: What Cheney's shotgun accident means to all Americans, gun owning or not.

Getting Health Insurance: How many desire to get low-cost insurance changed my plans.

Governing with Accountablity: Andrew has two visions on what accountablity is really about.

It's Time to Honor America: Beyond politics, there is a lot to like about America.

NO to Impeachment: Impeaching the President is a waste of time.

Ohio: Updating Neil Yong's lyrics for contemporary events.

On Car Insurance and Autobody Shops: The system that keeps you paying without getting anything in return.

On National ID Cards: Discussing the evil national ID cards.

Our Cowboy President: You don't have to like the President's policies to respect his sense of moral responsiblity.

Poem: Bureaucratic Memorandum: Trying to make sense of the memorandum and corporate decision making process.

Poem: It's 2006: The future seems not to come for man.

Respect President Bush: Not agreeing with the President doesn't make him evil.

Senator Paul Wellstone is Dead: Andrew is still shocked at the news of the death of man who was becoming one of the great Senators of the '00s.

The Blackout Blame Game: In continuing my series on blaming the right people, I try to look beyond the hype and mistakes of the media in covering the blackout.

Undocumented Immigrants and Farms: Why the real solution to the illegal immigration is changing how we subsidize our farmers and not criminalizing or legalizing guest workers.

What is the Political?: The neological word I often use for describing aggregated political forces.

Why Modern Politics are Ill: Commentary on the ills of politics, and the need for activism.

Why the Democratic Stimulus Package Works: The proposed tax cuts by Republicans fail to provide adquate stimulus for sectors of the economy that need it the most.

Those Extra Twenty Hours

I know a lot of people who have picked up second jobs, often exceeding 20 hours or more a week. The reason is not only to pick up additional wages, but to pick up benefit coverage at a reasonable rate. Many of these people are self-employed, work for small companies, or are temporary employees. At their primary occupation, they may be well compensated for their hard work, but do not have the ability to be part of a bargaining unit or company that provides health care.

My wages at my job are probably compared to my friends on the low-end. Yet, I work for the state so I get health care nearly for free, while many others do not have the option for health care at an affordable rate. So they work a second job, and work long extra hours, just to put in enough time to obtain health care at a reasonable rate.

This unfair. Everybody should be entitled to have at least basic access to emergency care, without jumping through extra hoops. If a person wants to be entrepreneur or simply doesn't want to work a major corporation, he should not be required to put in era hours to just to ensure they have access to health care. I don't care how they get it done, but there needs to be a way to ensure that all Americans can get health care at an affordable rate.