Redneck Thinker

  The Biden Administration has shown that they would prefer people to spend excessive amounts of their hard earned money on wasteful insurance costs than allow a Trump rule to stand. In no manner does this actually help the insurance companies, as this further erodes their reputation by having to offer overpriced policies that do not help people, especially as this is forcing people to government controlled insurance markets. Yet again, the Democrat Party shows they hate market driven solutions for tyrannical choices that hurt people. Rule Change Here, via the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions press release , is what the Biden Administration did with their limiting of healthcare access. “The final regulation restricts access to Association Health Plans (AHP), which provide small businesses and workers access to quality health insurance and are an alternative to the increasingly expensive plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Previously, the Tr...

  There should be absolutely no person wanting to have their financial transaction part of government databases, but that is happening. Several banking corporations are freely giving private information to the government without a warrant or other legal documentation. That is a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment, but this government, no matter what party is in charge, thinks that Constitutional rights are a suggestion, nothing more. Here is some of what is happening via a House Judiciary Committee investigation they are doing. Yellen Letter Here, via the Judiciary Committee site, is part of theletter they sent to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government are continuing to conduct oversight of financial surveillance of American citizens, including the disclosure of private financial records to federal authorities without legal process. As part of its oversight, the Committee ...

Well, it seems that the Democrats and their various organizations have a way to falsify what is said by people via artificial intelligence.  This   is shown  by the story of what Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert in Maryland has gone through when the school Athletic Director and PE teacher Dazhon Darien used an AI program to make it sound like Eiswert was making racist and anti-Semitic rants.  There are many instances that this can be used by police to frame others, civilians can do this to people they hate, and many other ways this can be, will be, and most likely has been used. What Happened Eiswert started investigating  some   suspicious budgeting from the athletic department, along with  the removal of  a coach without the  principal’s  approval.  When Darien  started  realizing the investigation was happening and going against him, an email went out to three teachers with an audio track that was suppose...

  While there is plenty of news in media of investors for the GOP, there is little covered in how the Democrat Party raises money for their campaigns. Recent hearings in the House Committee on Ways and Means shows how their campaigns have money from foreign sources, using IRS exemptions that are supposed to meant for charitable organizations. The Democrat Party has truly found a way to use the tax code to their advantage, with this just being the last way that government agency has become essential in Democrat plans. Letter to IRS Here, via the Ways and Means blog , is part of the letter to the IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel asking about CCP trying to sway American opinion. Recent reports shed light on the Energy Foundation’s significant ties to the CCP. Although the organization claims to be headquartered in California, filed tax forms show the group refers to itself as “Energy Foundation China,” and reports suggest that the majority of its operations are conducted in China ...

  More and more information is coming out about the chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal by the Biden Administration. The more information coming out proves that no one actually was aware of what was happening until the last minute, which put lives in danger, many of whom were Americans and their supporters. Here is some of what was seen by a senior State Department official that was on the ground as the chaos went on. Carol Perez Here, via the House Foreign Affairs Committee release , is who Carol Perez is. It is her testimony covered in this article. Ambassador Carol Z. Perez began her career at the State Department in 1987 and served 35 years until her retirement in December 2022. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile under the Obama administration and later Director General of the Foreign Service under the Trump administration. Ambassador Perez served as Acting Under Secretary for Management under the Biden administration, from January 21, 2021 through December 2021...

  There are issues when it comes to people wanting to work at assisted living facilities, with them not recovering employment levels like other parts of the medical community after the government shutdown of the nation. Now the Biden Administration wants to kick them while they are down by bringing in new rules that will now limit people’s access to these facilities. Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing and had a response. Medicaid Rule Here, via a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services press release , is the Medicaid rule change on helping those needing assistance. Requires that in three years, states report on their readiness to collect data regarding the percentage of Medicaid payments for homemaker, home health aide, personal care, and habilitation services spent on compensation to the direct care workers furnishing these services; and in four years, states report on the percentage of Medicaid payments for homemaker, home health aide, p...

It would seem that there is a worry about Chinese owned companies making the equipment that is necessary to run US ports. There is a strong possibility that they could cripple the very ports that the US needs, though most people are not aware of how the Chinese government controls these businesses, as it is not the way it is done in the US. In the US, private businesses are just that, but in China, the government either is a direct partial owner or has groups within the company dictating government demands. This means every product made in China goes to enrich the government. National Security Worries Here, via a press release by Rep. Carlos Gimenez, is what he had to say about the Port of Miami and the Chinese made equipment there. “I am especially worried by the security vulnerabilities that exist with port equipment that is manufactured or installed in the People’s Republic of China. The ship-to-shore cranes towering over our docks — while instrumental to our port operations — are ...

The USDA under the Biden Administration restarted an Obama Administration initiative around October  of  2022. It is called the  People's  Garden Initiative  and has  some  interesting  marketing and a fact on the page that makes one wonder about the agenda.  Past the fact that  registering a garden seems to be both a waste of federal resources and an intrusion, there are other implications that can make people  leery  of this. The entire program was not well thought out. People's  Garden Here, via the USDA website , is what they say constitutes being able to register. Do you have a community farm or garden that  you’d  like to designate a  People’s  Garden? Gardens of different sizes and types, including school gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural and urban areas, can be recognized as a  “ People’s  Garden .” One of the problems of  the ...

  Veterans in this nation are constantly dealing with issues made worse by the Veterans Administration, but some members of Congress are working to change that. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) and Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-1) have introduced the Expedited Equitable Relief Act to make sure veterans and their dependents receive relief within 120 days after administrative errors are corrected. This can mean benefits are awarded, money paid, and other issues solved that were trapped in bureaucratic nightmares. The Bill Here, via Van Orden's page , is what the bill says. (a) AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO PROVIDE TIMELY EQUITABLE RELIEF.—Section 503 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘may’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘shall, not later than 120 days after such determination,’’. (b) ELIMINATION OF EXPIRED REPORT.—Such section is further amended by striking subsection (c). (c) CANCELLATION OF DEBT COLLECTION.—Section 5314 of such title is amended, in subsection (a), by...

Few people can truly imagine what $551 million is, but that is the sum that the state of Pennsylvania either mismanaged or spent erroneously of federal Medicaid funds earmarked for schools. While they argued with the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General over this, they have not released a public statement. Money that could have helped students across the nation seems to have evaporated under then Democrat Governor Tom Wolf. Report Findings Here, via the HHS OIG report , is what they found. “Pennsylvania improperly claimed Federal funds through its Medicaid school-based health services program. Specifically, Pennsylvania claimed estimated unallowable Federal funds totaling $182.5 million because it did not support that all moments used in RMTSs and coded as Medicaid-eligible were for Medicaid-eligible health services or Medicaid administrative activities. Also, Pennsylvania improperly claimed an additional $368.9 million when it used unsupported ratios to allocate c...

The government has increased its control over mergers and acquisitions, with no concern over the health of small businesses. While some larger corporations have used their financial reserves to take control of competition, smaller companies merge to survive more often than not. The minimum limits will allow the government to interfere in the smaller businesses in a way that can lead to more of them collapsing, instead of allowing for the competition the Biden Administration claims. The people who defend this are academics and government officials who have rarely run businesses or even participated in the commercial realm. Committee Letter The House Committee on Small Business sent  a letter  to both the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice on this matter. Here is a snippet of what was sent. “The House Committee on Small Business (the Committee) writes to inquire about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and the Department of Justice...