The central idea behind the Obama administration’s effort to protect the personal finances of Americans boils down to this: put laziness to work. Tell people to set aside part of their paychecks every month and they’ll usually ignore the advice. But start the saving process for them — automatically siphoning off a raise from a paycheck into a bank account — and perhaps that will help them avoid the financial trauma that has affected millions of Americans in this recession.

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Some governors are pushing to scale back or kill proposals to expand Medicaid to provide health-care coverage to the uninsured, raising a new challenge to President Barack Obama’s effort to overhaul the system. Medicaid, the health-care program for the poor, is funded through a combination of federal and state tax money. Proposals in the House and Senate would expand the program to cover at least a third of the nation’s 46 million uninsured, but states are worried they would get stuck with a big part of the tab.

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My brother and I are happy smile and feel good having fun with our parents and do not have to spend money.  I sometimes ask why they are always working.  They explain it is like going to school.  I guess that is ok since I have to always go to school  even when I do not want to. 

From Papa:

The bottom line for youth is enjoying activities with people that they consider key in their life.  This can be reading a story, walking a neighborhood, playing a game.  The measure is the amount of quality time spent with the youth where they are the focus of the connection.  Nonprofits have many volunteers whom can create that connection for the thousands of youth whom lack significant adult mentors.   The song “I want to be just like you Dad” is more true than false.