“It’s true we’ll make a brighter day, just you and me” -Michael Jackson

The industry of health care has become a more powerful force then our government is able to manage. The business behind medicine overwhelms any real chance for Change. Hope has been lost.

It’s time we come to terms with of our corrupt and incestuous government where far too many politicians are merely pirates for corporate profiteering. Expecting improvements in health care from DC is delusional. Just ask your doctor and watch them nod their head in dismay.

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The big topic this week in the coffeehouses of Jackson has been tax swapping.  (Well maybe not in every coffeehouse, but at least in the ones I frequent and you got to sit next to old nerds like me that discuss tax policy as a hobby).  Tax swapping was created a few years ago in response to a need seen from the Town of Jackson.  The Town of Jackson is the only town in the State of Wyoming that does not assess property tax (each municipality can assess up to …

Energy companies count Wyoming oilfield deaths wrong, labor leader says
by phil.noble on December 11th, 2009

by Phil Noble, Cowboy State Free Press Bureau Chief
CHEYENNE–”They (energy companies) would love you to believe people are dying from car wrecks,” Wyoming AFL-CIO head Kim Floyd said in response to recent testimony to a legislative committee about high transportation deaths contributing to Wyoming’s status as leading the nation in workplace fatalities.
“They’re counting the deaths (from oilfield accidents) wrong. if you’re working in the oil field on a pipeline and you die, that’s counted under transportation. …

Every year the Association of Brewers has their annual beer festival in Denver, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Thanks to the recession, this year’s event had the biggest attendance in its 28-year history (in America alcohol is the only legal part of the triple threat = sex, drugs and alcohol.) Over 500 breweries were in the Denver Convention Center serving up a total of 2,200 beers in 1oz pours. This event gives brewers a chance to show off their latest and greatest creations. Breweries can submit …