March 1, 2015
Rick Scott, And Amassing Personal Wealth In Health Care
Should someone, let’s say for example, Florida Governor Rick Scott, be able to amass great personal wealth working in the field of health care?
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December 6, 2014
Economy Grows, But Still Waiting For The Trickle Down
November was another great month for job growth this year, topping out with over 300,000 new jobs created. 2014 is shaping up to be the best year for job creation since the mid-90s boom times.
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November 30, 2014
Right-Wing Lies: Robert Reich On Corporate Tax Rate Reform
Robert Reich is always an interesting read, and he regularly offers up great mini articles in the form of Facebook status updates. Today Reich gives us four “right-wing whoppers about corporate taxes.”
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November 21, 2014
On Obama Immigration Order, Republicans Push Wrong Panic Button
At a time when Republicans should be pushing the panic button on their increasingly difficult electoral college math, instead they are stampeding in reaction to President Obama’s immigration executive action. Republicans and conservative pundits call Obama’s use of executive order anything from “executive fiat” to “executive amnesty” to a “constitutional crisis.” Pay no attention to the fact that Obama did nothing unusual in comparison to the executive orders issued by presidents over the past half century.
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November 16, 2014
On Net Neutrality, Ted Cruz Is Doing The Oligarch’s Bidding
On Monday President Obama voiced his strongest support yet for equal and fair access to the internet, calling on the FCC to “implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.” In response, part-time Senator and full-time tool, Ted Cruz, said in a tweet that “‘Net Neutrality’ is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.” A few days later, Cruz wrote an op-ed, further explaining his bonehead assessment. “In short, net neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet,” said Ted Cruz in his Washington Post piece. “It would put the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered, leading to fewer choices, fewer opportunities and higher prices.”
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November 15, 2014
It’s Not Good Enough To Simply Oppose Obamacare
It’s not good enough to simply oppose the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). If you are going to continue to complain about the health care law, then you need to offer an alternative. Because health care in the United States pre-Obamacare was unacceptable, and well, that’s not subjective, it’s reality. Because when tens of millions of Americans lack health care insurance, that is a problem, even if you don’t think it is.
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October 4, 2014
Justice Scalia Says There’s No Constitutional Church-State Separation
Speaking to a friendly, like-minded audience this past Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said there is no wall of separation between church and state.
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September 13, 2014
America’s 9/11 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Continues With ISIS
Thirteen years after the obviously unforgettable tragedy of 9/11/2001, we still continue to suffer from the effects of that traumatic event. We are told to “never forget” as if we ever would, but we never much reflect beyond that tired refrain. While we hoped President Obama would not continue to steer us along this ineffective yet resolved path, a road paved by the hope that we as a nation will feel safer at some undetermined end point, instead this president is leading us into yet another war against a terrorist group (ISIS). But why is the president doing this?
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September 6, 2014
Paul Krugman: Medicare Spending Is Down Sharply
Since the mainstream media is mum, and even liberal MSNBC is mostly silent, I thought I’d share a little tidbit about health care spending. Over the last few years, overall health care spending has slowed dramatically, and now we find out Medicare is spending $1,000 less per beneficiary than originally projected by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Paul Krugman says this is a really big deal (and it would seem so based on that statistic alone), and he calls it the Medicare Miracle.
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August 24, 2014
Big Government, Ferguson, Health Care, And Unbridled Power Of The State
Okay, I’ll admit that title is a mashup that I never saw coming until I typed it. But stay with me for a moment…
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