I somehow missed this, but a couple months ago the Trump Administration abandoned its effort to cut indirect cost reimbursements for federal grants to colleges and universities to 15%. Just before I retired, the indirect cost rate at Saint Louis University was 51.5%, so this cut would have been devastating to research at SLU. When […]
“Trump’s New Medicaid Rule ‘Designed to Ensure People Lose Healthcare,’ Critics Warn” Common Dreams Jake Johnson The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a rule that is expected to push millions of low-income people off Medicaid by imposing complex bureaucratic barriers in the form of work reporting requirements, which have proven disastrous at the state level. The rule, released by the Centers for Medicare and […]
I know Econofact is discussing various programs as being an issue. Social Security being one of them. That may be true for Social Security if the funds are not available to pay back what is owed to the Trust fund. The other issue being the decreases in taxes for upper income brackets which would have […]
Weekly Indicators for June 1 – 5 at Seeking Alpha – by New Deal democrat The large majority of the high frequency indicators remain positive. Interestingly, though, one of the early warning signals for credit tightening, the Chicago Fed’s Leverage Index, is now at a level that in the past has more often meant a […]
All of this to keep immigrants out of the United States even though replacement rate is down and decreasing. A term I am learning from the VA as they argue with me about how I was poisoned while at Camp Lejeune is “More Likely than Not.” Moe likely than not replacement rate in the US […]
An update on a global energy issue. This abbreviated report from Oil Price is written by Alex Kimani. It is abbreviated by me so as to make it an easier and a quicker read at Angry Bear. It is mostly a copy of what has been presented by Oil Price. The link is there if you […]
I guess if you are one of the Washington DC rioters, it can happen. It did happen for this rioter as well as other rioters. The decision to pardon those involved in January 6 was Trumps. Giving some of them (the insurrectionists) jobs in government was Trumps. Sadly doing so sends ahe message that crimes […]
The referendum on healthcare is what the election of a new senator representing Texas is going to amount to this go-around. It will be a referendum on healthcare between the Dem candidate James Talarico and the Repub candidate Ken Paxton. Texas has one of the weakest healthcare policy in the United States and the highest […]
Rather than saying no, SCOTUS allows Alabama to realign voting districts thereby disenfranchising minority Americans “Shame and the Supreme Court” Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Tuesday was primary day in Alabama. There were contested races in both parties. The marquee gubernatorial race drew significant interest, with more than five candidates competing on the Democratic side, […]
Rewrite . . . I am a veteran just like many others in the United States. I suspect there are many more like me who served their country by either enlisting or being drafted. I was a part of the former as there was no way I would avoid the draft in 68 other than […]