…Social Security are suggesting that the President’s proposals would result in “benefit cuts.” This rhetoric recklessly disregards the facts about the President’s proposal: Fact: Under the President’s proposal, benefits would…
Barack Obama has released the details of a fairly radical proposal to increase tax progressivity which he will make in his state of the union address. The political impact will…
…more detail. Past the leap, the origin of Single Payer The origin of “single payer” The “single payer” label entered the lexicon in 1989 to describe a universal coverage proposal…
Democrats have used the the 2021 budget reconciliation process to pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. This was made possible because Congress did not pass a budget resolution last…
by Linda Beale The GOP, rape and abortion, and the place of God in political discourse Remember GOP candidate Akin and his comments about no-pregnancies-from-legitimate-rape, suggesting somehow that most rapes…
…GOP is willing to do practically anything to further the lie that their budget, with huge tax cuts proposals for the wealthy, will miraculously result in widespread economic growth that…
The GOP Tax Bill Disses the Working Class Here’s something about the GOP House and the GOP Senate: they each passed tax bills (supposed to come out in a “conference”…
…Cato Institute, those numbers were seven times ICE’s previous annual budget and four times the typical annual budget of CBP, and were designed to last through September 30, 2029. Putting…
…some of my own research. Vox EU has a good executive summary of the proposal. I quote the relevant passage (I will add details from the long detailed proposal especially…
…to the upper 1 to 5% in income. Danger, Will Robinson: Trump’s (delayed?) ACA proposal is even WORSE than I thought, – ACA Signups Charles Gaba Yesterday, Politico reported that…