no emergency in Louisiana, just redrawing voting districts
…with a question: Why are conservatives so afraid of democracy? Why are they afraid to let the voters decide elections? Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which is the…
You searched for: label/Interstate Recognition of Notarization Act
Perhaps, Recall the Thalidomide Disaster, etc. while Searching for a Covid Vaccine
…placebo (pill with no active drug) or another form of non-treatment, and then compare the two groups.” The recently passed Cures Act undermines randomized control trials, (again) the gold standard…
Why Did the US give away $52bn to corporations like Intel?
A counter argument by Robert Reich about Pres. Joe Bidens 2021 CHIPS Act. Why Did the US give away $52bn to corporations like Intel? by Robert Reich The Guardian Congress…
Guest post: “The Pay Off: Why Wall Street Always Wins”
…Act, which he and the Republicans had drafted to gut the class action securities-fraud laws. It was the only Clinton veto given the back-of-the-hand by two-thirds of Congress. And it…
GW Broke with Clinton. Did Obama Break with GW?
…into a surplus, whereas GW went the other way. The Mexico City Policy which GW reinstated had been rescinded by Clinton. The Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act don’t…
Sensible Tax Reform
…unreliable exercise. The actual realized deficits in the future will depend on economic performance at that time, and it is economic performance that actually matters, not the deficit or the…
The Supremes did us a favor with Citizens United regarding Rand Paul et al
…today in response to the House Administration Committee’s markup of the so-called “DISCLOSE Act:” “The DISCLOSE Act is an unconstitutional attempt to silence free speech and a desperate attempt by…
Health Care Exchange: Eligibility vs. Enrollment
…(b) of such section). (C) MEDICARE.—Coverage under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act. (D) MEDICAID.—Coverage for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act,…
Columbus Dispatch Picks its Pork
…chronic disease, health promotion and genomics programs Subtitle C Education $13 billion Education for the Disadvantaged (pursuant to the ESEA Act of 1965) $100 million Impact Aid (offsets the impact…
A Further Critique of Romer and Romer
…most recent version of which is here. The abstract of the narrative record tells us: This paper investigates the impact of tax changes on economic activity. We use the narrative…