The Meaning of a Food Label Expiration Date. Is there one?
…I can safely and for sure tell you that food labeling is approved by the USDA and or the FDA. A small change in a label or packaging such as…
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The mindless canard stating as unexplained fact that it would be worse to expand the federal government by a third in order to accommodate single-payer healthcare insurance than it is to have private, for-profit health insurance companies playing this role instead
…estimate by The Wall Street Journal, Sanders’ spending plans would cost $18 trillion over 10 years, increasing the federal government’s size by roughly a third. He would create a single-payer…
At least as of yesterday morning, the Democratic establishment still didn’t get it. Then again, as of late yesterday, neither did the Republican establishment. And neither did Donald Trump. [UPDATED]
…to regarding handing control of the federal courts, and federal law, to billionaires and mega-corporate interests. That’s what Citizens United was really about. But it’s also what a slew of…
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts Did Not Pay for Itself. Congress will Still look for Spending Cuts
…his mystical magic with the 2017 tax break. Layer of layer tax breaks. So which is it? Cut programs or increase taxes? Cut programs or increase taxes? I pick the…
Interesting Stuff from My In-Box
…highlight the coverage gap in the 11 states still refusing the federal Medicaid expansion. Importantly, generous federal fiscal incentives are available to states that newly expand Medicaid. Law and Politics…
Oh, Mr. Ryan, Do Get Wonky On Us. Please. (I.e., thank you, Brit Hume and Matt Miller.)
…income taxes or estate taxes, and many other very wealthy people would pay income taxes at a single-digit rate, the elimination of these taxes would apply as well to the…
More on the Threat to Social Security and Medicare from the so-called "Fiscal Cliff"
…benefits in exchange for the pittance of slightly higher taxes on the upper crust. The article goes even further astray at the end with its label of a “two-part deal”…
“Denying American Citizens and Migrants an Education”
…in 2022, undocumented immigrants contributed almost $100 billion to federal, state, and local tax revenues, paying property taxes, sales taxes, and federal/state payroll taxes. The study concluded that, “Despite those…
The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions
by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions Congress seems incapable of setting aside electioneering rhetoric and talking straight about taxes and deficits. The GOP claims…
AARP Healthcare Insurance Plan, Just Another Corporate Profit Center?
…revealed it was the subject of a Justice Department civil investigation into its marketing tactics. Question arose of whether it violated a federal law that imposes penalties for filing false claims for…