…the next couple of paragraphs to lay down my opinion on the so-called “Reformstau” (Reform [traffic]jam). Reforms are usually instituted to increase a countries rate of economic growth or to…

Campaign Finance Reform Upheld The Supreme Court just issued a ruling upholding the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law that was passed in 2002. So now it’s official: the ban on soft…

Medicare Reform I’d like to talk about the President’s new Medicare plan, but (from CNN) there’s little in the way of details. In a major concession to congressional Republicans, Bush…

…are trying to sell to economies in distress. In the best case, the reforms suggested are irrelevant and do not make any difference. In the worst case, these reforms may…

…deficit.. As David points out many of the ideas in the Affordable Care Act were originally Republican ideas. It is not a radical plan for health care reform; it is…

…be different? Short of an economic meltdown, there is only one thing that might produce meaningful change: a mass movement for tax, spending and entitlement reform led by the cohort…

…Obama will never sign a health care reform bill, because his health care reform proposal would bankrupt the insurance industry. “Accept the status quo, destroy the insurance industry or find…

Wendell Potter points to a study on medical debt as a major component of bankruptcies: One of the great hopes of health care reform is that it will reduce the…

If the president is to be taken seriously, it’s time for him to make campaign finance a centerpiece of the upcoming campaign. Despite appearances, serious reform remains possible within the…

…the poverty front was good (late 90s) Ryanoids (and Clintonians and, I trust, one Jon Chait) said that this showed that welfare reform was a big success. Now that the…