“Russia’s strongman president has many Americans convinced of his manipulative genius. He’s really just a gambler who won big.” More …
Month: December 2017
Republican Assault on Graduate Education
“Science helped make America great; the Republican tax cut bill will move us in the opposite direction.” More …
Senate Republican Tax Bill Gives the top 1 Percent of Households a $32,500 Tax Cut; Bottom 20 Percent Will Pay $10 More
“Despite incessant Republican claims earlier this year that they would provide a “middle-class tax cut,” the actual details of their plans show quite the opposite. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, in 2027 households making under $75,000 would see their taxes increase on average. These increases on the bottom 40 percent would help finance very large tax cuts for the richest households and big corporations.” More …
Are Charter Schools the New Enron Scandal?
Paging Betsy DeVos: An alarming study links fraud in the Enron scandal to similar practices at charter schools. More …
Dollar General CEO Just Made Clear How Screwed Up the Economy Is
“The economy is continuing to create more of our core customer.” More …
Senate’s Tax Bill Is a Sweeping Change to Every Part of Federal Health Care
It slashes Medicare by billions and will leave millions without insurance. More …
Marco Rubio: Time to Reduce Medicare and Social Security Benefits
Marco Rubio: “If lawmakers can act strategically sooner rather than later to come up with some combination of reforms to reduce benefits and raise retirement age, the pain of change and reduced benefits will be greatly mitigated.” More …
5 Ways the Tax Bills Affect Health Policy
“Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Congress is now working on a tax overhaul. But it turns out the tax bills in the House and Senate also aim to reshape health care.” More …
Investigation: VA Knowingly Hires Doctors with Past Malpractice Claims, Discipline for Poor Care
“The VA has repeatedly hired doctors with problem pasts in recent years, some of whom went on to harm veteran patients, a USA TODAY investigation found.” More …
Charles Grassley: Working Class Spends Tax Cuts on Booze, or Women or Movies
“I think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing, as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies.” More …