Was the ACA “a Victory”?
Was the Affordable Care Act (ACA) worth it? Should it be seen as a “favorite moment” and “victory,” a legacy of the Obama Administration to build on in the future? […]
2016
The Affordable Care Act: a Magic Legacy Moment for Obama or an Albatross Around the Neck of Democrats & Progressives?
Marketers for the Obama Legacy Network have been sending out e-mails calling attention to five favorite “moments and victories” in the Obama Administration in order to solicit new members and […]
Marketing the Obama Legacy Network
One of my pet peeves is the inane and inept marketing/fund-raising letters sent to me by the Democratic Party and closely related interest groups with close ties to the Clinton […]
Lying is Toxic for Democracy
One of the notable things about Donald Trump’s campaign and his pronouncements since election day is his post – election frequent lying. Robert Reich offered a column on December 17 […]
The Defense Department is Running Out of Money Unless We Do Something
Everyday you hear or read on some network or web site a claim that Social Security and Medicare are running out of money, followed by an appeal to raise taxes, […]
Forget the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan! Forget the $1 Trillion Coin!
Donald Trump has promised a $1 Trillion Infrastructure plan to create jobs, but has been vague about how that would be implemented. In an interesting post, Ellen Brown makes the […]
President-elect Donald Trump Doesn’t Have to Compromise with Paul Ryan on Entitlements
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to save Social Security and to protect Medicare. But since he made those commitments he seems to have gotten much closer to Paul […]
Can Medicare and Social Security Pay Out Full Benefits If Congress Appropriates the Funds Needed for Full Payouts even if the “Trust Funds” Have Reached Zero?
Keeping in mind that the Federal Government cannot involuntarily “run out of money” because of its constitutional money-creating capacity, then the answer to the question in the title is “of […]
Are Entitlement Programs Driving the Deficit and the Debt?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Social Security Administration, and other economic projections show Social Security and Medicare programs drawing down the balances in the “trust funds” and eventually creating an […]
The Investor – State Dispute Settlement – based Trade Agreements Will Not Increase National Security
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) encountered increasing resistance both in and out of Congress, the President began to look for support for the TPP by claiming that serious national […]