Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Weekend Reading
Someone Is Going to Have to Explain to Me How This Makes Any Damn SenseIn First Speech as Budget Chair, Sanders Rebuffs 'Partisanship' Complaints From GOP That Unilaterally Passed $1.9T Gift for RichCity Creating Plan to Develop and Preserve Bay ViewBiden Beats Back The Austerians At The GatesIncome inequality in America is at its highest level in more than 50 yearsOne Emergency After Another: Wisconsin Governor And Legislators Battle Over COVID-19
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Midweek Reading
Why Phoenix may be uninhabitable by the end of this centuryBiden’s chief of staff smacks down NY Times for whining about undoing Trump legacyThe Price of Wheat Doesn’t Tell Us About the Strength of the Economy and Neither Does the Stock Market: Why Is This so Hard for Intellectual Types to Understand?What do short-sellers really do?Billionaire Sports Owners Get RicherThe GameStop Bubble Is a Lesson in the Absurdity and Uselessness of the Stock MarketMaking a Martyr Out of a MurdererWarren To Join Senate Finance Committee, Immediately Introduce Wealth Tax Bill
Friday, December 4, 2020
Weekend Reading
How Ronald Reagan’s Racism Helped Pave the Way for Donald Trump’sIn Case You Missed It, Reagan Was A ScumbagHome Prices Are In a Bubble. Full Stop.Milwaukee paid $40M+ in police brutality casesAfter NY Gov. Cuomo Accuses SC of Partisanship, Cardinal Dolan Hails Decision to Block COVID Church RestrictionsThe Wisconsin Legislature is a gerrymandered swamp run by self-serving RepublicansRepublican Senator Faces Insider-Trading Accusations Ahead of Georgia RunoffMichael Flynn calls for Trump to suspend the constitution and declare martial law to re-run electionIowa Is What Happens When Government Does Nothing
Friday, April 3, 2020
Weekend Reading
Trump administration to finalize weaker mileage standards, dealing a blow to Obama-era climate policy
Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
Tracking The Spread Of The Coronavirus In Wisconsin
Big Money
Bernie Sanders Calls For Wisconsin To Delay Upcoming Primary Due To Coronavirus
GOP Lame-Duck Law Blocks COVID-19 Aid
Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
Tracking The Spread Of The Coronavirus In Wisconsin
Big Money
Bernie Sanders Calls For Wisconsin To Delay Upcoming Primary Due To Coronavirus
GOP Lame-Duck Law Blocks COVID-19 Aid
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Midweek Reading
The Foxconn Road to Ruin
‘Middle Class’ Joe Biden has a corruption problem – it makes him a weak candidate
Trump and the GOP have created a giant mess. Will Democrats have to clean it up again?
Coronavirus Is a Reason to Worry About the Economy—the Stock Market Plunge Is Not
There is hard data that shows "Bernie Bros" are a myth
The Rules of Contagion — a study of how a virus spreads
How the drug industry got its way on the coronavirus
‘Middle Class’ Joe Biden has a corruption problem – it makes him a weak candidate
Trump and the GOP have created a giant mess. Will Democrats have to clean it up again?
Coronavirus Is a Reason to Worry About the Economy—the Stock Market Plunge Is Not
There is hard data that shows "Bernie Bros" are a myth
The Rules of Contagion — a study of how a virus spreads
How the drug industry got its way on the coronavirus
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Friday, February 14, 2020
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Get Big Money Out Of Politics
Why Pete Buttigieg’s Defense Of Wealthy Donors Is So Fuzzy
Why Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg can’t be trusted
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made grassroots fundraising a centerpiece of his bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton, painting her as part of the elite political class. Since President Donald Trump’s election, the Democratic Party has zeroed in on a campaign finance reform platform; this year, House Democrats passed a bill that proposed publicly financing elections and mandating certain disclosures (the measure remains stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate).For Further Reading:
Why Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg can’t be trusted
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019
It's Time For Real Change
Nancy Pelosi Is Worried 2020 Candidates Are on Wrong Track
Pelosi claims these are fringe, liberal, San Francisco, pipe-dream policies. "What works in San Francisco does not necessarily work in Michigan,” Pelosi said.
Being a Midwesterner, I have to inform Pelosi she is way off. In what has been referred to as the Rust Belt, deindustrialization has decimated many good paying jobs, left workers with less and less of a voice, and left many without decent health care or the hope of a stable retirement.
Most Midwesterners would be happy to see the playing field tilted in favor of workers rather than corporations and the rich.
As the article stated, "The speaker’s concerns reflect those of many Democratic leaders and donors who believe that left-wing policies will alienate swing voters and lead to defeat."
Translation - big moneyed donors like their power and wealth and they don't want to give any of either up.
Pelosi and the current Democratic leadership need to 'grow a pair' or get out the way. We can't keep pushing climate change policies down the road; we can't keep taking from workers and giving to the already wealthy; all citizens deserve good health care; all citizens should be able to retire with dignity; we should all expect clear air and drinking water; our elections should be free, fair and representative. If you don't have the spine or passion to fight for real change for the majority of Americans, you don't belong in politics.
Pelosi, Bill Clinton and the triangulation-gang got us to this point. Always capitulating and cutting deals, slowly moving the Democratic party more and more to the right. So much so, that the difference between the parties became almost indistinguishable. Many former Democrats started voting for the Republicans - "Heck, they're not so different and the Republicans will cut taxes, so I might as well vote for them."
These triangulators made the Democratic party the Republican-light party. Yet, we're supposed to let them keep driving the car? These Pelosi Democrats are the ones who've been in power as wages have stagnated, unions have been destroyed, elections have been stolen and the standard of living for most working Americans has stagnated. They have betrayed their Democratic base and the liberal policies that made this country great in the first place.
It's time for real change. A new generation of Democratic leaders needs to take the wheel.
Those liberal ideas that fire up the party’s base are a big loser when it comes to beating President Donald Trump.Pelosi believes most American don't want or don't support: improved health care (Medicare For All), improved infrastructure, public elections, taxing corporations and the rich, green (environmentally friendly) policies, getting rid of the electoral college, a higher minimum wage, and improved labor policies. Just to name a few of the Sanders/Warren policy prescriptions.
Pelosi claims these are fringe, liberal, San Francisco, pipe-dream policies. "What works in San Francisco does not necessarily work in Michigan,” Pelosi said.
Being a Midwesterner, I have to inform Pelosi she is way off. In what has been referred to as the Rust Belt, deindustrialization has decimated many good paying jobs, left workers with less and less of a voice, and left many without decent health care or the hope of a stable retirement.
Most Midwesterners would be happy to see the playing field tilted in favor of workers rather than corporations and the rich.
As the article stated, "The speaker’s concerns reflect those of many Democratic leaders and donors who believe that left-wing policies will alienate swing voters and lead to defeat."
Translation - big moneyed donors like their power and wealth and they don't want to give any of either up.
Pelosi and the current Democratic leadership need to 'grow a pair' or get out the way. We can't keep pushing climate change policies down the road; we can't keep taking from workers and giving to the already wealthy; all citizens deserve good health care; all citizens should be able to retire with dignity; we should all expect clear air and drinking water; our elections should be free, fair and representative. If you don't have the spine or passion to fight for real change for the majority of Americans, you don't belong in politics.
Pelosi, Bill Clinton and the triangulation-gang got us to this point. Always capitulating and cutting deals, slowly moving the Democratic party more and more to the right. So much so, that the difference between the parties became almost indistinguishable. Many former Democrats started voting for the Republicans - "Heck, they're not so different and the Republicans will cut taxes, so I might as well vote for them."
These triangulators made the Democratic party the Republican-light party. Yet, we're supposed to let them keep driving the car? These Pelosi Democrats are the ones who've been in power as wages have stagnated, unions have been destroyed, elections have been stolen and the standard of living for most working Americans has stagnated. They have betrayed their Democratic base and the liberal policies that made this country great in the first place.
It's time for real change. A new generation of Democratic leaders needs to take the wheel.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Medicare For All Would Cost Less, Not More
Pundits and other candidates keep claiming that Elizabeth Warren's and Bernie Sanders's Medicare For All plan is too expensive, a pipe dream, just not realistic.
Yet ...
It Won't Matter, But Medicare For All Would Cost Less And Cover 30 Million Americans
Yet ...
It Won't Matter, But Medicare For All Would Cost Less And Cover 30 Million Americans
According to the Mercatus model, total health spending would actually come in about $303 billion lower in 2031 than under current projections, with $7.35 trillion going to healthcare that year versus $7.65 trillion expected now. Total national health spending would be $2 trillion lower from 2022 to 2031 under the plan, the report found. While the price tag for the federal government would increase significantly, decreased spending by other groups would lower total healthcare spending over that 10-year period. Meanwhile, the model also assumes that 30 million more people would get access to healthcare, and many people would get more robust services. The savings would come from a variety of places, such as the government's ability to leverage its bargaining power into lower prescription-drug costs and mandating all healthcare providers take the lower Medicare payment rate.The next time you hear someone repeat the 'Medicare For All would cost too much' talking-point, immediately call bullshit.
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Reject The Status Quo
Billionaires shouldn't exist. You might be bright, make good financial moves, or even invent magnificent stuff. You shouldn't be able to hoard generational wealth at the expense of the country that allowed you to do such.
Big tech, and other mega-companies, should be made to pay their fair share and not be allowed to dodge taxes.
Our elections should be fair and free from private money influence. Citizens United needs to be overturned.
Climate change should be a priority.
American infrastructure needs immediate attention. From clean water, to clean energy, we need a massive rebuilding of our country's infrastructure to remain relevant and competitive.
These are some of the things Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been campaigning for during this election cycle.
If the majority of citizens actually want change that benefits the majority of citizens, these are the two candidates that will fight for and deliver such change. None of the other candidates have shown such consistent, principled and passionate convictions regarding these issues.
Anything less, the status quo will carry on.
Big tech, and other mega-companies, should be made to pay their fair share and not be allowed to dodge taxes.
Our elections should be fair and free from private money influence. Citizens United needs to be overturned.
Climate change should be a priority.
American infrastructure needs immediate attention. From clean water, to clean energy, we need a massive rebuilding of our country's infrastructure to remain relevant and competitive.
These are some of the things Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been campaigning for during this election cycle.
If the majority of citizens actually want change that benefits the majority of citizens, these are the two candidates that will fight for and deliver such change. None of the other candidates have shown such consistent, principled and passionate convictions regarding these issues.
Anything less, the status quo will carry on.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Sunday Reading
Trump's Tax Cut Is Failing Spectacularly As The GOP's Prediction Go Down In Flames
The Solution To The Country's Debt And Deficit Problem
The Oceans We Know Won't Survive Climate Change
The Cost Of America's Oligopoly Problem
43 Percent Of White Students Harvard Admits Are Legacies, Jocks Or The Kids Of Donors And Faculty
Bernie Sanders Proposes A Wealth Tax: 'I Don't Think That Billionaires Should Exist'
A New 'Report Card' On America's Diet: It's Not An 'F' But...
Beer Made Milwaukee Famous. Can Water Quality Keep The Legacy Alive?
Rethinking State Economic Policies
Comparing Wisconsin And Minnesota
The Solution To The Country's Debt And Deficit Problem
The Oceans We Know Won't Survive Climate Change
The Cost Of America's Oligopoly Problem
43 Percent Of White Students Harvard Admits Are Legacies, Jocks Or The Kids Of Donors And Faculty
Bernie Sanders Proposes A Wealth Tax: 'I Don't Think That Billionaires Should Exist'
A New 'Report Card' On America's Diet: It's Not An 'F' But...
Beer Made Milwaukee Famous. Can Water Quality Keep The Legacy Alive?
Rethinking State Economic Policies
Comparing Wisconsin And Minnesota
Friday, April 19, 2019
Weekend Reading
Why And How Capitalism Needs To Be Reformed
The IRS Tried To Take On The Ultrawealthy. It Didn't Go Well.
The Tax Law's Big Winner Is The Millionaire CEO
Bernie Sanders's Fox News Town Hall Wasn't A Debate. Bernie Won Anyway.
Warren Has A Good Beginning For Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance
The Truth About U.S. Taxes Is That They Aren't High Enough
Yes, Graceland Actually Threatened To Move To Japan To Get $194 Million In Subsidies From Memphis
Ending The Economic War Among The States: A Strategic Proposal
Amazon's Next Frontier: Your City's Purchasing
The Undemocratic Making Of Indianapolis
The Future Of Unions Is White-Collar
Fun Fictions In Economics
The IRS Tried To Take On The Ultrawealthy. It Didn't Go Well.
The Tax Law's Big Winner Is The Millionaire CEO
Bernie Sanders's Fox News Town Hall Wasn't A Debate. Bernie Won Anyway.
Warren Has A Good Beginning For Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance
The Truth About U.S. Taxes Is That They Aren't High Enough
Yes, Graceland Actually Threatened To Move To Japan To Get $194 Million In Subsidies From Memphis
Ending The Economic War Among The States: A Strategic Proposal
Amazon's Next Frontier: Your City's Purchasing
The Undemocratic Making Of Indianapolis
The Future Of Unions Is White-Collar
Fun Fictions In Economics
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Any Democrat Will Do 2020
So many good candidates and good ideas. Hopefully the Democratic Party can coalesce into a strong, coherent platform with unwavering candidates for President and Vice President.
Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple too
The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting
Cory Booker’s plan to fight wealth inequality: give poor kids money
Sen. Sanders’ College for All Act
Bernie Sanders's new Medicare-for-all plan, explained
Warren Proposes Universal Child Care Plan Funded by Wealth Tax
Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple too
The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting
Cory Booker’s plan to fight wealth inequality: give poor kids money
Sen. Sanders’ College for All Act
Bernie Sanders's new Medicare-for-all plan, explained
Warren Proposes Universal Child Care Plan Funded by Wealth Tax
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Thursday Reading
John Kerry just delivered the sharpest attack on Israeli settlements of any top US official
Comedian Jim Gaffigan raises $70,000 for food pantry
On Obamacare repeal, GOP ideology is colliding with reality
We Can Now Measure Exactly What Scott Walker's Done to Wisconsin
Obamacare enrollment in Wisconsin running 14% higher than last year
DNR purges climate change from web page
Donald Trump’s economic inheritance in 7 charts. Only recent president to take office during a stronger economy is George HW Bush
Comedian Jim Gaffigan raises $70,000 for food pantry
On Obamacare repeal, GOP ideology is colliding with reality
We Can Now Measure Exactly What Scott Walker's Done to Wisconsin
Obamacare enrollment in Wisconsin running 14% higher than last year
DNR purges climate change from web page
Donald Trump’s economic inheritance in 7 charts. Only recent president to take office during a stronger economy is George HW Bush
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