Month: January 2017

healthcare

Congressman Faso’s Challenge

January 30, 2017 Comments Off on Congressman Faso’s Challenge
Today I received an email from Congressman Faso’s campaign committee. It read in part: Friend, The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) today released a memo claiming Democrats are “starting the 2018 election cycle on offense.” This is an alarming statement on many levels. For one, they really do see the --->> read more -->>
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economy

Talk Back: Correcting the Anti-Government Bias of Our Politics

January 29, 2017 Comments Off on Talk Back: Correcting the Anti-Government Bias of Our Politics
President Reagan was not the originator of this central trope of free-market (neo-liberal) politics, but he famously said in his first Inaugural Address in 1981, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” President Clinton, a Democrat, continued this theme during his terms culminating the the --->> read more -->>
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politics

The Future of the Women’s March

January 24, 2017 Comments Off on The Future of the Women’s March
There is much ongoing discussion about steps needed to turn the enormous one day action of the global Women’s March in to a sustained movement to achieve better outcomes for the vast majority of Americans. To focus on just one strategic element, the movement needs to move beyond identity politics --->> read more -->>
economy

Park Avenue and How We Got There

January 22, 2017 Comments Off on Park Avenue and How We Got There
“There” is our current situation in which our government has been bought by the rich and corporations, over 80% of the population has not had a pay raise in 40 years and the public sphere, schools, parks, our infrastructure, really anything not behind the gated walls of private wealth, is --->> read more -->>