A Letter on August 18, 2011 to a citizen from Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois in response to the citizen’s letter concerning the recent debt increase fiasco. (And the citizen’s response in all capital letters.) Knowing of your interest in the recent spending debate, I am writing to update you on my recent vote in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Medicare'
Senator Junior from Illinois Responds
August 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Politics, Populism
Tags: Anti-Obama rhetoric·anti-Obamacare·jobs·Medicare·Neocon failure to create jobs·Republican filibusters·Right Wing lobbyist-pandering Neocon Senators·Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois·Social Secuirty·the debt level increase
Let’s Talk About the National Budget.
May 21st, 2011 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, energy, jobs, Politics, taxes, Wall Street, wars and militarism
Phony baloney. Just like Walker in Wisconsin, the talk about “austerity” is a bunch of rich white men talking bull shit about what needs to be done. We don’t need austerity. Not the kind the Republicans are talking about. We need prosperity. You see, the problem with the United States right now is that we [...]
Tags: austerity federal budget·budget cuts·Medicare·raising taxes on the rich·Social Security·tax cuts·taxes
The Populist Solution
January 26th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics, Populism
Let’s get right to it. Here’s how a political party that had the interests of the People at heart would balance the budget and fix the economy. 1. Billionaires used to pay 97% of the incomes over a certain amount. They did so because this country gave them the opportunity and the markets to make [...]
Tags: cutting government·job creation·Medicare·neocon propaganda·Paul Ryan·Populism·populist economics·populist party·real austerity programs·Social Security·state if the union·tax increases on the rich
Politics: Winning in Class Warfare — Part I
September 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Culture, Human Rights, jobs, Media, Politics, Populism, taxes, Wall Street
In the early evening of a summer night in New York City, or Dallas or Los Angeles, or Miami, there is a slow, quiet movement of long, dark-windowed vehicles. They move quietly to centers of activity where bright lights outline the architecture and gowned women and men in expensive suits emerge, smiling and laughing. The [...]
Tags: austerity·billiionaires·Class warfare·Medicare·Neoconservatism·obstructionism·Social Security·tax breaks for the wealthy·taxes·the rich
How to Fix Social Security and Balance the Budget
August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Economics, Politics, Populism
Michael Hiltzik’s August 6 column in the LA TIMES was pretty thought-provoking on the current Social Security dialogue. And it leads to some rather interesting points that should be raised about Social Security solvency, Medicare, Medicaid, and the future of entitlement programs. It also brings up some questions on taxes. We will show exactly how [...]
Tags: budget deficits·entitlements·Medicare·Military spending·national debt·Neocons·Social Security·tax the rich
May 1910 to May 2010–100 Years of…Progress?
May 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Culture, Economics, General, Politics, Populism, Wall Street, wars and militarism
By 1910, the United States had changed from a collection of states along the Atlantic Coast and a group of Southern slavery states to an emerging nation spreading across the entire continent. There were only three major cities: New York, Chicago and Philadelphia with over a million population. There were half a dozen other metropolitan [...]
Tags: American history·corporations·economic history·Economics·history·income distribution·income inequality·manufacturing·Medicare·political history·Politics·Social Security·taxation·taxes·unions
Republicans Panic, Call Voters: Be Afraid of Health Care Reform!
March 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · Health Care, Politics
“Hello, this is Congresswoman Judy Biggert. I’m calling to warn you about Medicare…” How lucky am I? My Congresswoman, Judy Biggert was taking the time to call me personally about the dangers of Medicare. She called poor-little-old-me to ask if I wanted to join in on a conference call about health care reform. She is [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Congresswoman Judy Biggert·Democratic health care reform·health care reform·Medicare·Neoconservative health care plan·Obamacare·Repbublican phone calls·Republican obstruction·Republicans Panic over Health Care Reform
The Next American Revolution
February 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Health Care, Media, Politics, wars and militarism
It is time for all Americans to stop what they are doing and think about the future. Your future has already been mapped out for you by a relatively small percentage of Americans, who want to eliminate the middle class. The Neoconservatives, on a mission for the very wealthy and huge international corporations, have the [...]
Tags: Bush·Bush tax cuts·deficits·health care reform·how to pay for deficits·Iraq war·lobbyists·Medicare·national debt·Neoconservative propaganda·Neoconservative think tanks·Neoconservatives·Reagan·Reagan tax cuts·Social Security·tax cuts·tax reform·wars
David Brooks and Neocon Advice to the Elderly
February 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Culture, Economics, General, Politics
“There you go again…” as a famous “B” movie actor once memorably said…memorable because he happened to be President at the time. Oh yes, we really did have an actor as President. But he was also a union president at one time. Granted, it was a union of actors, but he was elected. One of [...]
Tags: AARP·elderly income·Health Care·income inequality·Medicare·national debt·Neoconservative budget planning·retirement·Right Wing·Social Security cuts·tax cuts·tax hikes·tax increases