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Medicare-for-All

Democrats: Keep it simple – Medicare-for-All

May 6, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Budget, Community/Common good, Health care, Republican Brain Leave a comment

As Republicans recklessly move forward in doing damage to health care in America, it’s important for Democrats to have a clear vision for the

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Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you

November 16, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Government, Infrastructure, Republican Brain, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes Leave a comment

It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,

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