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Category: Social Sec/Medicare

Income Disparity

Is it my hang-up, or society’s, that we are so tolerant of poverty?

January 16, 2018 Arthur Lieber Capitalism, Charity & Justice, Democracy, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

As is self-evident, Republicans are gung-ho on cutting taxes because there is very little that government does that they truly value. The bigger the

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Problem Solver Caucus

Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise

August 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Economy, Health care, Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on

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Trump-Single-Payer

Here’s one time when Democrats should take the lead from Trump

July 21, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Health care, Social Sec/Medicare, Trump Leave a comment

A common practice in politics is to define your opponents before they define themselves. Usually this results in gross misrepresentation of where the opposition

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cuts

Poverty stings: What’s left in grandma’s wallet after program cuts

July 20, 2017 Glenn Koenen Budget, Missouri region, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

Alas, it’s a lousy time to be a senior in Missouri.  Besides the Circuit Breaker, other special help for our older neighbors is under

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Bernie-Medicare-for-All

Media must step it up on Medicare-for-All

July 4, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Health care, Obama, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

There are two key reasons why mainstream media must be talking about Medicare-for-All. First, it is sound policy, something that all Americans should hope

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NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News grossly misses fairness and balance

April 28, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Economy, Health care, Media, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes, Trump Leave a comment

Lester Holt, anchor of NBC Nightly News, could not appear to be more affable and concerned about delivering “straight news.” After Brian Williams bloviated

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Bernie Sanders

Come on Dems; now is the time that Bernie needs your support

March 27, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Democrats, Progressive people, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

Fortunately, Bernie Sanders has been getting a lot of air time recently. For the most part, the peripheral vision of the media has ranged

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McCaskill

Where does Claire McCaskill stand on Paul Ryan’s plan for Medicare?

November 20, 2016 Willy Kessler Activism, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

TPM’s checklist of those who support or oppose House Speaker Paul Ryan’s phaseout of Medicare has been updated to show that Claire McCaskill is

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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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Scarborough’s misconceptions about liberals in the media

November 6, 2015 Arthur Lieber Consumer issues, Democracy, Infrastructure, Media, Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

Daily Kos called Joe Scarborough the “resident Republican blowhard on MSNBC.” Daily Kos and many other on the left-leaning outlets have taken Scarborough to

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